Jochen Schweitzer
Jochen Schweitzer is Associate Professor of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy at Heidelberg University Medical School and head of it´s Division of Organizational Psychology in Medicine. He gained his Diploma in Psychology from the University of Gießen in 1978, his doctorate in Social Sciences from the University of Tübingen in 1986 and his habilitation in Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy from Heidelberg University in 1995. In 2002, he co-founded and then co-chaired the Helm Stierlin Institute for Systemic Training in Heidelberg. His primary interests include family therapy in medicine, psychiatry and juvenile services; organizational consultation in non- for-profit institutions; and political contexts of psychosocial practice, e.g. with refugees or poor clients. Among his major projects have been the implementation of family systems Psychiatry (SYMPA) in German Hospitals, the Heidelberg Systemic Research Conferences from 1998 to 2017, serving as president (2007-2013) of the German Association for Systemic and Family Therapy and consultation (DGSF), and gradually with many others helping to introduce Systemic Therapy into evidence-based medicine and health insurance coverage in Germany between 2003 and 2018. His work was honoured by awards from the American Family Therapy Academy in 2016 and the European FamilyTherapy Association in 2019.
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)