Nathalie Buschor

Guiding people. Unfolding potential.

Executive Coach · Consultant · Psychotherapist

I support people and organisations through processes of change – with psychological depth, entrepreneurial experience and a clear eye for development.

Nathalie Buschor – executive coach, consultant and psychotherapist in Zurich
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Two paths, one guidance

What brings you here?

Whether professionally or privately – I'd be glad to walk part of the way with you. Choose where to begin.

Professional business scene – executive coaching & consulting with Nathalie Buschor in Zurich

Executive Coaching & Consulting

So you can decide clearly, lead effectively and stay in balance.

  • Coaching – leadership, career & resilience
  • Consulting – advisory for SMEs
  • Talks, workshops & training
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A couple walking hand in hand through an autumn forest – couples therapy and personal development with Nathalie Buschor in Zurich

Therapy & personal development

For more clarity, connection and inner balance.

  • Psychotherapy
  • Couples therapy
  • Family therapy
  • Crises, midlife & hormonal transitions
  • Questions of meaning & life
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Why me? – Business, psychology & meaning

People and their life paths have always fascinated me. That is why I bring together business, psychology and meaning – grounded in a long career in business, clinical practice and genuine scientific depth.

My work rests on real experience, not on quick recipes: years in leadership roles in business, hands-on work in psychiatric clinics, solid academic training in both economics and psychology and psychotherapy – and by now twenty years as a self-employed entrepreneur. This broad foundation lets me play on a wide keyboard: spontaneously, creatively and tailored entirely to your situation. Together we create clarity, bring order to complex situations and make decisions that are not only logically convincing but also feel right in the long run. It is not about quick fixes or one-size-fits-all answers, but about guidance that fits you, your values and your life.

Business× Psychology× Life experience× Meaning

Career

Psychotherapy & psychology

  • 2019 – todayBuschor TherapyFounder and psychotherapist. Individual, couples and family therapy, creative workshops and talks with an integrative approach.
  • 2006 – todayBuschor Coaching & ConsultingFounder. Leadership and personal development for executives and entrepreneurs, consulting for SMEs, tailored seminars.
  • 2006 – todayLecturer & mentorUniversity of St. Gallen, IMD Lausanne, University of Basel, Schumacher College – on leadership and personal development.
  • 2004 – 2006Clienia Seefeld · Praxis Dr. A. Ribi / Dr. A. PoloDelegated psychotherapist.
  • 2004 – 2005IngeusLabour market integration.

Business & leadership

  • 2006 – 2008Credit SuisseTrust & Foundations.
  • 2003 – 2006UBSBusiness Banking & Wealth Management.
  • 1999 – 2003Zurich Financial ServicesMergers & acquisitions.
  • 1998 – 2000CiticorpBusiness banking.

Education

  • 2001 – 2020C.G. Jung Institut / ISAPAnalytical psychotherapist.
  • 1998 – 2001CFA InstituteChartered Financial Analyst.
  • 1992 – 1998Universität St. Gallenlic. oec. HSG, finance and accounting.
  • 1990 – 1995Universität ZürichDiploma in psychology – psychology and psychopathology.
Continuing education: Golden Profiler / MBTI, Best Year Yet, Authentic Happiness Inventory, art therapy, couples therapy (Gottman Institute), MBSR, Chanmigong & breath therapy, Zen.
Publication: Agile Führung im digitalen Zeitalter (Spektramedia).

For leaders & companies

Coaching, Consulting & Talks

Psychology meets business: three ways I support professionals, leaders and SMEs – leading with clarity, advising with substance and sharing knowledge effectively.

Executive Coaching Zurich

Personal support for professionals and leaders in Zurich – for clarity, impact and strength. As a business coach in Zurich, I combine business and psychology so you can make decisions with confidence and lead from a place of strength.

  • Leadership coaching
  • Career coaching
  • Resilience & strength
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As an executive coach in Zurich, I support professionals and leaders who carry responsibility in demanding roles. My leadership coaching creates space for reflection: for difficult decisions, conflicts within the team, the next career step, or the question of how to lead effectively and authentically at the same time. My signature is the combination of business and psychology – grounded in fifteen years of international leadership experience in the financial industry and my training as a psychologist and psychotherapist.

In business coaching in Zurich, we work on your clarity, your impact and your inner strength. Topics include career coaching and professional stocktaking, dealing with pressure and strain, and a resilience that keeps you able to act even in turbulent phases. You benefit from a sparring partner who understands your economic reality and at the same time knows the psychological dynamics behind leadership and collaboration.

We meet in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich, online, or in the forest through forest bathing – wherever you think best and find calm. A tailor-made executive and leadership coaching in Zurich that moves you forward, both as a person and as a leader.

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Business consulting for SMEs in Zurich

Consulting for SMEs in Zurich – strategy, organisation and collaboration, grounded in business and psychology. As a sparring partner to the management, I guide you through change and transformation, clearly and close to your operational reality.

  • Strategy & organisation
  • Sparring partner to management
  • Change & transformation
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As a business consultant for SMEs in Zurich, I support management teams as well as owners in giving their company clear direction and developing it effectively. My consulting combines a solid grounding in business administration with psychological understanding – the rare combination that brings strategy and people together. With degrees as lic. oec. HSG and CFA and fifteen years of leadership experience, I speak the language of business; as a psychologist and psychotherapist, I understand what truly moves teams and organisations.

Together we work on strategy and organisation, on a culture of collaboration, and on guiding change and transformation. Especially in phases of change, good strategies rarely fail because of their logic, but because of implementation and the human factor. This is exactly where I come in: pragmatic, clear and close to your operational reality.

As a sparring partner to the management, I offer a confidential space for reflection and decision-making – as an equal and with an outside perspective. The result is business consulting for SMEs in Zurich that sustainably strengthens strategy, organisation and collaboration and keeps your company able to act.

Talks, workshops & training in Zurich

Vividly told, interactively designed: keynotes and training on leadership, resilience and change. As a keynote speaker in Zurich, I combine business and psychology – in-house for teams and organisations or online.

  • Keynote speaker Zurich
  • Workshops & training
  • In-house for teams & organisations
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As a keynote speaker in Zurich, I bring topics to the stage that move leaders and teams: leadership in the digital age, resilience, collaboration and dealing with change. Vividly told and interactively designed, my talks combine business practice with psychological depth – grounded in fifteen years of international leadership experience and my work as a psychologist and psychotherapist. As the author of «Agile Führung im digitalen Zeitalter» (Agile Leadership in the Digital Age), I bring concrete impulses that hold up in everyday life.

My workshops and training in Zurich are not about abstract models, but about applicable knowledge. Participants reflect on their own leadership behaviour, practise new attitudes and take away tools they can use straight away. Whether a keynote, a half-day workshop or a multi-part training programme – I tailor content, depth and format to your goals.

I am happy to come to you in-house, design formats for teams and organisations, or work online. The result is talks, workshops and training in Zurich that resonate: inspiring in the moment and effective well beyond the day.

For individuals

Therapy & personal development

A protected space to recognise patterns, release burdens and reconnect – with yourself and with the people who matter.

Psychotherapy Zurich – individual therapy with depth

Find more inner strength and joy in life – with anxiety, stress, exhaustion, burnout or persistent dissatisfaction. In individual therapy in Zurich, I accompany you warmly and soundly – through conversation and creative methods – back to yourself.

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You are welcome here, exactly as you are. As a psychologist (UNIZH) and psychotherapist (FSP), I work in a depth-psychological and well-founded way and integrate mindfulness and meditation. Alongside conversation, I use art-therapy interventions such as sand play, painting and other creative methods – so that what is sometimes hard to put into words can be felt. I accompany people through very different phases of life: women, mothers and fathers, families as well as people carrying professional responsibility and pressure to perform. I know the double burden of being a working mother and wife from my own experience – which makes me all the more aware of how important it is not to lose yourself in the process.

At the heart of my work is your self-empowerment: together we look gently at the patterns behind your symptoms, strengthen your resilience and open up your own resources, so that you can get back on your feet as soon as possible. I work proactively and with real commitment – I advise you, offer impulses for everyday life and recommend suitable books and further resources. Step by step, you regain more inner strength, clarity and joy in life. Sessions are possible in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse, in nature while forest bathing, or online – just as it feels right for you.

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Couples therapy Zurich – reconnecting

For more connection and lasting love: recognising entrenched patterns, opening up communication and resolving conflict constructively. In couples therapy in Zurich, you find your way back to each other as a couple.

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Every relationship knows phases in which closeness fades, the same conflicts repeat themselves, or conversations end again and again in argument or silence. In couples therapy in Zurich, I support you as a couple in truly reaching each other again – with understanding, respect and open, honest communication.

Together we make visible the patterns that unconsciously lead you into distance or into the same recurring conflict. We look at the needs and hurts behind the reproaches and develop new ways of talking to each other and resolving differences sustainably. This creates space again for trust, closeness and a love that holds up in everyday life.

As a psychotherapist (FSP) with further training in couples and family therapy, I accompany you sensitively yet clearly. I do not take sides, but help you both understand each other better. I know the double burden of being a working mother and wife from my own experience – I know how much everyday life, responsibility and expectations can challenge a relationship. Whether you are working through a crisis, clarifying an important decision or consciously strengthening your relationship – here you will find a protected setting for it. Appointments are possible in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse or online.

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Family therapy Zurich – reconnecting as a family

For more family happiness: dissolving entrenched patterns, understanding one another again and reconnecting as a family. Family therapy in Zurich creates space for resilient relationships across the generations.

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Families are a delicate web of relationships – and precisely for that reason, tensions, misunderstandings or far-reaching changes can throw everyone’s balance off course. In family therapy in Zurich, I support you in dissolving entrenched patterns and finding common ground again as a family.

Whether recurring conflicts, challenges with children or adolescents, strains caused by separation, illness or other transitions: together we look at how you interact as a family and develop new ways of understanding and communicating. Every family member is given space to be heard – so that hardened positions can soften and new trust can grow.

As a psychotherapist (FSP) with further training in couples and family therapy, I work systemically and sensitively. I know the double burden of being a working mother and wife from my own experience – I know how challenging it is to balance family, work and your own needs. My aim is not to find someone to blame, but to make your family’s strengths visible and to enable you to master future challenges together. Step by step, more closeness, ease and family happiness emerge again. Sessions take place in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich or online.

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Menopause, midlife & change – counselling Zurich

Support through the transitions and turning points of midlife – physically, emotionally and in the question of what truly matters now. For women in menopause as well as men in midlife, sensitively and soundly.

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Midlife is far more than a physical change – it is a profound transition that often raises questions of identity, role and the meaning of life. In my counselling on menopause, midlife and change in Zurich, I support both women and men holistically through this powerful and sometimes unsettling phase of life.

Mood swings, exhaustion, sleep problems, hormonal shifts or the feeling of having to get to know yourself anew can be hard to bear – for women around menopause just as for men in midlife. At the same time, this period holds a great opportunity: to consciously realign your own life and turn to the question of what truly matters now. This is exactly where we begin – sensitively, clearly and as equals.

As a psychologist and psychotherapist (FSP), I combine psychological depth with a warm, down-to-earth perspective. We take the emotional and inner sides of this transition seriously, strengthen your resilience and unlock your resources for the next stage of life. In this way, you gain orientation, self-confidence and a new inner security. The support is possible in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich, during forest bathing in nature, or online.

Questions of meaning & life – therapeutic guidance in Zurich

Blows of fate, a crisis of meaning or a need for reorientation – or simply the question: what truly carries you? In life counselling in Zurich I help you find solid ground under your feet again and gently, step by step, find your way back to what gives you stability and meaning.

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Sometimes heavy blows of fate hit us completely unprepared. In those moments it helps not to have to get through this time alone, but to share it with someone. And sometimes everything simply feels empty – even though on the outside everything “seems fine”.

There are phases in life in which outward success alone is no longer enough. Work, family and responsibility are all there – and yet the question arises: was that all? Such questions come up especially in midlife, sometimes triggered by changes at work, a separation, the children moving out, health setbacks or parents who need care.

What is the point of facing these questions? In my practice you will find a protected space to pause and calmly bring order to your situation. Together, at your own pace, we clarify what truly matters to you and which direction feels right for you. It is not about quick answers, but about a path that genuinely suits you.

Questions of meaning as well as blows of fate are something I know from my own life. They have led me from business through psychology to the great questions of life and to spirituality. That is why I meet these questions not only professionally, but also with personal respect, compassion and empathy. I am convinced that crises are not simply overcome and meaning cannot be forced – rather, both emerge when you find your own very personal answer to the questions of your life, one that feels right and holds.

Our conversations can take place in my practice on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich, on a walk in nature or online. In a first, no-obligation conversation we find out together whether working with each other feels right for you.

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How we work

Three formats – entirely to suit your needs.

You choose the setting in which you feel most comfortable.

Therapy and coaching practice on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich

In the practice

A quiet, protected space on Scheuchzerstrasse in Zurich.

A quiet forest path in the green – coaching and therapy in motion (“forest bathing”) around Zurich

In the forest & in nature

Conversations in motion – “forest bathing” creates space, clarity and new perspectives.

Online video session for location-independent coaching and therapy

Online

Location-independent and flexible – by video, wherever you are.

Nathalie Buschor – executive coach, consultant and psychotherapist in Zurich

«The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.»

— C. G. Jung

About me

Nathalie Buschor

My path led through two worlds that rarely come together: fifteen years of international leadership experience in the financial industry – and sound training in psychology and psychotherapy. This combination of business and psychology is my signature and your advantage.

Today I bring these worlds together: analytical clarity from business, psychological depth from therapeutic practice – and warmth of heart.

Whether you are a leader seeking clarity, a couple wishing to reconnect, or personally standing at a turning point: I accompany you attentively, professionally and with genuine interest in your path.

I believe that development takes time – and that people do not need to be “optimised”, but understood, felt and accompanied. What I recommend to my clients, I live myself: in my work, in my marriage, as a mother and as a person in everyday life.

  • Psychologist (UNIZH), psychotherapist (ISAP / FSP)
  • Lic. oec. HSG, CFA – business & finance
  • Further training in depth psychology, couples & family therapy
  • Mindfulness & meditation · author of «Agile Führung im digitalen Zeitalter»

Voices

What people say

«Das feinfühlige Eingehen auf individuelle Eigenheiten führte zu einer sehr hohen Akzeptanz im Team.»
FührungskraftFinanzdienstleistung
«Out-of-the-box-Denken, das einen echten Mehrwert geschaffen hat – wirtschaftliches Know-how und Psychologie perfekt verbunden.»
GeschäftsleitungsmitgliedConsulting-Mandat
«Wir haben als Paar wieder zueinandergefunden und gelernt, einander wirklich zuzuhören.»
Paar aus ZürichPaartherapie
«Die Verbindung von Psychologie und Unternehmensberatung ist ausgesprochen gelungen.»
HR-LeiterinWorkshop-Teilnehmerin

Blog / Insights

Thoughts & Insights

Short impulses from psychology, leadership and everyday life – for everyone who wants to keep moving.

Psychology, Self-optimization

The right to become someone else: self-optimization, algorithms and the freedom to err

Algorithms know what we like – and calculate who we are supposed to be tomorrow. On self-optimization, manipulation and the right to err, to change our minds and to start again.

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Psychology, Artificial Intelligence

AI – Hold me tight! Always there for me. And still lonely.

Can AI replace your friend, adviser and therapist? You might think so. And that is exactly the problem. What new studies reveal about chatbots, loneliness and real connection.

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Psychology, Personal Development

ματαιότης (Mataiótes) – A Breath of Wind: Dwelling Deeper Instead of Becoming Better

Why life cannot be a project – and how we can be happy anyway. On self-optimization and the breath of wind, with Kohelet, Viktor Frankl and the science of happiness.

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FAQ

Good to know

Answers to the questions I hear most often. Your question is not covered? Write to me – I will gladly answer personally.

What does a first consultation look like?
In the first consultation we get to know each other and clarify your concern, your goals and a possible way forward. Afterwards you decide at your own pace whether you would like to continue – with no obligation.
What is the difference between coaching and psychotherapy?
Coaching is for people who want to develop professionally or personally – solution- and goal-oriented. Psychotherapy supports you with psychological strain such as exhaustion, anxiety or life crises. In the first consultation we clarify together which setting fits your concern.
Where do the sessions take place?
At my practice in Zurich, outdoors in nature if you wish (“walk & talk” in the forest) – or online via video. A combination is possible at any time.
What does a session cost?
The costs depend on the chosen offer and scope. I will inform you transparently in the first consultation – so you know where you stand from the very beginning.
Does health insurance cover the costs?
For psychotherapy, (partial) coverage may be possible depending on your insurance and situation. Coaching and consulting are usually self-paid services. It is best to briefly check your situation with your health insurer – I am happy to support you with this.
How confidential are our conversations?
Absolutely confidential. Everything we discuss is subject to professional confidentiality – in coaching just as in therapy.
I am actually functioning well – is therapy or coaching even right for me?
Especially then. Those who carry a lot need a place where their own experience may take centre stage – sustained performance requires taking good care of your inner balance. I understand both worlds: as a former executive and executive coach, I have worked with leaders for years and speak the language of business and inner balance.
What if topics come up that I would rather suppress?
Nothing has to happen, everything is allowed – at your own pace. I accompany you mindfully, also through topics that hurt, without overwhelming you. Change takes courage, but not overload.

Contact

Let’s talk.

The first step is often the most important. Write to me – or book an appointment directly online.

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