Personal sovereignty
Perceiving your own needs and boundaries, recognising excessive adaptation and leaving responsibility where it belongs.
To the topic area →Workshops · Project days · Group facilitationRecognise what steers you.
Recognise what steers you.
Then act for yourself.
In my workshops people look at which expectations, roles and habits determine their actions. They develop their own stance and try out how it holds up in everyday life.
Sovereignty consulting in groupsTake a close look.
Take a close look.
Decide for yourself.
We take situations the group really knows. Which unwritten rules apply there? What is simply assumed? And what other options would there be?
I bring questions, structure and a view from the outside. What of that fits them, the participants decide themselves.
Three topic areasWhat a workshop
What a workshop
can work on.
The focus is agreed in a preliminary talk, matching the target group, age and occasion. Not everything has to fit into one session.
Sovereign masculinity
Questioning inherited male roles and developing a masculinity of your own. Without an enemy image and without a new ideal.
To the topic area →Digital sovereignty
Who owns my attention? An honest look at the phone, social media, online relationships and your own data.
To the topic area →Focus for men and boys
Male roles deserve a close look too.
Depending on the assignment I work with mixed groups. One focus, however, is on boys and men. Their burdens and relationship experiences are often judged in sweeping terms or not addressed at all.
Blaming women is just as little the aim as idealising men. We look closely at how boys and men live today, and search for a stance beyond hardness, self-abandonment and internet gurus.
When does a willingness to take responsibility turn into over-responsibility? Why do recognition and self-worth so often depend on performance, status or usefulness?
How can men express strain, fear or insecurity without experiencing themselves as incapable or inferior?
How do adaptation, unspoken expectations and emotional dependency arise? And how do you get to more equal footing?
Which expectations were taken on without ever being chosen? We examine old and new role models. You will not get a finished template from me.
Flexible formatsSuited to the occasion.
Suited to the occasion.
Not off the peg.
Content, duration and method follow the group and the actual concern. Beforehand we clarify honestly what a workshop can achieve and what it cannot.
Focused
Single workshop
One clearly defined topic is analysed together and worked on with concrete reflection or conversation exercises.
In depth
Project day
More time for connections, changes of perspective, small-group work and transfer to concrete everyday situations.
If needed
Facilitated series
Several sessions building on one another, for groups that want to stay with a topic for longer.
For whom?
Where people learn and work together.
The exact composition is agreed with the institution. Mixed groups are possible, as are explicitly male- or boy-specific formats.
Schools & upper secondaryVocational schoolsYouth organisationsSports clubsTraining companiesTeams & organisationsSocial service providersMen's groups
ApproachA clear assignment.
A clear assignment.
A sound framework.
1. Preliminary talk: Clarify the concern, target group, group dynamics, safeguarding concept and the limits of the assignment.
2. Design: Agree topics, methods, duration, location and fee transparently.
3. Delivery: Direct, respectful, understandable and with clear conversation rules.
4. Review: Feedback with the contact person, without disclosing confidential statements of individual participants.
Important distinction: Workshops and group facilitation are not psychotherapy and not treatment of mental illness. In acute crises or where therapeutic treatment is needed, appropriately qualified professional help is required.
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What is on your group's mind?
Write briefly which institution or group this is about, who takes part, which topic is in the room and what time frame you have in mind. After that we clarify together whether and in which form a workshop makes sense.