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Dr. Anna Schaffner

Anna Katharina Schaffner, Ph.D.

Burnout and Executive Coach, Writer, Hypnotherapist Anna Katharina Schaffner, Ph.D., is a burnout and executive coach, a writer, a hypnotherapist and a former Professor of Cultural History.
My Top Specialties and Expertise
  • Burnout coaching
  • Executive coaching
  • Hypnotherapy

About Anna

Dr. Anna Katharina Schaffner, Ph.D., is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), and also hold qualifications in Clinical Hypnotherapy & Mind Body Health, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) and mBIT coaching.

She is also an Insights Discovery Profile practitioner and part of the amazing Performance Catalyst core team of coaches and facilitators.

Having suffered a burnout in academia while being Professor of Cultural History, she now helps others make courageous changes in their lives. ​Anna is the author of Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary (Profile, 2024), Exhaustion: A History (Columbia University Press, 2016) and The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths (Yale University Press, 2021).

In her spare time, Anna plays the piano and does kickboxing. She lives with her daughter, partner, and two Siberian cats in a quaint English cathedral town. Her writing, which includes a novel and academic works, has appeared in various national and international media.

A Personal Message From Anna

I love solution-oriented coaching and am naturally integrative in my approach, combining state-of-the-art evidence-based methods with ancient wisdom, especially Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), co-active coaching, and Ericksonian hypnotherapy.

Work Experience

  • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
  • Speaker, writer & facilitator
  • Former Professor of Cultural History

First- and Second-Author Publications

  • Schaffner. A. K. (2024). Exhausted: An A-Z for the Weary. Profile Books.
  • Schaffner. A. K. (2021). The Art of Self-Improvement: Ten Timeless Truths. Yale University Press.
  • Schaffner. A. K. (2016). Exhaustion: A History. Columbia University Press.

Anna Katharina Schaffner, Ph.D.

Burnout and Executive Coach, Writer, Hypnotherapist

Education

  • Diploma in Evidence-Based Clinical Hypnotherapy and Mind Body Health Practice
  • Certified Professional Co-Active Coach
  • Licensed Insights Discovery Practitioner
  • Ph.D. in Comparative Literature
  • MSc in Comparative Literature

Expertise

  • Burnout
  • Exhaustion
  • The history of exhaustion
  • Coaching
  • Cultural history
  • Literature
I love helping people overcome exhaustion and burnout and to relearn how to thrive.
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