About Me

Sabina Maria Jacober

Social Counsellor, Case Manager, Coach, Mediator, Supervisor

I find nothing more interesting and rewarding than supporting people in challenging situations and with them finding made-to-measure solutions.

I am who I am today by continually working on and with myself. Along with my training and experience, this enables me to support others while remaining clear as to what my part is, and the part of others.

I began my professional life with an apprenticeship in commerce, then did my A-Levels (maturity). I studied social work as people fascinate me and because the same question leads to completely different individual solutions. As a counsellor I’ve come to realise that injuries and/or trauma stand in the way of solution implementation. As a consequence I trained as a Trauma Coach and to gain a lot of additional knowledge on embodied memories and how these can be resolved. During my Conflict Management and Mediation training, I focussed on conflicts so that I could develop into someone who is capable of conflict from someone who avoids it. The Supervision, Coaching and Mediation training gave me the theoretical tools to successfully coach my staff. And as you never stop learning, I’m further honing my coaching skillset with the Coaching Advanced training.

I focus on work-related subjects because work is personally very important to me and it allows us to continually develop our know-how and personal skills. I’m convinced that work should be enjoyable and if this isn’t the case, it needs a closer look to understand why.

I worked as an unemployment coach and gave courses. While working in social welfare, my focus was on reintegration into the primary labour market. And in the last 15 years working in the financial sector as an in-house Social Counsellor and Case Management expert in leadership and management, I’ve (almost) seen it all.

For me regular exercise outside in nature is very nourishing, it allows me to be fully present in coaching and to devote myself entirely to you.

I’m here for you and look forward to meeting you.

Vocational Training

Supervison, Coaching and Mediation, ZHAW* Social Work, Zurich – DAS
Coaching Advanced, ZHAW* Institue for applied Psychology, Zurich – CAS
Conflictmanagement and Mediation, ZHAW* Social Work, Zurich – CAS
Trauma Coach, Institute for somatic trauma work, Winterthur
Studies of Social Work, ZHAW* Social Work, Zurich – Bachelor
High School KME cantonal high school for adults, Zurich – Matura E (economics)
Apprenticeship in commerce, Glarus – Certificate of Competence
* ZHAW: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Professional Experience

I have extensive professional experience in the private and public sector, and non-profit organizations. My most important positions:

Social counseling at a major Swiss financial services provider: 15 years of experience in corporate social counseling and case management for long-term absences. The last 6 years as Head of Social Counseling Switzerland.
Municipality: 4 years as a social worker for social welfare
Non-profit: · 6 years of counseling and training for the unemployed, final position as Deputy Managing Director

Languages

German: native speaker
Englisch: Certificate of Proficiency in English C2
French: B2-C1

Working Methodology

Fundamentals

Society: My view of humanity is shaped by the western industrialised world. I assume that people have a choice, that they choose consciously or sub-consciously.
Person: People are invested in development and each person has their own solutions.
I work resource and solution-oriented. Solutions are individual and must be compatible with the system. It’s important to me to show all solutions and discuss these.
Context: We must be aware of the system in which we function, what we can change and what we can’t change. What can I contribute to changing something for the better, as well as other things we cannot.
Communication: Knowing and naming needs is something I find central to living and working together. Giving adequate and acceptable feedback belongs to this for me.
Wishes: We all have expectations of how something should be. If the reality doesn’t correspond with this, we often struggle with the reality, instead of accepting certain things and then finding realistic solutions.
Expert: You know yourself best and are your own expert for your life or for your illness.

Theories

additional information can be found under Knowledge

I continuously extend my knowhow by reading specialist literature, attending further education and through life experiences. All of this flows into the coaching I provide.

Below are some of the theories that shape my work:

NVC (Non-violent communication)

was developed by Marshall B. Rosenberg.
This concept aims at improving relationships through empathy, trust and clarity. It does this by recognizing and expressing needs without hurt or manipulation. NVC is based on four main components:
1. Observation: What do I really observe without judgement?
2. Feelings: What do the observations make me feel?
3. Needs: What needs that I have underpin those feelings?
4. Requests: Which concrete actions could fulfil these needs
Point 4 can then be enhanced with an Offer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication

PEP (Process and Embodiment-focussed Psychology)

is an evolution of tapping techniques used in psychotherapy and coaching.
It combines elements of self-acceptance, humor, and lightness to
release emotional blockages and enhance self-efficacy. PEP integrates a bifocal-multisensory approach, where a distressing topic is simultaneously considered and a physical stimulus is applied to effect changes at an emotional level.
I use these tapping techniques to reduce emotional stress.

https://www.dr-michael-bohne.de/pep-forschung.html

Stress and Trauma

This simple tapping exercise is a self-help method that calms the nervous system and reduces emotional stress – it’s the most effective way to self-regulate that I know. https://www.selfhelpfortrauma.org Watch the video and perform the exercise according to the instructions once a day or as needed. The exercise takes less than 5 minutes and provides immediate relief. If you perform this exercise regularly, your baseline stress level will be reduced.

Systematic and constructivist approach

The systematic-constructivist approach is a combination of systematic thinking and constructivism. It views problems as part of a larger system, rather than as isolated events, and each individual constructs their own subjective reality. The aim is to support the self-organization processes in the system and to activate resources to allow positive changes to be possible. The systematic-constructivist approach is a way of thinking that combines social systems and individual constructions of reality, thus allowing problems to be understood and promoting positive changes.

Theme-Centered Interaction (TCI)

Each group is defined by four factors: the person (I); the group interaction (we), the task (it) and the environment (globe). Recognition and fostering the balance of the I-We-It factors in the environment is the basis of TCI group work https://www.ruth-cohn-institute.org/basic-training.html

Transaction Analysis (TA)

Transaction analysis is based on four assumptions which are that every person is valuable, change is possible, each person has parent and child parts and that communication is the central element in relationships.
https://itaaworld.com/about-ta/

Zurich Resource Model (ZRM)

ZRM is a self-management training which has at its core the latest neuroscientific findings to human learning and action and includes the subconscious to achieve results. This site is only available in german: https://zrm.ch, but you find the online tool in English here:
https://zrm.ch/OnlineTool_english.html

Consulting design

Consulting design, as a coach I am “only” responsible for specialist information and the process!
My position is distanced empathy; the distance is essential so that I can maintain the outer view.
I’m authentic.
– I’m committed to my client.
Voluntary: I work with people who want and can take on personal responsibility.
My aim is that you know yourself better and better, have your own tools and that you are more self-sufficient.
Emotions are part of most processes and we work with these.
Honesty towards yourself allows fast development.
Humour is central to me and flows naturally into the counselling.