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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of conceptual and empirical research on Integrative Gestalt Therapy in Austria – particularly in light of the new Psychotherapy Act, which advances academization and fosters cooperative research....

This article examines current transformation processes in the field of psychotherapy from a sociological perspective informed by Pierre Bourdieu’s work. It focuses on the effects of the Austrian Psychotherapy Act 2024, the academization of...

Transcultural counseling is becoming increasingly important in psychosocial family support, as cultural diversity and migration shape the family reality of many clients. This article presents key findings from a qualitative study that analyzed...

Based on psychoanalytically informed pedagogical assumptions, this article explores the conceptual interrelations between Yecheskiel Cohen’s attachment-oriented milieu approach and Fritz Redl’s group-dynamic model of milieu therapy within the...

The interview with Susanne Shaked sheds light on the work and career of psychoanalyst and group analyst Josef Shaked (1929–2021) as a conductor of large analytical groups and the institutionalization of group analysis in Austria and Germany in the...

The work is rooted in the author’s experience that essential analytic-therapeutic attitudes seem to be congruent with aspects of early Buddhist philosophy and methodology. It focuses on Freud’s collected writings on psychoanalysis as well as on...

Psychodrama is a humanistic method that is used successfully in many other formats alongside psychotherapy. In this basic article, the special features of psychodramatic supervision are examined both theoretically and practically. Four case studies...

The article focusses on the significance of unconscious affects and transference events in the research process in the group. From the perspective of structural psychoanalysis, meta-interviews with a researcher as well as interviews of the...

This article on case supervision in a group setting presents a sequence consisting of five phases: preparation, introduction to case supervision, case presentation, question time, reflection phase/constellation work, integration and conclusion. This...

From a group psychoanalytic perspective, in the theory and practice of counselling teams, managers and organisations, reference is made to the model of narcissistic balance. Derived from this, it describes how a positively toned sense of self can be...

Psychoanalytical elements have long played an important role in supervision. This is due both to the history of the discipline of supervision and to impulses from the social context, as well as to the fact that key proponents were psychoanalysts....

This article presents the conceptualisation, implementation and results of a research project on biographical self-reflection with students. The research project aimed to conduct biographical (group) self-reflection with students according to...

The adoption of the new Austrian Psychotherapy Act as of April 2024 (PThG 49/2024) is presented in its legal features against the background of the specific historical and current professional conditions of psychotherapy in Austria and its...