Jens Corssen

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Jens Corssen (born April 30, 1942 in Berlin ) is a German graduate psychologist, cognitive behavioral therapist, psychological advisor and author. As a specialist in mental self-management ( inner coaching ), he advises executives in the fields of business and media, but also football professionals. With the philosophy and practice of self-development he developed , he has been combining psychological with pragmatic approaches for personality development, change processes and goal achievement since the 1970s. Since 2011 he has been giving free lectures at German-speaking schools on the subject of dealing with stress and defeat. Jens Corssen has been married since 1978 and lives with his wife Julia in Munich.

life and career

Jens Corssen studied psychology at the University of Munich . Already during the last semester he worked with his fellow student and friend Michael Kronberger, with therapeutic alternatives to psychoanalysis oriented towards depth psychology. After graduating in 1970, this led to the establishment of the first private practice for behavior therapy in Germany. In a scientific context, Corssen and Kronberger let their clients gain new experiences through playful learning. Today's neurobiological research confirms that only emotionalizing experience leads to new neural connections in the brain and can initiate personality development.

Within a short time Corssen became one of the most authoritative practicing "psychologists of a new kind". At the same time he worked as a columnist and had his own radio and television broadcasts on a regular basis. The best known here was the "Jens Corssen Telephone", which was broadcast live on the radio from 1985 to 1996 as a psychological help in life. The editor in charge was Patricia Riekel , who also wrote a book for the show with Corssen.

From the mid-1990s, Corssen shifted the focus of his work to personality training for managers. With the self-developer concept he created, he worked as a speaker and keynote speaker at seminars and events in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Publications

Books
  • with Patricia Riekel: From today I am changing: Problem solving in life crises. Heyne Verlag Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-03108-3 .
  • with Barbara Schmidt: Courage for happiness. 1997.
  • The self-developer: The Corssen seminar. 2004.
  • with Christiane Tramitz : Me and the others. Successful relationships as a self-developer. Knaur, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-65541-2 .
  • The Corssen Principle: The four tools for a joyful life - The Graphic Coach for the Self-Developer® Method. Arkana Verlag Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3442341672 .
Audio book
  • As a self-developer to personal and professional success. 2006.
  • The Way of The Self-Developer: Your Path to Personal and Professional Success. 2013.
  • Jens Corssen: To calmness and high spirits. Campfire Media 2015.
  • Family happiness: We take a different approach to bringing up children! Argon Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3839880937 .
Journal contribution
  • Learn to love life. In: emotion . July 2014, pp. 60–61. (Interview: Kathrin Halfwassen)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Praise shapes people. In: The time . 44/1971.
  2. ↑ http://www.br.de/telekolleg/faecher/biologie/tk-biologie-3-gehirn102.html
  3. ↑ Peter Bruges: Departure from the comfort . In: Der Spiegel . No. 35 , 1973 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Corssen, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychologist and author
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin