Self Led You: Nurturing Leadership Inside and Out

Self Led You offers services to help build capabilities in Self leadership. Self leadership is a fundamental principle in Internal Family Systems, where it is understood as a learnable and foundational set of skills that, among other things, enable us to make decisions using long-range and wide-angle perspectives that are in alignment with our core values.

As our skills in Self leadership are honed, we find our range of options expanding. We discover new ways to tackle problems and care for our needs. As we apply this skill within ourselves, we also improve our ability to see and fill the needs of others around us, and so improve our relationship with our wider surroundings. Practising Self leadership grows inner and outer leadership capabilities that are sorely needed in today's world.

To facilitate means to “make easier; help bring about.” Self Led You is a facilitation service, helping individuals and groups develop Self leadership. This is a private practice covered by professional indemnity insurance in both the UK and Sweden, and adheres to ethical standards of governing professional bodies in psychotherapy and coaching. This practice strives to be welcoming of diversity and meet the global challenges we all play a part in while taking accountability for our collective histories.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a an evidence-based psychological modality. IFS believes that the mind is naturally multiple (made up of “personality parts”) and that this is natural and good. Just like members of a family, our inner parts can work in harmony together, or be forced from their natural, valuable states into unhelpful or sometimes extreme roles within us.

IFS believes we all have a core Self. In IFS, “Self” is a capacity present in everyone that is impermeable to harm. It is a natural leader inside of us who knows what to do, how to connect, and how to heal. By helping us first access our inner Self and, from that core, come to understand and heal parts of ourselves, IFS creates inner and outer connectedness.

As we integrate more and more of ourselves, we experience an increased sense of inner trust and flow that is part of what is called Self leadership. Over time, we find ourselves with the inner resources needed to deal with complexity and make truly constructive, sustainable and congruent decisions.

Andreas Michael is a supervised IFS Practitioner, a certified coach, organisational consultant, and project management professional. He's a member of the IFS Institute and Internal Family Systems UK. He is a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and a coach certified by the Institute for Leadership and Management in the UK. Andreas holds an MSc in Psychology from the University of London, Birkbeck, and an MSc in Economics from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland. He has completed programs in IFS-Inspired Coaching, Process-Oriented Psychology (Process Work), and Shadow Work, and has undergone numerous professional development activities as an organisational consultant and project management professional in the UK and Sweden.

Andreas has been working daily with the IFS model since 2014. He first learned to use it with himself and then opened a private practice as an IFS Practitioner in 2016. He is part of teaching teams for IFS trainings in the UK and have facilitated workshops at IFS conferences in the UK and the US. His work as an IFS Practitioner has taken many forms over the years, from group work in professional settings to working with individuals, both in predefined short-term stretches to open-ended long-term periods. Over the years, his clients have brought a great variety of topics to approach and contexts to work within.

Services:

Private individuals and small groups: I offer sessions online or in-person. Unless we agree otherwise, in-person sessions are held at Terapi- & Friskvårdscentrum at Spångatan 20A in Malmö, Sweden.
Leadership coaching: I work both online and in-person. For in-person meetings, we can meet either at Terapi- & Friskvårdscentrum at Spångatan 20A in Malmö, or I can come to your place of work or a venue of your choosing. Please contact me to discuss details.
Coaching in the workplace: I usually come to the workplace or a venue of your choosing. In many situations, especially if coaching is needed with individual colleagues, an online format can also work well. Please contact me to discuss details.
Longer condensed sessions: Upon request, I have offered intensive programs (full-day or multi-day) to clients who felt this was required to reach certain goals. I have also assisted clients with IFS in self-development endeavours that they planned.

Fees: I strive to offer my services at a price that is fair and down-to-earth. I take particular care to keep this work accessible to private individuals and do offer concessions when needed. Please contact me for details.

Contact: Please e-mail me on (public key). I aim to respond to all inquiries within three working days.

Emergencies: If you are in a crisis right now and need to talk to somebody immediately there are several options. First, if you or someone close to you is in imminent danger of harming themselves or someone else, always call 112. Other options: In the UK, Samaritans offer a 24 hour help line on 08457 90 90 90. There is also likely to be a local Crisis Line in your area offering 24 hour advice and support on mental health issues. You can find this by searching online for Crisis Line + your area. 0300 1234 244 is the number for West London. In Sweden, you may call Hjälplinjen on 90390 or Mind's suicide hotline (“Självmordslinjen”) on 90101. You can also call the emergency number, 112, and ask for the on-call priest (“jourhavande präst”).