Psychotherapists in Heidelberg

The psychological psychotherapist has, as the name suggests, studied psychology. This is in contrast to the psychiatrist and the non-medical practitioner, who as a rule have either completed another course of study or further training without studying.

When we speak of a therapist in everyday life, we are generally referring to psychological psychotherapists who, after completing a 10-semester course of study in psychology, have completed at least three years of training to obtain their license to practice. This entitles them to work therapeutically and to treat patients. But even within “classical” psychotherapy there are differences in methodology that you need to know in order to make the right decision! To give you some orientation, we present all four different forms of therapy here.

Through the joint discussions with the therapist, Tina was able to find out that her suffering was due to rejection by her father. Through a reevaluation, she managed to resolve this unconscious conflict, overcome the rejection and regain an extraverted nature.

Depth psychology is extraordinarily helpful in cases of suffering to which, at first glance, no origin can be assigned. Often just talking to the therapist helps to recognize and fulfill unconscious needs.

The Systemic Therapist

The focus of systematic therapy is on the social context of mental disorders. The interaction within members of the family is given special attention. Thus, problems are not to be understood as disorders of the single individual, but more as disorders in the social environment, i.e. the system.

Possible systems are the family, but also the work environment, the circle of friends or similar social groups.

At the beginning of therapy, goals are concretized between therapist and client, but these can also change during therapy. If these goals are acceptable to both sides, therapy is started.

Examples of techniques of this theory are:

• Sociograms
• Circular questions
• Scale issues
• Metaphors
• etc.