Hans Reinecker

Hans S. Reinecker (* 1947 in Fieberbrunn , Tyrol ) is a German psychologist, professor emeritus for psychology and psychotherapy and an expert in behavior therapy and obsessive-compulsive disorder .

Live and act

Hans Reinecker studied psychology and education at the University of Salzburg , where he received his doctorate in 1973 and worked as a university assistant at the Institute for Psychology. From 1975 he headed the psychological counseling center at the institute and founded the working group for behavior modification together with two colleagues.

In 1980 he qualified as a professor and in 1982 became the chair of clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the University of Bamberg .

He was responsible for setting up the research and advice center, the psychotherapeutic outpatient clinic and the advanced training course for psychological psychotherapists (CIP Bamberg). From 1988 to 1990 he was spokesman for the clinical psychology / psychotherapy department and from 1996 to 1998 dean of the faculty of education / philosophy / psychology at the University of Bamberg. He has been licensed as a psychological psychotherapist since 1999 . From 2009 to 2011 he was managing director of the Institute for Psychology.

Research and activity focus

• Therapy research on the fundamentals of clinical psychology / psychotherapy
• Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
• Self-control / self-management therapy, here about 20 years of close collaboration with Frederick Kanfer , Champaign, Illinois (USA)
• Self-management therapy for type 2 diabetes
• Continuous practical-clinical work with different patients in the context of the psychotherapeutic outpatient clinic at the chair for clinical psychology / psychotherapy.
• Founding member of the German Association for Behavioral Therapy (DVT)
• Founding member of the German Society for Obsessive Compulsive Diseases (DGZ)
• Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the DGZ
• Appraiser in behavior therapy
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Psychotherapy at the BMG

Works

A total of 150 publications including approx. 15 book publications on the following topics:

• Clinical psychology / psychotherapy
• Basics of behavior therapy
• Methods of behavior therapy
• Self-management therapy (with FH Kanfer & D. Schmelzer)
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias

Approx. 25 publications on obsessive-compulsive disorder, e. B. on long-term effects, cognitive behavioral therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder, care aspects for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Editor of the journal Behavior Therapy & Behavioral Medicine . Pabst Publishers, ISSN  1013-1973

Selection:

• H. Reinecker, FH Kanfer, D. Schmelzer: Self-management therapy - a textbook for clinical practice. Springer Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-642-19366-8 .
• H. Reinecker: Compulsive Actions and Obsessive Thoughts. Hogrefe, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8017-2055-1 .
• H. Reinecker: behavior analysis. Hogrefe, 2015, ISBN 978-3-8017-2664-5 .
• H. Reinecker: Basics of behavior therapy. Belz, 1993, ISBN 3-621-27170-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from September 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ uni-bamberg.de
3. ^ University of Bamberg. Retrieved June 2, 2017 . 
4. ↑ uni-bamberg.de