German Society for Behavioral Therapy

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German Society for Behavioral Therapy (DGVT) eV
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founding 1968

place Tübingen
Board Oliver Kunz
Judith shield
Wolfgang Schreck
Members approx. 9,000
Website http://www.dgvt.de

The German Society for Behavioral Therapy (DGVT) eV is a psychosocial and psychotherapeutic professional association . With around 9,000 members (as of 2018), it is the largest behavior therapy association in Germany. The DGVT is committed to psychosocial and psychotherapeutic care. The association has a publisher and offers advanced and advanced training. There is also a collaboration with the DGVT-BildungsAkademie (gGmbH). The office is in Tübingen .

history

  • 1968: Foundation of the non-profit "Society for the Promotion of Behavioral Therapy e. V. “(GVT) in Munich with seven founding members.
  • 1969: The first copy of “Mitteilungen der GVT” appears.
  • 1970: First GVT Congress in Munich.
  • 1971: Founding of the "German Professional Association of Behavioral Therapists" (DBV) in Münster. GVT and DBV now meet regularly together.
  • 1976: GVT and DBV merge to form the “German Society for Behavioral Therapy e. V. "(DGVT).
  • 1989: First training course in "Psychotherapy with a focus on behavior therapy" by DGVT in cooperation with the Hagen Open University.
  • 1999: After the passing of the Psychotherapists Act, structured training courses in “Psychotherapy with a focus on behavior therapy” are transferred to state-approved training centers for psychological psychotherapists and child and adolescent psychotherapists. The first DGVT training center in Dresden is officially recognized according to § 6 PsychThG.

Club structure

According to information in the statutes the DGVT is democratically and regionally organized. The most important organ of the association is the general assembly (MV). The DGVT is led by an honorary board, which is composed of the executive board with three people and the extended board (six people, 2018).

The board of directors is supported by elected bodies - the commissions and the state council - which also consist of honorary members. There is the training and further education commission (AWK), the quality assurance commission (QSK) and the editorial commission (RDK). The extended board also includes a representative of the training academy, a representative of the state council and a representative of the PiAs.

The association has numerous specialist groups that deal with specific topics from the psychotherapeutic and psychosocial area:

  • Specialist group for older people in psychosocial care
  • Expert group forum advice
  • Section Women in Psychosocial Care
  • Section for children and adolescents
  • Section for settled people (professional association)
  • Section for employees (professional association)
  • Migration Section
  • Inclusion Section
  • Section Prevention
  • Section E-Health
  • Specialist group PiA-AG
  • Specialist group for behavioral therapy in somatic medicine

Activities and tasks

The DGVT names its tasks and goals:

Health and social policy advocacy

The further development of (integrated) psychotherapeutic and psychosocial care and continuous quality assurance have been part of the core of the DGVT requirements since the founding years. These principles are introduced in the course of specialist discussions, statements and the promotion of suitable care models. The work of the association is based on the following premises:

  • Self-help and prevention
  • Psychosocial concepts and methods based on empirical behavioral and social sciences
  • Modern behavior therapy and community psychology

Continuing education and training

Every two years, DGVT advanced and advanced training organizes a workshop conference in Tübingen as well as the annual practice days for child and adolescent psychotherapy. A large DGVT congress takes place in Berlin every two years. At this congress, the DGVT awards its own sponsorship prizes.

The DGVT-TrainingsAkademie gGmbH is the sponsor of 18 behavior therapy training centers. The content is based on the requirements of the Psychotherapists Act. The three- or five-year training is completed with the state examination to obtain the license to practice medicine. In 2016, around 2,500 prospective psychological psychotherapists and child and adolescent psychotherapists were trained at the DGVT.

dgvt publishing house

The dgvt-Verlag publishes publications from science and psychosocial practice as well as the specialist journals “Behavior Therapy & Psychosocial Practice” (four issues per year) and “Behavioral Therapy with Children & Adolescents” (two issues per year).

literature

  • Daiminger, C. (2007). A success story with differences. On the history of the professionalization of behavior therapy and the German Society for Behavioral Therapy (DGVT) in the Federal Republic of Germany. Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag.
  • Daiminger, C. (2010). From the enthusiastic departure to the first discussions about direction. A reader with interviews on the history of behavior therapy in the Federal Republic of Germany. Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 50 years. 1968-2018. (PDF; 1,754 KB) DGVT, 2018, accessed on September 2, 2018 .
  2. ^ DGVT: Articles of Association. Retrieved September 2, 2018 .
  3. ^ DGVT: Specialist groups. Retrieved September 1, 2018 .
  4. ↑ DGVT: DGVT: We about us. Retrieved September 1, 2018 .

5. Bernhard Scholten: 50 Years DGVT - Chronology of Events VPP 3/2018. Pp. 757 - 765 and VPP4 / 2018, pp. 967 - 980