Dealing with Difficult Personalities and Situations (Private Clients)

Karsten Noack

How I Work – Coaching, Therapy, or Both?

 

Many issues around difficult personalities show up on two levels: in the outer world – decisions, conversations, boundaries – and in your inner world – emotions, imprints, and trauma-related patterns.

That is why I distinguish three areas in my work:

 

 

 

 

1. Coaching & Consulting – When Clarity and Action Come First

 

Here, we focus on your behavior, communication, and decisions.

Typical topics with a coaching focus:

  • Preparing for difficult conversations
    (for example, separation talks, setting boundaries, addressing hurtful behavior clearly)

  • Setting and maintaining healthy boundaries

  • Making decisions: stay, leave, create distance

  • Stepping into new roles after separation, a job change, or relocation

  • Strengthening your presence, including with dominant or narcissistic people

In these processes, you gain clarity, make more conscious choices, and act with greater confidence.

 

 

 

2. Therapeutic Support – When Inner Wounds Need Healing

 

Some issues are less about the next concrete decision and more about deeper wounds and trauma responses.

Typical topics with a therapeutic focus:

  • Consequences of relationship trauma and narcissistic abuse

  • Anxiety, inner restlessness, sleep problems, chronic tension

  • Childhood imprints through emotional neglect, shaming, or controlling behavior

  • Difficulties experiencing closeness, even with a strong longing for it

  • Cracks in your self-worth after years of devaluation

The focus here lies on stabilization, processing, and strengthening your inner foundation.

Together, we pay close attention to your nervous system, your boundaries, and a pace that feels safe for you.

 

 

 

3. Combined Topics – Coaching & Therapy Working Together

 

Many concerns affect both levels simultaneously. In these cases, we consciously combine coaching and therapeutic work.

Typical combined topics:

  • Living with a narcissistic partner or ex-partner

  • Co-dependency and the question: Why do I stay, although this harms me?

  • Decisions about no contact or low contact within the family

  • Rebuilding your sense of self and your life after toxic relationships

 

 

First, we clarify where you currently stand:

  • What does your inner system need right now?

  • What does your outer life require?

Then we design the process so that both levels receive the support they need.

 

 

 

Clarity from the Very Beginning

 

In an initial session (depending on complexity, I recommend booking 60 or 90 minutes of Coaching & Consultation), we explore together:

  • Which of your topics are more coaching-oriented?

  • Where does it make sense to go deeper therapeutically (with a clear therapeutic focus, you can book a therapy session right away)?

  • Where is a combination helpful?

You receive a transparent assessment of how I can support you and which form of working together fits your situation best.

 

 

 

Services

 

  • Preparing for negotiations and important conversations

  • Making sound, well-grounded decisions

  • Dealing with narcissists and the consequences of their behavior

Contact Me for More Information

 

If you have specific questions or want to know more about how I can help, just ask me directly. For questions that might interest others, please feel free to post them in the comments section below.

 

 

Looking for Professional Support?

 

If you're interested in coaching, training, or consulting, have organizational questions, or would like to schedule an appointment, the best way to reach me is through this contact form (where you can choose whether to provide your personal data) or by email at mail@karstennoack.com. You can find the privacy policy here.

 

 

Transparency and Frequently Asked Questions

 

Transparency is important to me. To help you get started, I've provided answers to frequently asked questions about myself (profile), the services I offer, fees, and the process of getting to know me. If you like what you see, I'd be delighted to work with you.

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Published: June 21, 2001
Author: Karsten Noack
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