Gerhard Stemberger

Gerhard Stemberger (born June 29, 1947 in Innsbruck ) is an Austrian sociologist and psychotherapist ( Gestalt theory psychotherapy ).

Life

Studied psychology at the University of Innsbruck with Ivo Kohler and ( depth psychology ) with Eduard Grünewald (Salzburg working group for psychoanalysis), continued at the University of Vienna from 1969, social psychiatry with Hans Strotzka , sociology with Leopold Rosenmayr , doctorate in 1973 as Dr. phil. in the subjects of sociology and political science .

After completing his studies, Stemberger initially worked for the Vienna Chamber of Labor in applied social research for a few years . His focus was on working time research . 1985–1990 he led the international research exchange “Séminaire International sur le Temps de Travail (SITT) - International Symposium on Working Time (ISWT)” in this field with Gerhard Bosch (Germany), Peter Dawkins (Australia) and François Michon (France) with conferences in Brussels, Vienna and Paris.

In parallel, he set out on their own experience and theory with psychoanalysis (Fritz Guem, Innsbruck Working Group for Psychoanalysis), autogenous training , various body-oriented therapies and Gestalt familiar and finally completed his training in the form of theoretical psychotherapy in the Austrian Association for Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy . From the late 1980s onwards, he increasingly turned to psychotherapy, which eventually became his main professional area of work.

Since then, Stemberger has taught and published in addition to his practical psychotherapeutic work, especially in the field of the application of gestalt theory in the clinical psychotherapeutic field. During the years of his membership in the Psychotherapy Advisory Board of the Austrian Ministry of Health (1992–2011), he mainly devoted himself to questions of professional ethics and patient rights in the field of psychotherapy. 1999–2007 Stemberger was chairman of the international society for gestalt theory and its applications . In 2001, he took over from Jürgen Kriz as managing editor of the international multidisciplinary journal Gestalt Theory , which he held until 2012. He is a teaching therapist for the Austrian Working Group for Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy. He is co-founder and co-editor of the journal Phenomenal - Journal for Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy, which has been published since 2009 .

Publications (selection)

Gestalt theory and psychotherapy

2002 (Ed. And author): Psychological disorders in the I-world relationship. Gestalt theory and psychotherapeutic disease theory . Vienna: Krammer ( ISBN 3901811095 ).
2005 (with Rainer Kästl): Gestalt theory in psychotherapy . Journal of Psychology, 13 (4/2005), 333-371.
2007: Abraham S. Luchins (1914-2005). The American Psychologist, 62 (2), 143.
2008: Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy (GTP). In: H. Bartuska et al. (eds.), Psychotherapeutic Diagnostics - Guidelines for the New Standard , Vienna - New York: Springer, 97-108 ( ISBN 978-3211773093 ). German: Psychotherapeutic Diagnostics: Guidelines for the New Standard , Vienna: Springer ( ISBN 978-3211252901 ).
2009: Field processes in psychotherapy. The multi-field approach in the diagnostic and therapeutic process. Phenomenal - Journal for Gestalt Theoretical Psychotherapy 1 (1), 12-19. In Italian: La molteplicita dell'Io e del suo ambiente. In: A. Zuczkowski e I. Bianchi (ed.), L'analisi qualita dell'esperienza diretta . Roma: Aracne, 261-274 ( ISBN 978-8854829169 ).
2010: Dynamic peculiarities of depressive symptoms. Gestalt Theory 32 (4), 343-374.
2011: Gestalt theoretical psychotherapy . In: G. Stumm (Ed.), Psychotherapy: Schools and Methods . 3. Edition. Vienna: Falter Verlag, 218-227 ( ISBN 978-3854394488 ).
2017 (Ed. And Author): Giuseppe Galli , Der Mensch als Mit-Mensch. Essays on Gestalt theory in research, application and dialogue. Vienna: Krammer ( ISBN 978-3901811753 )
2018 (ed. And author): Paul Tholey, Gestalt theory in sport, lucid dream and consciousness. Vienna: Krammer ( ISBN 978-3901811760 )

Professional ethics and patient rights

1995: On the problem of values in psychotherapy. In: R. Hutterer-Krisch (Ed.), Questions of Ethics in Psychotherapy , Vienna-New York: Springer, 61-73 ( ISBN 9783211827109 ).
1996: Ethical professional rules, patient and consumer rights in psychotherapy and psychology. Vienna: AK ( ISBN 978-3706300940 ).
2011: Patients' rights in psychotherapy: challenges and problem areas . In: M. Kierein u. a. (Ed.), Psychotherapy and Law . Vienna: Facultas Verlag, 203-230 ( ISBN 978-3708906805 ).

For working time research

The spread of flexible working hours in Austria: Development - Structures - Trends 1968 - 1983 . Vienna: AK Vienna 1983.
Company regulations for flexible working hours . Vienna: AK Vienna 1984.
(with Michael Mesch and Bernhard Schwarz) Organization of working hours . Vienna: Verlag des ÖGB 1986, ISBN 3-7035-0332-7 .
Working Time Reduction and A-Typical Employment in Austria. Economies et sociétés, 25 (1991), 137-153.
Working Time in Austria, in: Gerhard Bosch, Peter Dawkins, François Michon, International Institute for Labor Studies, 1994: Times Are Changing: Working Time in 14 Industrialised Countries , Geneva: ILO, 67ff.

Web links

Literature by and about Gerhard Stemberger in the catalog of the German National Library
GTA personal page with bibliography
Academia page Stemberger with Open Access full texts
T. Fuchs, M. Soff, J. Kriz: Gerhard Stemberger for his 65th birthday (Gestalt Theory 34 (3-4 / 2012), 229-236).

Individual evidence

↑ see Thomas Fuchs & Marianne Soff and Jürgen Kriz, Gerhard Stemberger for his 65th birthday , Gestalt Theory 34 (3-4 / 2012), 229-236; see also DB King / Michael Wertheimer, Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory , Transaction Publishers 2005, p. 399.
↑ Stemberger was the initiator and, together with Renate Krisch, the main author of the Austrian professional code for psychotherapists. See R. Hutterer-Krisch & G. Stemberger, 1996, Origin and Character of the Austrian Professional Code. In: R. Hutterer-Krisch, questions of ethics in psychotherapy , Vienna: Springer, pp. 613–616.

personal data
SURNAME	Stemberger, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian sociologist and psychotherapist (Gestalt theory psychotherapy)
DATE OF BIRTH	June 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	innsbruck

[1] see Thomas Fuchs & Marianne Soff and Jürgen Kriz, Gerhard Stemberger for his 65th birthday , Gestalt Theory 34 (3-4 / 2012), 229-236; see also DB King / Michael Wertheimer, Max Wertheimer and Gestalt Theory , Transaction Publishers 2005, p. 399.

[2] Stemberger was the initiator and, together with Renate Krisch, the main author of the Austrian professional code for psychotherapists. See R. Hutterer-Krisch & G. Stemberger, 1996, Origin and Character of the Austrian Professional Code. In: R. Hutterer-Krisch, questions of ethics in psychotherapy , Vienna: Springer, pp. 613–616.