the people behind mind-changers

Frederic Linssen is the developer of the Changers Intervention and co-founder of mind-changers. He is a psychologist, co-founder and director of the ILK training institute (Bielefeld), director of the IBS (Aachen) and works as a lecturer and psychologist in private practice. For over 20 years, he has been working on solution-focused communication and effective ways to support people. In 2019, his experience led to the idea of promoting change processes by helping clients regularly connect with their individual, positive goals and literally internalise them. Inspired by Dr Ben Furman's “Suggestin”, he developed the first “image-based autosuggestive oral vaccination” – the first individualised open-label placebo (OLP) for changing experience and behaviour.

From 2020 to 2023, Andreas Lewe, systemic coach, graduate economist and one of the first clients Frederic supported with Changers, accompanied the development of mind-changers. The two had met during Andreas' own coaching training. The Changers were used in their joint teaching coaching – with resounding success. The effect was so convincing that shortly after the end of the teaching coaching, Andreas approached Frederic and suggested making the Changers principle available to other people. Together, they founded mind-changers in 2020. Since mid-2023, Andreas has been devoting his free time to new and exciting challenges.

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Certified coaches/therapists
Frederic continuously trains colleagues who support their clients with Changers. An overview of certified Changers coaches/therapists can be found here