Preface

The Helpnet is here.

It has been a long and tedious jour­ney that is final­ly com­ing to an end. I am delight­ed to be able to final­ly make The Help­net avail­able — for all those who want to help and become part of this unique net­work that pro­vides sup­port, advice and assis­tance 24/7 and enables inter­dis­ci­pli­nary exchange. But of course also for all those who need sup­port or are look­ing for help. The Help­net should be a place where all mem­bers and vis­i­tors feel safe, pro­tect­ed and cared for.
No mat­ter where and how — every­one needs help at cer­tain points, every­one needs advice, sup­port or just some­one to talk to — no one ever needs to be ashamed of that. There­fore I have defined a spe­cif­ic ter­mi­nol­o­gy for The Help­net: All those who offer their help here are called coun­sel­lors. All those who seek help, sup­port or advice from them, are called clients.

Whether you have a psy­cho­log­i­cal or ther­a­peu­tic back­ground or are a coach — The Help­net offers the right place with­in our net­work of coun­sel­lors. This diver­si­ty is immense­ly impor­tant, as all peo­ple seek­ing sup­port here are com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent in per­son­al­i­ty and have com­plete­ly dif­fer­ent needs. All cul­tures, all lan­guages and also all time zones should be offered on The Help­net — so that every per­son, no mat­ter where they are, can find help.

As a “ther­a­peu­tic coach” I have been able to gain a lot of expe­ri­ence and inspi­ra­tion in very dif­fer­ent areas over the past years. I myself come from a psy­cho­log­i­cal back­ground, but I have met many coach­es, natur­opaths and social work­ers and exchanged ideas with them. All of them have dif­fer­ent approach­es, all of them have a very spe­cif­ic vocab­u­lary towards clients and patients. But they all have one thing in com­mon: the well-being and hap­pi­ness of peo­ple in the focus of their efforts. Because that is what it is all about: help­ing the per­son who asks for help. And we all know that some­thing only works if you believe in it and trust and engage with the per­son you are seek­ing help from.

I myself found it impor­tant and inter­est­ing to make these expe­ri­ences by get­ting involved with these oth­er approach­es in order to under­stand them. This helped me to grow and I was able to com­mu­ni­cate and work even bet­ter with my clients. I want­ed to do the same for my col­leagues around the world — here on The Help­net, which will also func­tion as an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary net­work. Togeth­er for the good of the clients.
Because this is all about lead­ing peo­ple back to hap­pi­ness. No mat­ter whether in the short or long term*.

I therefore appeal to both our target groups:

•  To the con­sul­tants who want to help peo­ple find sat­is­fac­tion and hap­pi­ness in life. Please take a few hours of your time to let The Help­net grow and allow this unique plat­form — thanks to its inter­na­tion­al and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary exchange between experts — to ful­ly ful­fil its functions.
•  To the clients, i.e. peo­ple who are look­ing for help but may not dare it — whether out of fear, defi­ance or var­i­ous oth­er rea­sons. Don’t let your prob­lems and wor­ries get the bet­ter of you. “It’s okay not to be okay.” — we all have dark moments when we wish for sup­port or a help­ing hand. Get the help you need and deserve — your body and mind will thank you.

Become part of the move­ment “A healthy and hap­py self”. Every­one has the right to do so and every­one should strive for it.

Over 7 bil­lion peo­ple live togeth­er on our plan­et and togeth­er we should be able to con­tribute some­thing good.

Togeth­er for a healthy Self. Togeth­er striv­ing for “hap­pi­ness”. Togeth­er The Helpnet.

Best regards

Founder & CEO

*Long-term ther­a­py is not some­thing we would like to offer here, because I think that con­tact is impor­tant. But this can act as a tran­si­tion or as a solu­tion if there should be some­thing like a pan­dem­ic again.