Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy
The Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry & Psychotherapy (RPP Institute) is an interdisciplinary and interreligious institute based in Vienna . It cooperates with the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna and aims to bring psychiatry , psychology and psychotherapy into a scientific dialogue with philosophy , theology and religious studies .
organization
The institute is supported by the association of the same name. It emerged in 2009 from the series of congresses of the same name, which started in Graz in 2007, and is its legal successor. The founders are the psychiatrist Raphael M. Bonelli , the psychoanalyst Walter Pieringer and the theologian Bernd Oberndorfer. The seat of the association is Vienna.
activity
According to its own information, the institute dedicates itself to the phenomenon of religiosity in connection with the human psyche from a scientific point of view in order to make a contribution to its removal from taboos in psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy. Psychiatrists , psychologists , psychotherapists , philosophers and religious scholars are in dialogue with Catholic , Protestant , Orthodox and Free Church Christians, Jews , Buddhists , Muslims , Baha'i , agnostics and followers of ethnic religions at various events of the institute . "The focus is not on theological content and any interreligious differences, but on the common psychological phenomenon of religiosity and its integration into psychotherapy."
positioning
According to its own statements, the RPP Institute has no particular religious or ideological orientation. It claims to fully support the psychotherapeutic professional code , insofar as the personal worldview of the psychotherapist is not allowed to actively influence the treatment process. This includes both religious and anti-religious beliefs of the therapist.
According to the institute, the psychotherapeutic training courses organized by the RPP Institute are about the resource “religiosity”, not about any religious content (that would be “religion”). Under no circumstances would religious teachings of salvation, esoteric content or spiritual rituals be offered. The institute summarizes on its homepage: "Religion should neither be paternalistically devalued as a disease ('collective obsessional neurosis') nor stylized as a panacea : religiosity can be a valuable resource for some patients - and not for others."
University course
Together with the Sigmund Freud Private University, the RPP Institute repeatedly offers a two-year university course on the subject of “Spirituality in the Psychosocial Professions”, which comprises 24 ECTS points.
Well-known speakers
Psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and natural scientists : Joachim Bauer , Raphael Bonelli , Andreas Conca, Heiko Ernst , Jutta Fiegl , Thomas Fuchs , Martin Grabe , Reinhard Haller , Daniel Hell , Hartmann Hinterhuber , Peter Hofmann , Johannes Huber , Barbara Juen , Jürgen Kriz , Karl Heinz Ladenhauf , Michael Linden , Manfred Lütz , Arnold Mettnitzer , Sebastian Murken , Michael Musalek , Rotraud Perner , Nossrat Peseschkian , Richard Picker , Walter Pieringer, Samuel Pfeifer , Hildegunde Piza-Katzer , Alfred Pritz , Bernd Rieken , Kornelius Roth , Willibald Ruch , Günter Schiepek , Gerti Senger , Manfred Spitzer , Michael Utsch , Jürg Willi , Beate Wimmer-Puchinger , Michael Winterhoff and Hans Georg Zapotoczky .
Philosophers, religious scholars, theologians and humanities scholars : Asfa-Wossen Asserate , Klaus Dick , Elsayed Elshahed , Anton Faber , Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz , Sylvester Heereman , Gregor Henckel-Donnersmarck , Larry Hogan , Wilhelm Imkamp , Tomislav Ivančić , Egon Kapellari , Kurt Cardinal Koch , Michael König , Franz Lackner , Andreas Laun , Anton Leichtfried , Jürgen Liminski , Leo Maasburg , Hermann Miklas , Markus F. Peschl , Martin Rhonheimer , Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl , Fuat Sanaç , Franz Scharl , Walter Schaupp , Marianne Schlosser , Eberhard Schockenhoff , Cardinal Christoph Schönborn , Clemens Sedmak , Josef Spindelböck , Stephan Turnovszky , Barbara Vinken , Karl Wallner and Hans-Bernhard Wuermeling .
Congress and conferences: RPP
The institute started with an interdisciplinary congress under the name RPP in 2007 and has been holding specialist conferences at least every six months since autumn 2008.
Congress RPP 2007 Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The first “RPP 2007” congress with the interdisciplinary motto “Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy in Dialogue with Religious Studies, Philosophy & Theology” took place in Graz from October 11th to 13th, 2007 and had over 1200 participants from 11 countries. The Austrian Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (ÖGPP) took over the patronage.
The congress comprised 100 contributions from 140 speakers. The evangelical superintendent Hermann Miklas noted a traditional reluctance of many believers towards psychotherapy and, conversely, a critical attitude of psychotherapeutic currents towards religions. Therapists should be able to differentiate between healthy forms of religiosity from sick and disease-causing forms. The workshop “Church and Pedophilia”, at which the Catholic auxiliary bishop Andreas Laun discussed with the psychiatrist Peter Hofman, received public attention . A discussion about the practice of exorcism attracted further attention : the psychiatrist Hartmann Hinterhuber , who criticizes this practice, was contrasted with the theologian and exorcist Larry Hogan . In summary, the head of the clinic, Hans-Peter Kapfhammer, presented the challenge for psychiatric specialist science, not to start from images of God in church contexts, but to be open to include religiosity and thus images of God in the discussion. However, on some issues such as exorcism, there must be clear boundaries from a psychiatric perspective.
Kongress RPP 2015 International Congress on Science and / or Religion: a 21st Century Debate
In cooperation with the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna , a three-day congress was held with scientists from seven countries - including the Austrian psychiatrist Raphael Bonelli , Fraser Watts from Cambridge University in England and Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi from Harvard University in the USA . The Archbishop of Salzburg, Franz Lackner , made a statement to the participants at the end. The congress dealt with the challenges that arise at the interface between religion and science in the 21st century: New insights into the nature of the universe and human nature generated by science and technology influence traditional religious beliefs and perspectives. The question of the influence of religion and science on the “way of life” in the 21st century was also examined more closely. Scientists from Iran also took part.
RPP conferences
- Guilt and Feeling (Fall 2008)
- Liturgy & Psyche (spring 2009)
- Hurt-bitterness-forgiveness (fall 2009)
- Internet Sex Addiction (Spring 2010)
- Psychotherapy and Confession (Fall 2010)
- Burnout (spring 2011)
- Islamophobia (Summer 2011)
- Celibacy & Relationship (Fall 2011)
- Youth sexuality (winter 2011)
- Muslim-Christian Dialogue (Spring 2012)
- Character & Charisma (Summer 2012)
- Should religion be avoided in psychotherapy? (Fall 2012)
- Self-realization (winter 2012)
- Happiness & Bliss (spring 2013)
- Is beauty a luxury? (Summer 2013)
- Fear of God & fear of heathen (autumn 2013)
- Guilt & Remorse (Winter 2013)
- Buddhism (spring 2014)
- Neurosis & Asceticism (Summer 2014)
- Crisis intervention (autumn 2014)
- Contemplation & Multitasking (Winter 2014)
- Performance society & loneliness (spring 2015)
- Perfectionism & Perfection (Summer 2015)
- Bonding & Family (Fall 2015)
- Shame & Decency (Spring 2016)
- Psychology of Music (Summer 2016)
- God & Humor (Fall 2016)
- When guilt presses: Psychology and Confession (Winter 2016)
- Love & Narcissism (Spring 2017)
- Heaven & Hell (Fall 2017)
- Guilt & Forgiveness (Spring 2018)
- Man & Woman (Fall 2018)
- Sex & Crime (Spring 2019)
- Wisdom & Idleness (Fall 2019)
Web links
- Homepage of the institute: rpp-institut.org
- Institute's media library: rpp-media.org
Publications
- Bonelli RM; Pieringer W; Kapfhammer H (Ed.): Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. Pabst-Verlag 2007. ISBN 3899674235
- Utsch M, Bonelli RM, Pfeifer S. Psychotherapy and spirituality - dealing professionally with existential conflicts and questions of transcendence. Springer-Verlag Berlin. 2014, 228 p. 10 fig.ISBN 978-3-642-02523-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Administrator: RPP Institute - Imprint. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
- ^ Administrator: RPP Institute. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
- ^ Religiousness from a scientific point of view , accessed on February 3, 2010
- ↑ Information about the Institute Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, accessed on August 4, 2011
- ↑ Positioning Institute for Religiosity in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, accessed on May 2, 2014
- ↑ ULG Spirituality
- ↑ Interdisciplinary Congress RPP 2007
- ↑ Summary in the RPP folder 2008, page 11 (PDF; 1.8 MB)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Die Tagespost October 16, 2007: Psychiatry faces its last taboo
- ^ Kath.net October 15, 2007: Church and Pedophilia
- ↑ Kurier October 13, 2007: Church and Pedophilia: A Case for Psychotherapy (PDF; 866 kB)
- ↑ Hartmann Hinterhuber
- ↑ Larry Hogan
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Interview with Hans-Peter Kapfhammer
- ^ ORF : Vienna: Congress on Religion and Science , accessed on September 14, 2015
- ↑ Kathpress : Psychiatrist: Faith has a positive effect on mental disorders , accessed on September 14, 2015