Stress competence coaching and burnout prevention
If you as a specialist or manager are experiencing acute stress at work and are noticing the first signs of exhaustion or want to prevent burnout at an early stage.
Relief
Are stress and exhaustion increasing noticeably in everyday working life?
Do you feel overwhelmed, constantly under pressure or at your limit? You are not alone. According to Job Stress Index 2022 around 30 % of the working population in Switzerland feel emotionally exhausted.
High work density, constant availability and complex requirements increase the risk of persistent stress and promote the development of exhaustion and even burnout in the long term.
In stress competence coaching, we analyze your current situation in a structured and solution-oriented way. You gain clarity about your stress levels, recognize early warning signs of chronic overload and develop concrete steps to regain the ability to act. The aim is to provide acute relief and at the same time prevent burnout.
Contents
What you can expect from stress competence coaching
- Knowledge about stress and exhaustion: They understand how stress arises and which physical and psychological processes take place. You recognize the difference between short-term activation and chronic overload and identify at which point in the stress process you can start.
- Analysis of your personal stress and strain patterns: You clarify your central stressors. You check your assessment of situations. You identify inner drivers, patterns of perfection or permanent over-responsibility, which can contribute to exhaustion in the long term.
- Concrete strategies for coping with stress and preventing burnout: You define where you can reduce stress. You strengthen existing resources.
- Transfer to everyday life: You implement new ways of thinking and behaving. You reflect on their impact and adapt your strategies accordingly. This provides lasting relief instead of short-term symptom treatment.
"You can't stop the waves,
but you can learn to ride them."
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Process
How do we set up stress competence coaching?
1. Getting to know each other
In a free video call, we check whether the chemistry is right. We talk about your overarching goal for the coaching, my approach and our expectations.
2nd kick-off meeting
We clarify the coaching goals and discuss how we want to organize the collaboration. Once the basics have been clarified, we can start working on the content.
3. decision
After the kick-off meeting, we decide whether and how we will continue working. If necessary, we record the framework conditions in a brief coaching agreement.
4. accompaniment
We work with suitable methods and impulses as part of an individual coaching process that is geared towards your topics and goals.
You can find an overview of the coaching process and the investment on the page Investment.
Coach
Who accompanies the stress competence coaching
I accompany specialists and managers in the Business Coaching for professional challenges related to stress, Exhaustion and burnout prevention, self-management and collaboration. As an organizational psychologist, I work with well-founded models from work and organizational psychology as well as systemic coaching approaches.
In coaching, we analyze your situation in a structured way and derive concrete steps for your everyday working life. You gain clarity about your Stress and reaction patterns, strengthen your self-regulation and develop sustainable strategies to stabilize your mental health and performance.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about stress competence coaching
What is the difference to resilience coaching?
Stress competence coaching is primarily aimed at specialists and managers with acute stress or the first signs of exhaustion. The focus is on concrete relief, the analysis of current stressors and the development of immediately implementable steps to stabilize everyday working life.
In a Resilience coaching focuses on the long-term development of psychological resilience. We work in depth on self-regulation, inner drivers and sustainable stability so that stress can be better managed in the future.
In practice, the transitions are often fluid. Depending on the initial situation, we combine short-term stabilization with the development of long-term resilience, so that both acute relief and sustainable development are taken into account.
Is coaching also suitable if I am already suffering from burnout?
Stress competence coaching is suitable for increased stress, incipient exhaustion or burnout prevention. If depression, exhaustion depression or another mental illness has already been medically or psychotherapeutically diagnosed, medical or psychotherapeutic support is required.
Coaching can be useful in such cases, but is not a substitute for medical or psychotherapeutic treatment. In the initial consultation, we clarify together whether coaching is the right framework for the current situation.
What happens if I realize after the kick-off meeting that it's not a good fit?
Chemistry and mutual trust are the basis for successful coaching. The kick-off meeting explicitly serves as Test field. If you (or I) realize afterwards that my way of working or the setting is not optimally suited to your concerns, the process ends at this point. In this case, only the individual session will be charged according to the conditions for the kick-off session and there will be no further obligations.
How is confidentiality ensured in coaching?
As an occupational and organizational psychologist, I am subject to the legal duty of confidentiality. A protected space is the prerequisite for you to be able to talk openly about challenges. Everything you bring to the table remains between us and is not communicated to the outside world. If your company finances the coaching, we clearly agree in advance that only organizational details will be communicated.
How is a coaching process structured and how high is the investment?
An overview of the structure of the coaching process and the investment can be found on the page Investment. The duration, meeting frequency and conditions are transparently presented there.
Where do the coaching sessions take place and are they also available online?
Coaching sessions take place in my coaching room in Zurich on Zeltweg 10 or online takes place. Information about the Coaching in Zurich can be found on the main page. I support team development directly in the respective organization.
How much time do I need to invest between sessions?
Progress is made primarily through implementation in day-to-day work, not just in meetings.
Ideally, plan about 30 to 60 minutes for reflection or the implementation of small impulses.