Matthias Ochs
Matthias Ochs is a Professor of Psychology and Counseling at the Department of Social Work at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He is also a diploma psychologist, a psychological psychotherapist (licensed by German Psychotherapy Law), a Gestalt therapist, a family therapist and a certified teacher for Systemic Therapy/counseling. His Diploma and PhD theses were honored with research awards. He was Co-President of the two International Systemic Research Conferences in Heidelberg 2014 and 2017, is Vice-President of the German Association for Systemic and Family Therapy and consultation (DGSF), member of the General Board of the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA) and professorial member of the PhD Centre Social work of the official Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences. With Jochen Schweitzer he edited a German systemic research textbook. His current special research interests are: unwanted side effects and negative events in Systemic Therapy/counseling, systems theory/ practice regarding interprofessional/-institutional cooperation and networks, systemic practitioner research, dialogical-systemic practice and the interrelation of social work and psychotherapy.
Systemic Research in Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy and Counseling
This book examines systemic family therapy research, addressing key topics across the interrelated disciplines of psychotherapy, social work, and counseling. Drawing from contributions at the 2017... (more)