Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care

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The Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care ( APS ), based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe and with a postal address in Frankenberg, is a non-profit association founded in 2000 with the aim of bringing cross-denominational Christian psychotherapists and pastors into a constructive technical discussion.

statute

The association was founded by doctors from the Christian psychotherapy clinics Hohe Mark , Elbingerode and De'Ignis , among others . The founding members include Arnd Barocka and Samuel Pfeifer . The prerequisite for membership is “a completed degree in medicine , psychology , theology or other human sciences ” as well as pastoral or psychotherapeutic activity and a personal belief in the sense of the Apostles' Creed, without restriction to a specific church or denomination. In 2016 the association had 850 members. The APS is headed by the psychiatrist Martin Grabe .

The purpose of the association according to the statutes is to “promote encounters between psychotherapy and Christian pastoral care in science and practice” by integrating “meaning and value orientation” and “therapeutic methodology”.

activities

The aim is to achieve a "qualitative improvement in counseling and treatment ..." through the work of the APS. To this end, it organizes regular conferences. Since 2005, the magazine “P & S: Magazine for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care” has been published by the Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care four times a year . The “Empirical Research” workshop and an annual conference are held annually. Since 2007 there have been regional conferences that have been held annually in three different regions of Germany since 2011 (north in Elbingerode, Rhine-Ruhr in Velbert, south in Neuendettelsau).

Every two years the Academy organizes the "International Congress for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care". First three congresses took place in Switzerland (Gwatt), then three in Marburg and finally three in Würzburg. The congress is designed as a continuous series in order to provide a reliable in-service training program every two years. In addition to the main presentations, there are therefore over 90 seminars on a wide variety of aspects in the fields of psychotherapy and pastoral care.

Congresses

Martin Grabe at the opening of the 7th International APS Congress

In addition to the numerous annual, regional and working conferences mentioned above, the APS held the following large congresses (up to 1000 participants each over three days):

title theme Time period and place
10th International Congress of the Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2019 Networked! Connected! Entangled? June 5th to June 8th, 2019 in Würzburg
09th International Congress for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2017 THE STRANGER - in me, in you, in God May 31 to June 3, 2017 in Würzburg
08th International Congress for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2015 THE GOOD LIFE - Longing and Responsibility May 20-23, 2015 in Würzburg
07th International Congress for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2013 Time. Ghost. Zeitgeist - New challenges in psychotherapy and pastoral care May 8th to 11th, 2013 in Würzburg
06th International Congress for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2009 Identity - the common thread in my life May 20 to 24, 2009 in Marburg / Lahn
05th International Congress on Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2006 Challenges of postmodern life plans - I-AG or relationship-GmbH? May 24th to 28th, 2006 in Marburg / Lahn
04th International Congress on Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 2003 Psychotherapy in crisis? The new desire for meaning and values. May 28 to June 1, 2003 in Marburg / Lahn
03rd International Symposium on Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 1999 Psychotherapy and pastoral care on the threshold of the 3rd millennium: between secularization and spiritualization? May 12-16, 1999 in Gwatt (Switzerland) demolition due to flooding
02nd International Symposium on Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 1995 Psychotherapy and pastoral care between science and intuition May 24-28, 1995 in Gwatt (Switzerland)
01st International Symposium on Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care - 1990 Pastoral care and psychotherapy - opportunities and limits of integration May 23-27, 1990 in Gwatt (Switzerland)

Reactions to individual congresses

Congress 2009

The lesbian and gay association in Germany accuses the academy and the congress of wanting to “treat homosexuals to heterosexuals”, that is, homophobia . On several occasions (at least) two speakers appeared at the congress who are accused of being of the opinion that "homosexuality is a disease worth treating". On the night of May 11, 2009, more than 40 houses in Marburg were the target of unknown perpetrators who committed damage to property ( graffiti ) with slogans against the congress and its speakers in Marburg . A demonstration on the same day was organized by the Greens , Pro Familia and Aids-Hilfe . At this demonstration, the criticism was limited to the controversial speakers at the conference, without addressing religion in the broader sense.

Congress 2017

The 2017 congress was recommended for further training on aerzteblatt.de .

Congress 2019

In the run-up to the 2019 congress, Antifa Würzburg published an open letter in which it announced “a demo and information booths on the days of the congress”.

The politician Simone Barrientos accused the Lord Mayor of Würzburg , Christian Schuchardt , of courting "anti-feminist and homophobic agitation" with his greeting. Christian Schuchardt rejected the allegation.

Shortly before the congress, the Würzburg Congress Center was smeared.

On June 7, 2019 there was a demonstration against the Congress. Unlike in 2009, there will be no representatives of conversion therapies in 2019. The head of APS emphasized to the TAZ : "Homosexuality, bisexuality or transsexuality are not illnesses or mental disorders".

Editor (selection)

  • since 2005: Magazine "P & S: Magazine for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statutes of the APS of March 17, 2000 § 3 Paragraph 1 with amendments of September 28, 2000, November 5, 2005 and September 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Statutes of the APS of March 17, 2000 § 2 Paragraph 1 in the version of the changes of September 28, 2000 and November 5, 2005.
  3. ↑ a b DNB 975291181
  4. ↑ Topics and Articles. Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care, archived from the original on September 30, 2010 ; accessed on May 17, 2010 (overview of the conference topics).
  5. ↑ Program 2019 on aps-kongress.de (PDF)
  6. ↑ Program booklet congress 2017 on akademieps.de (PDF)
  7. ↑ Program booklet Congress 2015 on akademieps.de (PDF)
  8. ↑ Psychotherapy in crisis? The new desire for meaning and values on akademieps.de (PDF)
  9. ↑ Between secularization and spiritualization? on akademieps.de (PDF)
  10. ↑ Gays and lesbians criticize the Congress of Psychotherapists. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Massive criticism of the appearance of "homo healers". Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  12. ↑ a b Gesa Coordes: Protest against 'homo healers'. Frankfurter Rundschau, May 22, 2009, archived from the original on October 1, 2010 ; accessed on May 18, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Further and advanced training. Retrieved May 23, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Open letter against the approval and implementation of the APS congress in the congress center in Würzburg 2019. Accessed on May 31, 2019 .
  15. ↑ a b Psychotherapy & Pastoral Care Congress: Linke accuses OB of courting homophobic agitation. Retrieved June 6, 2019 .
  16. ^ Protest against APS congress: graffiti at the venue. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  17. ^ Würzburg: Protest against the congress in the CCW. Retrieved June 8, 2019 .
  18. ^ A b Psychotherapy Congress in Würzburg: Help and Heal? Retrieved June 8, 2019 .