Michaela Buck

I am an ICF PCC certified coach, EMCC Senior Practitioner, and Advanced Certified Team Coach (ACTC) with a background that combines leadership experience, organisational development, and deep work with human change processes.

For more than 15 years, I have supported professionals, leaders, entrepreneurs, and high-functioning individuals navigating stress, emotional pressure, overwhelm, difficult transitions, and complex professional or personal situations. My clients are often highly capable people who continue to perform outwardly while internally struggling with chronic tension, overthinking, emotional exhaustion, or a growing sense of disconnection from themselves.

Before focusing fully on coaching and psychotherapy, I held senior management positions in HR, change management, IT, and quality management in international business environments, including public transportation, software development, and telecommunications. Several of these roles included strategic and operational responsibility as part of management teams. This background allows me to understand both the emotional and organisational realities of demanding professional environments.

My coaching approach combines calm presence, analytical clarity, emotional depth, and practical orientation. I work in a structured and thoughtful way while integrating nervous system-informed and trauma-informed perspectives where appropriate. Clients often appreciate that my work is both psychologically informed and grounded in real-world leadership and organisational experience.

In addition to coaching individuals and teams, I have contributed to leadership, coaching, and trauma-related topics through speaking engagements and publications, including ICF Converge.

More than 20 years of experience across leadership, organisational development, coaching, HR, IT, and change management in international business environments.

Former senior management roles include:

Head of HR & Change Management Head of IT Head of IT & Quality Management

Industries include public transportation, software development, telecommunications, consulting, and adult education.

Since 2010, private practice and consulting work focused on coaching, emotional resilience, leadership development, stress regulation, communication, and trauma-informed perspectives for professionals and leaders.

Experience includes:

executive and leadership coaching organisational and cultural change team development and facilitation psychotrauma prevention training HR and talent development business process and quality management IT leadership and transformation

Speaker and contributor on leadership, coaching, and trauma-related topics, including ICF Converge.

Professional Certified Coach (PCC) – International Coaching Federation (ICF) Advanced credential for experienced professional coaches with extensive coaching hours, mentor coaching, supervision, and assessment according to internationally recognised coaching standards.

Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC) – International Coaching Federation (ICF) Advanced qualification in professional team coaching, systemic team development, and team dynamics in organisational settings.

Senior Practitioner & ITCA Practitioner – European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Accreditation recognising professional coaching competence, ethical standards, reflective practice, and continuous professional development.

Heilpraktikerin für Psychotherapie (licensed mental health practitioner under German law) Licensed by the German health authority (Gesundheitsamt Essen) with extensive experience in mental health, emotional regulation, trauma-informed work, and psychotherapy-related contexts.

Advanced Solution-Focused Practitioner – IASTI Advanced training in solution-focused coaching and communication approaches for individual and organisational settings.

Hogan Assessment Certification (HPI, HDS, MVPI) Certified in the use of Hogan personality and leadership assessments for leadership development, coaching, and talent-related work.

Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP) Provider – Unyte iLs Certified provider for a nervous system-informed auditory intervention approach focused on stress regulation and emotional resilience.

Additional background in:

trauma-informed and nervous system-informed approaches leadership development and organisational change psychotraumatology team coaching and facilitation HR, change management, and business process development

Member of internationally recognised coaching associations including ICF and EMCC.

Working languages: English and German.