Coaching & Counseling

With our Mental Health & Leadership Coaching you can effectively support your employees in staying mentally healthy. Whether it’s in connection with personal issues, in a professional context or as support in everyday leadership - we have the right experts for all concerns.

Mental Health Coaching

Our Mental Health Coaching helps your employees and managers to find clarity about their concerns and their own solutions to challenges facing them. Our coaches help with targeted questions and input and support clients in seeing their own strengths, resources and potential. During the counselling, we work together to develop implementation ideas and pragmatic steps in everyday life. We aim to help your employees to regain their agency and also learn how to take care of their own mental health.

We are there for your employees - and that pays off

A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) such as our Mental Health Coaching strengthens not only your employees, but your entire company: a healthy organisation needs healthy and satisfied people, and the investment in the health of your workforce pays off. 

Higher performance

Healthy employees are more satisfied and committed, work more efficiently and achieve better results.

Stronger commitment

By strengthening your workforce in a targeted way, you show appreciation and boost employee motivation.

Lower staff turnover

By supporting work-life balance, leadership culture and health, you retain your skilled workers.

Reduced absenteeism

By implementing preventive measures, you maintain the health of your workforce, reduce absenteeism and prevent mental illness.

What we offer you

Experience & pioneering spirit

We have been your reliable partner in the field of Mental & Corporate Health for more than 30 years. As pioneers, we recognised the need for employee health programmes as early as 1989 and established the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) on the German market. Since then, we have continued to develop and are the leading provider of coaching and counselling services for companies.

Qualified and passionate counselors

Our counselors are highly qualified, certified coaches and work for the Fürstenberg Institute on a permanent basis. As contact persons for your employees and managers, they are firmly grounded in real life and bring with them many years of professional experience from various sectors. This enables them to support your employees and managers in all situations. Our high quality is also confirmed by our satisfied clients, who consistently rate us as “very good”.

Always available – on site, digitally, by phone

We are available to your employees 24 hours a day, seven days a week – 365 days a year. In addition to personal counselling at our ten sites throughout Germany and at 70 other counselling practices, we also offer counselling by telephone and online. Internationally, we are there for you in more than 20 languages.

Extensive additional services

In addition to individual counselling, we offer your employees and managers many other support and development options: regular webinars, “Lunch & Learn” sessions and talks on selected topics as well as our mental health platform, myFürstenberg, which offers input on many aspects of health and work.

Are you interested in what we have to offer? Get in touch now!

Get in touch with us without obligation and find out more about how we can support and promote you and your corporate health in the long term.

Diverse topics in Mental Health Coaching

The concerns that your employees and managers come to us with are as varied as life itself. We have the right experts for all life issues.

Psyche &
health

Profession &
workplace

Crises &
stress

Family &
relationships

Leadership Coaching

In our leadership coaching programmes, managers receive special support from our experts in mastering their responsibilities healthily and successfully. Our leadership coaches have first-hand experience of key aspects of the field of leadership, which enables them to serve as professional sounding boards to help your managers with all questions and challenges facing them, whether this is dealing with mentally stressed employees, coping with tensions in the team or overcoming their own uncertainty in the course of everyday leadership.

Services included in Mental Health & Leadership Coaching

As a client of the Fürstenberg Institute, you will receive many additional services that go beyond the counselling of your employees and managers. These services are included in our Mental Health & Leadership Coaching and can be used by your employees free of charge.

Instant counselling

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There are some issues that cannot wait. If your employees want to start their coaching right away, they can dial directly into our instant counselling and be connected immediately with one of our coaches. Within this framework, they can get support on all the topics we deal with, such as help in crises, psychological stress, challenges in the job or concerns as a manager. Our instant counselling is available in German and English.

Therapy placement

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Our Mental Health Coaching strengthens your employees and offers them a source of relief. However, if your employees' concerns require clinical support, we will assist them in acquiring professional therapeutic help. Our therapy placement service is available to all clients. Thanks to our excellent network and our cooperation with therapeutic clinics, we can guarantee shorter waiting times for admission.

Crisis management after traumatic events

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Unusually stressful events (such as accidents and violence in the company or even deaths) can often evoke strong reactions and feelings in employees. These crisis situations can have serious and long-lasting effects on team members and how they work together. We provide support in these situations with empathetic and professional crisis management. By providing immediate assistance (also on site) and qualified aftercare, we can help managers and employees to cope better with traumatic events and significantly reduce negative side-effects.

myFürstenberg - the Mental Health Platform

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Our Mental Health Platform, myFürstenberg, offers a wide range of digital services to boost mental health and individual development - free of charge for our client companies and available on demand. Your employees and managers can use the platform to dial directly into instant counselling, book appointments for counselling and register for our events. They also get exclusive access to an extensive self-help media library that includes specialised information, learning videos with expert input, meditation exercises and other media, such as our new podcast GROW. myFürstenberg is inclusive, accessible and available in both German and English.

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Digital Events

We offer your employees and managers a broad portfolio of digital information and communication opportunities in German and English: webinars, “Lunch & Learn” sessions, talks and meet ups. These address key topics relating to mental health, professional development and leadership. With an average of more than 50 sessions per half-year, employees and managers have access to a lot of exciting digital content.

Addiction counselling

The Fürstenberg Institute is a recognised addiction counselling centre. Accordingly, our certified addiction counsellors are allowed to initiate addiction therapy rehabilitation measures. Your employees can seek advice on addiction problems relating to alcohol, nicotine, drugs or addictive behaviour (e.g. gambling or computer games). We also support relatives as well as managers and colleagues who have questions about this subject. Thanks to our many years of experience, we act quickly when necessary and, when required, carry out the application procedure for outpatient or inpatient rehabilitation for addiction.

Couple & family counselling

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People are always engaged in social relationships. If there are difficulties in a relationship or if a close friend or relative is not well, this can also affect the well-being of your employees. Our Mental Health Coaching is therefore also aimed at the partners and relatives of your employees - as group or individual counselling.

Care counselling

Many employees are faced with the challenge of organising the care of a relative or taking responsibility for it themselves. This can be very challenging for employees - not only emotionally, but also in terms of combining care responsibilities with their job. Our qualified and experienced care advisors support your employees in this particular situation. This includes providing emotional support, clarifying the situation, helping to find support options and providing assistance with care and possible courses of action.

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Additional counselling modules

With our additional modules, you can offer your employees and managers even more comprehensive support. These services can be booked as a supplement to Mental Health Coaching for your entire company.

Placement services - family care

Finding a place in a child day-care centre, looking for a nursing home or even finding care for the afternoon - many know how time-consuming and frustrating this can be. We offer support to employees and, if necessary, take responsibility for finding care staff or facilities. It goes without saying that we only consider childcare options or care staff who have been assessed by the Fürstenberg Institute. We attach great importance to outstanding references, personal integrity and our trust in personal impressions.

Legal advice

When it comes to legal matters or disputes, most people have major worries or uncertainties that also burden them in their everyday work. Our legal counselling by trained and experienced lawyers offers a professionally sound initial orientation in relation to disputes and legal cases. This includes, for example, initial counselling on legal issues (with the exception of labour law), checking documents or contracts, and outlining possible courses of action.

Financial literacy counselling

Our counselling in the area of financial literacy includes, for example, detailed budget counselling, analysis of individual financial situations, assistance in securing a livelihood and measures to stabilise financial situations going into the future. In addition, we advise managers and human resources departments on how to deal with indebted employees or wage garnishment.

Medical counselling

Our medical staff provide short-term advice to employees in relation to individual health problems such as migraine and headaches, back pain, cardiovascular disease, obesity, chronic disease as well as treatment options, preventive measures, medication and drug interaction, stabilisation of the immune system and seasonal illnesses (e.g. flu). Medical confidentiality is, of course, respected during medical counselling.

This is how your employees can access our Mental Health & Leadership Coaching

1. The initial decision

There are many different reasons for deciding on a counseling with our Mental Health Coaches – whether it’s a current challenge, a need for personal development, a crisis or simply to get your thoughts in order – we are there to help with all issues.

2. Booking an appointment

Booking an appointment with us is very easy: on our Mental Health platform, myFürstenberg, your employees can access our booking system with just a few clicks and book the right coach for their concerns. Appointments can also be made by e-mail and telephone.

3. Anonymous counselling on site, online or by phone

Our qualified and certified coaches provide counselling in person at our institute sites as well as online and by telephone, depending on your needs. All data is, of course, strictly protected in accordance with the provisions of German Data Protection Regulations (DSGVO).

What customer companies say about us

We regard our colleagues from the Fürstenberg Institute as very capable contact partners in relation to all health-related matters. We have already worked together on many topics, such as our implementation of in-house occupational rehabilitation management (BEM) as well as workshops and team development. It's great to have reliable support from professionals when facing such a variety of challenges.

Weberbank Actiengesellschaft

We are aware of the responsibility we have towards our employees - that is why the Fürstenberg Institut, with its experience and professional expertise, is exactly the right partner for us. We appreciate the pleasant and professional cooperation and are pleased that we can offer our employees such important and valuable support for their private and professional lives.

Statista GmbH

We have been a customer of the Fürstenberg Institut since 2013 and are very satisfied with the long-standing trustful cooperation. The physical and mental health of our employees is particularly important to us. In addition to mental health coaching, we have also repeatedly booked supplementary measures in the area of corporate health over the years. With this combination, we offer employees and managers targeted support with challenging personal, professional, health or family issues and thus also strengthen our company.

Munich Re

We are glad that the Fürstenberg counselling could be conducted so well online or by phone during the period of pandemic-related contact restrictions. During the Corona period, the support and advice provided by the Fürstenberg Institute has been of great value to our staff. Quite a few of them have sought advice which enabled them to cope so much better with the challenges of a changing situation.

GetYourGuide

An important and valuable service for employees who would like support with professional or private concerns. We appreciate the Fürstenberg Institute as a reliable and high-quality partner.

New Work SE (XING)

Our employees are much more satisfied since receiving support from the Fürstenberg Institute and do their work with increased motivation. We have even noticed a reduction in absenteeism.

Bezirksamt Neukölln von Berlin

What we particularly like about the Fürstenberg Institute is that our employees have access to more than just professional individual counseling when dealing with professional or private challenges. A great variety of digital events and webinars also provides them with general tips and assistance for dealing with any current challenges they might be facing- e.g. leading hybrid teams.

Henkell & Co. Sektkellerei KG

Our managers are happy to refer our employees to the Fürstenberg Institute to receive help during the course of organizational change. Many colleagues report positively on the support provided in the form of employee counselling. The Fürstenberg Institute is an integral part of our employer branding.

Shell Deutschland Oil GmbH, Hamburg

As a long-standing client of Mental Health Coaching, we also conducted our employee survey with the Fürstenberg Institute for the first time this year. It was carried out professionally according to our specific needs and provided us with valuable insights.

Volksbank Rhein-Lippe eG

The way to Mental Health Coaching in your company

In just a few steps, your entire company will have access to our services. The process is straightforward and takes only a few days. Contact us and give your employees and managers the opportunity to benefit from our services!

Contact us using our form or call our customer management. The relevant regional management will get back to you as soon as possible and arrange an initial appointment to discuss your enquiry.

Discussing your request

In order to fulfil your request in the best possible way, a joint meeting with the relevant regional management will be held shortly after your initial enquiry. There we will clarify exactly what you would like from us and how we are able to support you.

Individual offer

Following the meeting, you will receive an individual offer for your company by e-mail, precisely tailored to your needs.

Contract preparation

If you confirm your acceptance of the offer, your contract will be sent to you promptly.

Access data and starter package

And on the very next day you can get started! Immediately after signing the contract, you will receive the access data for your company and the starter package with all the important information.

Reporting

We will report to you on the use of our services by your employees and managers regularly and anonymously in a personal evaluation meeting.

Support for your internal communication

Mental Health Coaching can only be successful if your employees know how to make use of our support and trust in the absolute confidentiality of our coaches. We reliably support you in making Mental Health Coaching known in your company - not only at the start, but continuously.

Your individual Fürstenberg client manager will coordinate the following with you:

Personal presentation of counselling services to employees and managers

Info webinars for new employees and managers

Information materials such as flyers, posters, intranet banners and newsletters

We will be happy to discuss individual support for internal communication together!

Do you still have questions?

Here you will find answers to frequently asked questions about our services, our coaching, our events and our customer portal myFürstenberg.

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