Christian Henrichs is a psychotherapist, executive coach and internationally experienced trainer from Cologne, Germany. He uses a transcultural and capacity-oriented approach and combines psychological expertise with management know-how, intercultural experience and a humanistic attitude. His work focuses on providing psychological services in his own practice, on advising executives and teams in various organizations and on the education and training of psychotherapists and coaches worldwide. He has done projects in more than 80 organizations and 20 countries. He is president of the German Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (DGPP).

Qualification: Dipl.-Psych. (Bonn, D), M.Phil. (Bristol, UK), psychological psychotherapist (approbation, chartered psychotherapist), certified coach and industrial and organizational psychologist (BDP, EFPA), state-recognized lecturer, teaching therapist and supervisor for psychodynamic psychotherapy (LPA NRW), master trainer and supervisor for positive psychotherapy (WAPP, DGPP), transcultural psychotherapy (IAPP), european and world certificate for psychotherapy (EAP, WCP), student and co-worker of Nossrat Peseschkian (1933-2010, founder of positive psychotherapy), visiting professor in Bolivia and China, former board member of the World Association for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy (WAPP), holder of the international award for positive psychotherapy.

Executive Coaching, Team Development, Conflict Mediation, Psychotherapy, Couple Therapy, Supervision

International Projects: e.g. Afghanistan, Albania, Bolivia, Bulgaria, China, Great Britain, India, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Austria, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, USA, Cyprus (all in presence, more online).

References: Bayer, Telekom, AE&E Inova, Tank & Rast, RWTH Aachen, Postbank Data, BKA German Federal Police, THW Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Sinoma Science and Technology, VDI Association of German Engineers, SDM Software, Design and Management, BMV Federal Ministry of Defence, DBB German Federation of Civil Servants Academy, KBAP Cologne-Bonn Academy for Psychotherapy, WIAP Wiesbaden Academy for Psychotherapy, BAKÖV Federal Academy of Public Administration, MAK Media Academy Cologne of Bertelsmann Foundation, IAPP International Academy for Positive and Transcultural Psychotherapy, GIZ German Agency for International Cooperation etc.

Services: Executive coaching / business coaching, team development, workshop facilitation (e.g. team building, strategy-, planning- or reflection-workshops), conflict mediation (e.g. in teams, in projects or in leadership dialog), psychodynamic psychotherapy, positive and transcultural psychotherapy, couple therapy, teaching therapy, individual and group supervision, case and team supervision, management seminars, training and further education seminars for psychotherapists, counsellors and coaches.

Experience: Since 2001, Christian Henrichs has been conducting projects on psychologi-cal and on management issues. At the same time, he has been working with individual clients – amongst them, high-ranking executives of DAX companies and government related organizations. Another field has always been his international activities: In China, he has done training projects in numerous cities, and he worked with central executives of public administration. In Bolivia and Albania, he introduced newly created university master level programs. In Turkey, in Cyprus and in Poland, he promoted the establishment of psychotherapy centres. In Afghanistan and Ukraine, he concluded conflict mediations in international teams. For other projects, he travelled, for instance, to India, Kosovo, Romania, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the United States. Online projects connect him with countries such as Yemen, Mexico and Tunisia. He is married in intercultural marriage, has two children and has been engaged in the German Bahá'í community for many years.

"My clients contact me with quite different concerns: e.g. in an emotional crisis, to promote their professional development, to work on a relationship or for general consultation and reflection. Normally, we first get an orientation on the current situation and the objectives and then we work step by step. In this process, the strengthening of personal resources and the development of concrete problem solutions go hand in hand. After the motto: "There is no elevator to happiness – you have to use the staircase" (Nossrat Peseschkian). In other settings, I advice executives and teams in change processes and conflicts, and I train therapists and coaches in different countries."

Keywords: Psychotherapist, Executive Coach, international Trainer, Cologne.