Psychotherapy
These days, psychotherapeutic medicine offers a variety of methods to treat patients. However, it is not the methods that cure people, but rather the reasonable use of one or more methods in a certain person with a specific problem. This use must be based on the respective state of science and on whatever the patient requires to cure his problem.
Therefore, during my activities as a physician, I have constantly tried to acquire as many "tools" as possible; I am combining a variety of therapeutic methods, depending on the needs associated with the individual case.
My basic psychotherapeutic understanding is established on psychodynamics and depth psychology. This means that the unconscious of a person plays an essential role in the emotional events. If any disorders arise, it is therefore helpful in most cases to make the person aware of the unconscious correlations to cure the disorder.
I am using behavioural therapy elements whenever it has been demonstrated in scientific studies that this approach is helpful, e.g. to cure anxiety disorders.
In addition, I am using systemic techniques especially for the therapy of couples and families, and techniques from gestalttherapy and psychodrama.
As head physician, I was authorised to teach by the competent Medical Association and have been training specialists for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy for 15 years; I was a member of the board of examiners for specialists in this field at the Medical Associations of Saxony and Brandenburg.
I continue to be actively involved in many continuing education events throughout Germany and in the psychotherapeutic continuing education of doctors and psychologists as member of the scientific council of the Erfurt Psychotherapy Week.
These days, I am exclusively working as a private physician; I you wish to schedule an appointment please contact me by phone or e-mail.