Birgit Boettcher – Licensed Practitioner for Psychotherapy in Duesseldorf

 

I love people, and I have always loved maths problems. Maybe that is why I enjoy my work so much: every session brings both together. A person I truly enjoy getting to know, and the fascinating task of understanding the connections behind their issue and solving it step by step.

Listening closely is my strength. When you call me, I use it to pick up on all the aspects that belong to your situation. That usually lets me see quite quickly what is going on for you, how I can help and what a good first step might be.

When we then work together, we look more closely. We find out what triggered your anxiety, what keeps it going today and where we need to start so that something truly changes. I know quite well which step comes when. You don't have to figure out the way forward yourself.

With me it is sometimes serious and sometimes light-hearted — depending on what the moment calls for. And when it is important for your process, I also share personal things from my own experience. Because inner patterns and psychological dynamics are sometimes easier to recognise and understand when you can compare them with another experience, not just your own.

Resume & Qualifications

For more than 25 years I have been working with people in challenging situations such as crises, anxiety or illness, as a relaxation trainer, psychotherapist, crisis-management consultant, lecturer and coach.

Since 2025 Internal coach for staff at Diakonie Düsseldorf
Since 2024 Tony Robbins Mastery Program in New York, West Palm Beach and Fiji
Since 2023 Training as Regression Therapist (TRT), Tasso Institut Deutschland
Since 2022 Advanced Retreats with Dr. Joe Dispenza in Dallas, Cartagena, Vienna and Barcelona
Since 2016 Training in IFS Therapy (Internal Family Systems), IIFS Institut Deutschland
Since 2013 Relaxation trainer at the NRW Ministry of Finance, Düsseldorf
Since 2010 Graduate of „The Hero's Journey", Robert Dilts (USA)
Since 2009 Training with Brandon Bays, „The Journey", London
Since 2008 Six years of participation in the international „Certification Training Within The Institute For The Work Of Byron Katie"
Since 2007 Lecturer in hypnosis at the ASG-Bildungsforum Düsseldorf. Training as a WingWave coach at the Besser-Siegmund-Institut, Hamburg
Since 2006 Lecturer in competence training for Tertia, Düsseldorf. NLP trainer (DVNLP), trained at nlp-professionell, Bochum
Since 2003 Graduate of Brief-Therapy Seminar with Steve de Shazer (live)
Since 2002 Freelance crisis-management consultant for Crisis Management International (Atlanta)
Since 2001 Qualified as a hypnotherapist with Burt Goldman, USA. Trainer in progressive muscle relaxation, recognised by German health insurers, Heidelberger Akademie für Gesundheitsbildung
Since 2000 Successfully qualified as „Alternative Practitioner for Psychotherapy"
Since 1999 NLP Master Practitioner (DVNLP) through training with Thies Stahl, Hamburg. Start of my coaching career
1997 to 2001 Worked as a qualified social pedagogue in psycho-social consulting at the psychiatric hospital, Rheinische Kliniken Düren
1992 to 1996 Studies in social pedagogy, graduated as „Diplom-Sozialpädagogin", Cologne
2 years Lived in the USA and France

Methods I Work With

In practice I combine several methods depending on the topic. An overview with a dedicated page for each:

All methods at a glance on the Methods page. Not sure where to start? Read more about Burnout & Anxiety or how anxiety coaching works.

Methods overview · Publications & books · Practice in Düsseldorf · How anxiety coaching works

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