Hans-Jürgen Walter

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Hans-Jürgen Walter (2019)

Hans-Jürgen P. Walter (born March 25, 1944 in Weidenhausen , Germany ) is considered to be the founder of Gestalt theory psychotherapy in Germany.

Life

Walter studied psychology with the Gestalt psychologists Edwin Rausch and Friedrich Hoeth at the University of Frankfurt am Main and received his doctorate in 1977 at the Technical University of Darmstadt on the subject of "Gestalt theory as the scientific basis of psychotherapeutic practice and its relationship to contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches". Walter's approach is regarded as the gestalt theoretical contribution to the development of integrative psychotherapy .

Hans-Jürgen Walter was active in teaching and training in Austria and Germany. He is Honorary Chairman of the International Society for Gestalt Theory and Its Applications (GTA) and is a member of the Honorary Board of the international multidisciplinary journal Gestalt Theory .

Fonts

As an author
  • The Gestalt theory as the scientific basis of psychotherapeutic practice and its relationship to contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches. Dissertation, Technical University of Darmstadt, 1977.
  • Gestalt theory and psychotherapy. D. Steinkopff, Darmstadt 1977, ISBN 3-7985-0479-2 ; 3rd edition: Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1994, ISBN 3-531-12621-0 .
  • Applied Gestalt theory in psychotherapy and mental hygiene. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1996, ISBN 3-531-12855-8 .
As editor
  • Max Wertheimer : On the Gestalt psychology of human values. Articles 1934–1940. Edited and commented by Hans-Jürgen Walter. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1991, ISBN 3-531-12158-8 .
  • (with Helmut Boege) Karl Duncker : Appearance and knowledge of the human. Articles 1927–1940. Edited with commentary and biographical contributions by Helmut Boege and Hans-Jürgen P. Walter. Krammer, Vienna 2008, ISBN 3-901-81126-5 .

literature

  • Hans-Jürgen Walter. In: Gerhard Stumm et al. (Ed.): Personal dictionary of psychotherapy. Springer, Vienna 2003, p. 496 f. ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the publisher's information from DeGruyter / Sciendo , accessed on September 2, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Walter, Hans-Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walter, Hans-Jürgen P.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Gestalt psychotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Weidenhausen