Dear readers,
Animal metaphors are among the most powerful methods in systemic coaching, systemic consulting and systemic therapy. They help make relationships, inner parts, teams, conflicts or resources visible and externalize complex situations in an intuitive way.
That is why, starting next week, coachingspace is expanding its digital figure case by 52 animal figures, available in all 3D methods.
Why animal metaphors work so well in coaching
Animals speak directly to our imagination. Where abstract descriptions are often difficult, animal metaphors quickly create vivid images and new perspectives.
One simple question is enough:
“If your relationship were an animal, which one would it be?”
Within a few seconds, a first inner image usually appears. Then the actual systemic reflection begins:
What characterizes this animal?
What strengths does it have?
How big does it seem?
Where is it located in the room?
How does the image change over the course of the coaching?
What would have to happen for this animal to change?
What matters is not the supposedly correct meaning of the animal, but the personal meaning clients give to it.
Using animal figures online, with coachingspace
The new animal figures can be used in all of coachingspace's virtual 3D workspaces, for example for:
Systemic constellations
Couples counseling
Family counseling
Team coaching
Organizational development
Inner Team
Conflict consulting
Resource work
Personal development
Forming hypotheses
This makes even complex dynamics easy to visualize and work on together in the virtual room.
Digital possibilities that physical animal figures cannot offer
The virtual coaching room opens up additional methodical options:
52 freely usable animal figures
Change sizes as you like
Position animals freely in the room
Take the perspective of an animal
Combination with all figures and methods in coachingspace
Working together in real time, even online
The change of perspective in particular often brings surprising insights. Anyone who has looked at the world through the eyes of the “elephant in the room” or a “lion” often experiences entirely new approaches to a solution.
From practice
Many coaches already work successfully with animal metaphors, with adults as well as with children, families or people with cognitive impairments.
One important principle here is:
The person is not the animal, but the animal describes the relationship, the situation or the dynamic.
This creates a safe space for reflection, free of premature labels.
Experience animal metaphors live
Would you like to see how animal metaphors, digital constellations and other systemic methods work online?
Then we warmly invite you to one of our free live product demos.
There we show you hands-on how systemic coaching works in the virtual room, from constellations and the Inner Team to animal metaphors.
Join for free now and get to know coachingspace live:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/coachingspace
Warm regards
Benjamin Lambeck
Managing Director, coachingspace
