About Struss & Claussen

Every person has the right to a fulfilled life. To realize oneself and also to encourage others to do so is for me less a wish than a claim. With my work I help individuals, families and companies to achieve this right. I support them in following their inner voice, in recognizing and valuing potentials in order to use them strategically and wisely in the context of performance. My goal is for clients to develop personally, face new challenges courageously and grow with joy.

Every person forms their own unique universe with their skills, potential and talent. To me, exploring this universe and recognizing it in all its diversity means creating opportunities: opportunities so that strengths can be developed and success and fulfillment can be attained.

My goal is to give my clients a clear and positive view of their own strengths and abilities and to encourage them to use them. When this succeeds, a sense of professional and personal fulfillment sets in all by itself. Or as Harvey Mackay says: 'Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life'.

Through my work and encounters with different life stories, I am convinced that every person has individual strengths and resources, special gifts and talents. Especially for young people, the challenge is great to discover their own professional path and to dare to take the steps to realize it. For experienced professionals, it is often a matter of courage and a clear view of one's own strengths and individual motives in life. I would like to help recognize potential and convey that work is fun when it is lived and developed further.

Every day, I get to experience first-hand how fulfilling it is to do a job that matches my personality. Being able to work in such a way that individual talents develop into strengths doesn't feel like "work" in the conventional sense - it creates meaning and ensures greater productivity. Achieving precisely this effect with my clients motivates me to recognize potential and design appropriate plans for next steps.

’The life we want to lead is something we can choose. So let’s write stories that we can tell later.’ These are the words of Julia Engelmann in her poem ‘One Day’. To be able to do this, you need to know yourself. A consultation at Struss & Claussen offers you a great opportunity to discover unknown skills and to use this knowledge to make conscious decisions about your work and personal life.

Every person's personality is so rich and full of potential. Nevertheless, essential strengths, talents and inclinations often remain in the background or even undiscovered. Those who authentically know and accept themselves not only have the chance for a great professional perspective, but also for a fulfilled life. My goal is to support you in recognizing your strengths and talents and to find ways to use them to come into your full power on your personal career and life path - unbiased, benevolent and truthful!

Finding the right and truly fulfilling path to a professional future is not easy: personal expectations, traditional ideals and societal pressures make the decision difficult in a world full of opportunities. From my own experience, I know that it is crucial to look inward: What do I really need? What am I capable of? How do I think and feel? What is good for me? As a career counselor, I want to answer these questions together with my clients so that they can go through their professional lives happy and satisfied in the long term.

The profession is an important area of life whose relevant development neither starts nor ends with formal education. Native strengths that have carried us through life since childhood are just as important as personal interests, values and talents. If we are able to recognize these and bring them to bear in the search for a suitable profession, we are not just reacting to 'the' world, but are acting freely in 'our' world. We become the creators of our life reality and the profession becomes not only part of life, but part of our identity. This is the path I would like to take my clients on in counseling.

Only the person who truly knows themselves can be successful in the long-term! I see my role as laying a foundation for our clients, on which they can build their future – a future, which matches their personality. I don’t so much lean on convention, but focus on individual talents, and what opportunities I see emerging.

‘Which path is the right one for me?’ Schoolchildren today are confronted with such a wide range of courses and professional opportunities that it is not easy to decide on your own path. I want to support my clients to make their choice confident and courageous, joyful and motivated. Together we work out your strengths, potential and talents in order to enable both personal and professional fulfillment on this basis.

Every person has a vocation in which they can be themselves and authentically express their strengths and talents. That's why I want to support our clients in looking to the future with courage and curiosity. My goal is to find out together with them what possibilities and opportunities lie in their personal development and what the next steps can look like in concrete terms.

I am fascinated by how people can shine when they pursue a task that fully matches their needs, competencies and talents. We pursue this goal with our consulting by trying to understand the personality of our clients from the inside out, in order to then harmonize the inside with the outside and derive suitable courses of study and professions. Helping people find the right environment and the right subjects for themselves is the most meaningful task I can imagine.

Due to the variety of options, it is not always easy to make decisions and listen to your own inner voice. That is exactly why I am happy to accompany you in this exciting phase of choosing an education and career. It is my concern that you meet this new world detached from expectations and demands, motivated and inwardly strengthened. Together we will work out your needs and abilities and find ways that will enable you to make a confident and individually appropriate decision.

'Think not so often of what you lack, but of what you have.' This quote from Marcus Aurelius illustrates my attitude as a consultant at Struss & Claussen: I am passionate about helping people to recognize and make the best use of their individual abilities in order to face life's challenges with strength. Which path can I take - and above all: which one suits me? Looking back, I would have wished for advice like this for my own development, offering clear guidance in a fast-moving world. After all, if you are aware of your own strengths and potential, you can make a much more targeted choice from the numerous options available and make a confident decision on these important issues.

In order to live a fulfilled life in the long term, you need openness to take an authentic look at yourself, knowledge of your own needs, skills and talents, as well as the courage to implement them consistently in your career and life. From my own experience, I know what stumbling blocks you can encounter on this path and what it means to overcome them. In counseling, I support my clients in understanding their own personality and recognizing individual potential in order to use this knowledge to make the right decisions for personal life issues and to set the course for a happy life.

Undecided due to the abundance of study and career options, I tried out different things without being sure what really suited my character and strengths. The consultation at Struss & Claussen gave me clarity. Now, as part of the team, I am looking forward to helping other people successfully navigate the often difficult and confusing search for the right career path, and to recognizing and developing their potential.

Living authentically and contentedly means knowing one's own potential and always looking for ways in which it can unfold appropriately in every phase of life. I accompany my clients in this process. I support them in finding their calling and sustainably strengthen them in their goals.

When I was faced with the decision, I went through all 400 pages of a study guide without exception, comparing subjects, content and forms of study, ruling out, circling, applying. Today, I would proceed differently: Starting not with the possibilities, but with oneself, ensures a reliable inner advisor and the best prospects of taking a suitable path. Our consulting supports exactly this process, discovers existing resources and links them to optimal development opportunities. First the person, then the possibilities.

Who am I, what fulfills me and where do I belong? I asked myself all these questions after graduating from high school and finally found my answers at Struss & Claussen. Since then, I have had clear goals in mind that motivate me every day and encourage me on my way. In my work, I want to help our clients get to know themselves better and find the courage to do what feels good inside. I am particularly pleased that we have created the possibility to integrate career counseling into every day life by offering different formats.

Through my own life journey, I am very familiar with profound professional changes and have experienced how important it is to be aware of one's own personality when finding a career. Today, I know in which tasks and in which environment I flourish. With the personality-based approach of Struss & Claussen, we help our clients to find the right path for them and to follow it with full power. It fills me with joy to contribute to this.

Education is a key determining factor in the life of every single human being. The breadth of possibility is also a tremendous challenge. Finding out what we are able to do, and where we would like to go, will help to overcome this challenge. When I was younger, I also didn’t find it easy to decide on the right course of study, and the right job. It is all the more fantastic and invaluable to have found the right job, and to have lots of fun doing it!

Each and every one of us has unique talents. I want to help you create an awareness of what your strengths are, so that you can develop and use these wisely. Working closely together, we will develop your vision of a future which you will find inspiring and motivating.

In my own professional journey, I have always tried to listen to my inner voice and trust my intuition. This also includes making unconventional decisions now and then and enduring uncertainties. This path has finally led me here: to a job where I can live out my strengths and learn something new every day, both professionally and personally.

I am convinced that human beings are often more capable than they allow themselves to be. Our consultations don’t only help our clients do a deep-dive in self-analysis, but we also give them courage and motivation to trust their strengths and talents, and listen to their inner voice. After that, the sky’s the limit!

Every day our consultants help people find their direction and the right path for their professional future. Aristotle once said, 'We can’t change the direction of the wind, but we can adjust our sails'. As part of the team, I enjoy accompanying our clients on a leg of this journey – from the very first phone call through to the day of their consultation.

My personal conviction is that everyone has their own individual right to be in the world and that there is a suitable task for everyone. I am happy to be part of a team at Struss & Claussen that not only recognizes individuality and personality, but also promotes them.

"It doesn't matter where you are today, what matters is the direction you take." - This quote from Canadian-American motivational speaker Brian Tracy describes the "Struss&Claussen feeling" for me: Being part of a team that supports its clients in pointing out possible directions at life-defining crossroads motivates me and makes me proud.

"Some create, others support. I count myself among the latter." I can identify well with this quote from Benjamin Myer's novel "Open Sea." As a trainee at Struss & Claussen, I am happy to support others in learning more about themselves.