Kurt Ludewig
Kurt Ludewig (born December 6, 1942 in Valparaíso , Chile ) is a German-Chilean psychologist and systemic psychotherapist . He made a significant contribution to the theory and dissemination of systemic therapy in the German-speaking area.
Ludewig is considered the founder of the concept of membership and the inventor of the family board , which uses wooden figures to make family and other social relationships visible. He developed a comprehensive and coherent clinical theory of systemic therapy, drawing on the concepts of neurobiologist Humberto Maturana and sociologist Niklas Luhmann .
Life
Kurt Ludewig first studied medicine and law in Chile for a few semesters . In 1963 he moved to the USA. There he took evening classes in psychology , philosophy and anthropology at Los Angeles City College in California. In 1965 he went to Germany, where he studied psychology at the University of Hamburg from 1966 and graduated in 1971 with the degree Dipl.-Psych. completed. In 1978 he graduated as Dr. phil. with Peter R. Hofstätter , also in Hamburg, with a thesis on interpersonal behavioral patterns and psychopathology . From 1974 to 1992 he was a clinical psychologist and lecturer at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Hamburg, and from 1992 to 2004 he was chief psychologist at the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Münster.
Kurt Ludewig is a co-founder and from 1984 to 1996 was a board member at the Institute for Systemic Studies eV Hamburg; In 2007 he was made an honorary member of this institute. From 1993 to 1999 he was first chairman of the Systemic Society and from 2001 to 2005 a board member of the European Family Therapy Association EFTA . In 1996 he co-founded the German Society for Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics and in 1997 the Westphalian Institute for Systemic Therapy and Consulting Münster eV . From 1985 to 2012 he worked as a teaching therapist at the Institute for Systemic Studies in Hamburg and at the Institute an der Ruhr in Bochum, in Vienna he taught at the Sigmund Freud Private University . His standard textbook Systemic Therapy , published in 1992, has been translated into several languages.
Quotes
“The first half of the 80s, the years 1981–1986, turned out to be the most exciting of my professional life. You wandered from conference to conference, from workshop to workshop and could always be sure to discover something new, to learn something really new. The 'disturbances' did not stop. They struggled with the demanding project of designing an independent systemic theory for clinical practice. At that time theoretical and metatheoretical concepts were in demand; the questions of methodology and empirical research, however, fell behind for the time being. One waited longingly for the new issues of Family Process, Familiendynamik and the magazine for systemic therapy and was ready to deal with unusually complex texts; one made do with philosophical and other dictionaries. "
“Ludewig has succeeded in developing a conception of the problem system that integrates the biological systems theories of the neurobiologist Humberto Maturana and the sociological systems theories of the sociologist Niklas Luhmann. Accordingly, systems are cognitive constructs (i.e. not models of objective facts). According to this understanding, the problem system is no longer formed from individuals but from members of 'a sequence of communicative interactions' (Ludewig, 1992). The aim of the therapy is then to change the communicative memberships in the problem system and thus to dissolve the 'problem communication'. "
Fonts
- Systemic therapy. Basics of clinical theory and practice. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-608-91648-2 .
- The family board. Edited together with Ulrich Wilken . Hogrefe, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 3-8017-1329-6 .
- Leitmotifs of systemic therapy. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-608-94172-X .
- Introduction to the theoretical principles of systemic therapy. Carl Auer, Heidelberg 2005, ISBN 3-89670-466-4 .
- Developments in systemic therapy - insights, rectifications, outlooks. Carl-Auer, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 3-8497-0008-9 .
- Systemic therapy. Basics of clinical theory and practice. Carl-Auer, Heidelberg 2015, ISBN 3-8497-0060-7 .
literature
- Andrea Brandl-Nebehay et al .: Systemic family therapy. Vienna 1998, pp. 54, 95, 195–197.
- Jürgen Kriz : Basic concepts of psychotherapy. 6th edition. Weinheim 2007, pp. 221, 229, 244, 281.
- Gerhard Stumm et al. (Ed.): Personal dictionary of psychotherapy. Vienna 2005, p. 298 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kurt Ludewig in the catalog of the German National Library
- Kurt Ludewig's website
- Generally understandable review article about the family board
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ludewig, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German psychologist and systemic psychotherapist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valparaíso , Chile |