Dirk Blothner

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Dirk Blothner (* 1949 ) is a German psychoanalyst and psychotherapist . He holds lectures in art and media psychology at the University of Cologne and has already published numerous essays and monographs.

Life

Blothner received his diploma in psychology from the University of Cologne in 1977 . Two years later he received his degree in analytical intensive treatment and received his doctorate in 1981. phil. at the University of Cologne with the work: "The American Friend". An investigation into film effects psychology and art psychology ”. He then worked at the Clinic for Psychotherapy in Düsseldorf until he became a research assistant with Wilhelm Salber at the Psychological Institute of the University of Cologne in 1983 . In 1989 Blothner became a psychoanalyst in his own practice and completed his habilitation with the work "The happy moment" at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne in 1990. From 1993 to 1994 he was a chair for psychology and in 1996 became an associate professor appointed by the University of Cologne. For many years he was chairman of the Society for Psychological Morphology eV (GPM) .

Publications (selection)

Blothner published numerous articles and monographs. He also carried out numerous depth psychological analyzes of feature films. Blotner also analyzes films for their backgrounds in interviews.

  • "The American friend". An investigation into film effects psychology and art psychology (1981)
  • The happy moment - a deep psychological exploration . Bonn: Bouvier (1993). ISBN 3-416-02474-5
  • Decidedly Psychological - Festschrift for Wilhelm Salber (1993)
  • Erlebniswelt Kino - On the unconscious effect of film (1999)
  • Film content and target groups - Impact psychological study to determine the target group of cinema films from 1998 and 1999 on the basis of the GfK panel (2000)
  • Film content and target groups - continuation of the impact psychological study to determine the target group of cinema films from the year 2000 on the basis of the GfK panel (2001)
  • Film content and target groups and the methods of film selection (2003)
  • The secret script of life. Cinema as a mirror of the human soul (2003)
  • Film content and target groups 4 - Generalizations and tendencies to understand target group formation in the cinema (2004)
  • Invasion! TV world patterns conquer the television market (2008)
  • Cinema between Day and Dream - Psychoanalytic Approaches to Black Swan (2012)
  • Melancholia - Paths to the psychoanalytic interpretation of the film (2014)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ CV , accessed on June 15, 2017.
  2. ^ Society for Psychological Morphology eV (GPM) archive page from September 23, 2017, accessed on October 10, 2017
  3. ↑ Publications , accessed on June 15, 2017.
  4. ↑ Crises can trigger a "bitterness" , accessed on June 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Batman on the Couch - Interferences from Movie Characters , accessed June 15, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Blothner, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychoanalyst and psychotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH 1949