Research center for psychotherapy
The Research Center for Psychotherapy (FOST) is an institute for psychotherapy research financed by the state of Baden-Württemberg .
history
The research center for psychotherapy was founded in 1967 in Stuttgart . Until 2004 it was run as a non-university research institute under the sponsorship of the Psychotherapeutisches Zentrum Stuttgart eV in cooperation with the state universities and funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg.
From 1967 to 1988 FOST was headed by Helmut Enke , and from 1988 to 2004 by Horst Kächele . At the beginning of 2005, the research center moved under the sponsorship of the Heidelberg University Hospital . Since then, under the direction of Hans Kordy , she has been integrated into the Institute for Psychosomatic Cooperation Research and Family Therapy (headed by Manfred Cierpka ) at Heidelberg University .
Research content
While initially u. a. the psychoanalytic therapy process research (z. B. Interaction Process Analysis psychotherapeutic dialogue, group psychotherapy research) and psychophysiological contents were in the foreground, the research focus is now in the field of psychotherapy services research , quality assurance and evaluation of new media and the use in Field of psychotherapy ( e-mental health ). Since the late 1980s, research on psychotherapy in the area of eating disorders has also been a main focus .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Research Center for Psychotherapy - About Us ( Memento of the original from September 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Psychotherapeutisches Zentrum Stuttgart - History ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ cf. z. B. FOST Activity Report 1988
- ^ Publications of the FOST 1988-2003
- ↑ cf. z. B. FOST Activity Report 1989
