Arnold Langenmayr

Arnold Langenmayr (born May 15, 1943 in Traunstein ) is a German psychologist , psychoanalyst and university professor . In his scientific and practical work, he combines essential topics from therapy, research and training.

Life

Grown up in Traunstein, Langenmayr studied psychology in Munich and Erlangen and graduated in 1967 with a diploma in psychology. 1973 followed a doctorate in psychology at the University of Erlangen with Walter Toman (Erlangen) and Adolf Däumling (Bonn). 1967–1968 he worked as a psychological advisor to several children's homes of the Brotherhood Salem, 1968–1970 at the educational counseling center Hof / Saale, with the supervision of the branches in Wunsiedel and Selb. 1970–1974 he headed the Arnsberg Psychological Counseling Center . 1974–1975 he was associate professor at the University of Oldenburg. Since 1975 he has taught as a professor of motivational psychology at the University of Essen . In 2001 he received his license to practice as a psychological psychotherapist / psychoanalyst, both for adults and for children and adolescents.

The focus of his scientific work lies in the field of psychotherapy research (grief, grief counseling and grief therapy), life course research, family relations (sibling constellation, personal losses through death, separation and divorce), psychosomatics (especially multiple sclerosis ), language psychology (sound symbolism) , such as the empirical evaluation of psychoanalytic hypotheses. His practical work focuses on educational counseling, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, grief counseling and psychotherapy, and advanced training in grief counseling (together with Hans Goldbrunner and Ulrich Kobbé) on behalf of the Ruhr Campus Academy.

Collaboration in specialist societies

• Federal Association for Grief Counseling .

Works (selection)

Publications in book form

• Arnold Langenmayr: Empirical evaluation of the psychoanalytic system of psychopathology with the help of family constellations, especially with the help of personal losses . Erlangen 1973 (dissertation).
• Arnold Langenmayr: Familial environmental factors and neurotic structure . 1975.
• Arnold Langenmayr: The employment of mothers with behavioral children . 1976.
• Arnold Langenmayr: Family constellation - personality development - development of neuroses . 1978.
• Arnold Langenmayr, Uwe Prümel: Analysis of biographical data from multiple sclerosis sufferers . 1985.
• Ralf Jerneizig, Arnold Langenmayr, Ulrich Schubert: Guide to grief therapy and grief counseling . Göttingen 1991, ISBN 3-525-45737-5 .
• Ralf Jerneizig, Arnold Langenmayr: Client- centered grief therapy. A pilot study to determine the therapeutic effectiveness . Göttingen / Bern / Toronto / Seattle 1992, ISBN 3-8017-0458-0 .
• Jeannette Kardas, Arnold Langenmayr: Families in separation and divorce. Selected psychological aspects of the experience and behavior of children of divorce . Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-432-27671-0 .
• Arnold Langenmayr: Grief counseling. Advice - therapy - advanced training . Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-45851-7 .
• Christoph Werner, Arnold Langenmayr: Psychoanalysis and empiricism . The importance of early childhood. tape 3 . Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-45007-9 .
• Christoph Werner, Arnold Langenmayr: Psychoanalysis and empiricism . Psychoanalytic psychopathology. tape 4 . Göttingen 2006, ISBN 3-525-45008-7 .
• Arnold Langenmayr: Introduction to bereavement support . Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-525-40346-4 .

Magazine articles

• Loss of persons as determinants of partner choice . In: Practice of child psychology and child psychiatry . tape 24 , no. 3 , 1975, p. 81-84 .
• Possibilities and limits of grief counseling. From the scientist's personal point of view . In: Leidfaden - specialist magazine for crises, suffering, grief . tape 1 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 5-6 .
• Is Bereavement Counseling Effective? A critical opinion . In: Leidfaden - specialist magazine for crises, suffering, grief . tape 1 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 71-80 .

Reviews

• zu Stein Husebö : love and sadness. What we can learn from children . Lambertus-Verlag, Freiburg 2005 ( online ).
• to Hansjörg Znoj: Counselor grief. Information for those affected and their relatives . Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen 2005 ( online ).
• to Gerald Poscheschnik (Ed.): Empirical research in psychoanalysis . Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2005 ( online ).
• to Peter Kutter, Thomas Müller: Psychoanalysis. An introduction to the psychology of unconscious processes . Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2008 ( online ).
• to Petra Hinderer, Martina Kroth: Accompanying children in death and mourning . Ökotopia Verlag, Münster 2005 ( online ).
• to Wolfram Ehlers, Alex Holder: Psychoanalytischeverfahren . Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2009 ( online ).
• to Heinz Böker (Ed.): Psychoanalysis in dialogue with neighboring sciences . Psychosozial-Verlag, Giessen 2010 ( online ).

Web links

• Homepage of Arnold Langenmayr, University of Duisburg-Essen
• Literature by and with Arnold Langenmayr in the catalog of the German National Library