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.