It is hardly a novel insight, but doing science is no walk in the park (except when it is) and often enough a true test of character and stamina. But all the shadow of this strive withers in the warm light of the support, empathy, gratitude and friendship found in a good team and with trusting and trustworthy colleagues. While it is not out of the ordinary that the division again attracted quite a number of students while keeping up the excellent track record in publications (imagine...) and grants, we experienced a very rewarding sequence of sucessful eight dissertations and two habilitiations of previous team members and close collaborators. This also marked the transition of some from science into something new, while others embarked on the journey, so hello and goodbye to you all. Changes were also seen in our psychotherapy trainings, which saw the sunset of the MAS PCA, while giving rise to its successor MAS HPT, as well as in our Center for Psychotherapy, which underwent a thorough reorganization as well as a relocation. This all wasn't easy from time to time, but we were alyways in good company. JG/December 2023
Antje Frey Nascimento, Nadja Heimgartner, Bojana Degen, Emil Nissen, Magdalena Ridder, Juliana Forster, Albiona Kiska, Julia Wichmann, Dilan Sezer, Judith Alder, Berfin Bakis, Sarah Bürgler, Yoon Phaik Ooi, Sara Hotz, Jana Hochreuter, Rainer Bürki, Lena Glaser, Yannick Schulz, Marc Inderbinen, Oliva Andereggen, Emma Marchal-Jones, Marnie Reed, Otto Schmid, Oleksandr Tokhtamysh, Ronan Zimmermann, Clara Bruhin, and Jens Gaab
The division hosted four postgraduate psychotherapy trainings, which complement our contextual, processual and humanistic understanding of psychological interventions. In 2023, all our trainings (CAS in Motivational Interviewing, CAS in Animal-Assisted Therapy, Master of Advanced Studies in Person-centered Psychotherapy and the Master of Advanced Studies in Process-based Psychotherapy) were running on full steam and in several cohorts, summing up to over 120 students. Also, our new MAS in Humanistic Psychotherapy set sail, taking over the baton from the MAS in Person-centered Psychotherapy. So, farewell, all the best and hello, nice to see you!
Oliva Andereggen, Magdalena Ridder, Juliana Forster, Albiona Kiska, und Julia Wichmann
The Center for Psychotherapy underwent some major reorganization and relocation necessitated by the increasing numbers in both clients as well as therapists as well as to adapt to the increased regulatory processes. This clearly left an anticipated dent in our numbers, but which set us up for the future to come. The mean numbers of appointments per month for 2023 and since the start of the Center for Psychotherapy are shown in the graph below.