Leslie S. Greenberg

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Leslie Samuel Greenberg (* 1945 in South Africa ), a Canadian citizen, is psychotherapy researchers , psychotherapist and co-founder of the " emotion-focused therapy " (English: "emotion-focused therapy").

Live and act

He is currently Professor of the Center for Psychotherapy Research at York University in Toronto, Canada. In 2012, Greenberg received the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research , the highest award for applied research.

In addition to his work on the effectiveness of process-experience-oriented / emotion-focused therapy, the effectiveness of which he was able to prove, he published numerous papers in the field of psychotherapy process research. Greenberg published over 100 writings. His work, especially on the effectiveness of psychotherapy, is of importance for humanistic psychotherapies , especially gestalt therapy and client- centered talk therapy , as he and his colleagues provided evidence of the effectiveness of these forms of therapy in his empirical evaluation studies. In his investigations, the entire group of humanistic psychotherapy was tied with behavioral therapy in terms of the size of the effects.

At the heart of emotion-focused therapy is the integration of “leading” and “following” in the work of the therapist. Emotion-focused therapy is based on the fundamentals of emotion theory and is based on the latest findings in emotion research and psychotherapy research. It offers fundamental principles for working with emotions in psychotherapy beyond the boundaries of therapy schools. In developing this form of therapy, he took over and combined parts of client-centered talk therapy and gestalt therapy.

1989/1990 he was President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research . Greenberg is a member of the scientific advisory board of the German umbrella organization Gestalt therapy for licensed psychotherapists (DDGAP).

Fonts

  • with L. Auszra and Imke R. Herrmann: Emotions-Focused Therapy: A Practice Manual. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3801724252
  • with SC Paivio: Working with the emotions in psychotherapy. Guilford Press, New York 1997, ISBN 1-572-30243-7 .
  • with SM Johnson: Emotionally focused therapy for couples. The Guilford Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0-89862-730-3 .
  • Emotion-focused therapy: Coaching clients to work through feelings. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-1-557-98881-2 .
  • with R. Elliot, JC Watson a. RN Goldman: Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-1-59147-080-9 .
  • with RN Goldman u. AE Pos: Depth of emotional experience and outcome. In: Psychotherapy Research. 15 (3) 2005, pp. 248-260.
  • with JC Watson: Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association 2006, ISBN 1-59147-280-6 .
  • with LN Rice u. R. Elliott: Promoting Emotional Change. Basics of a process and experience-oriented therapy. Junfermann, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-87387-503-9 .
  • Emotion-Centered Therapy: An Overview. In: Psychotherapist Journal. 4, 2005, pp. 324ff, 337ff. Review article
  • From cognition to emotion in psychotherapy. In: SKD Sulz, G. Lenz (ed.): From cognition to emotion. Psychotherapy with feelings. CIP-Medien, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87159-058-4 , pp. 77-110. - Review articles
  • The importance of emotions in modern psychotherapy. Leslie Greenberg in conversation with Annette Kämmerer. In: Psychotherapy in dialogue. 2 (3) 2002, pp. 195-198.

About Greenberg's research in Gestalt therapy:

  • N. Gegenfurtner, R. Fresser-Kuby (Ed.): Emotions in focus. Gestalt therapists in dialogue with Leslie Greenberg . Edition Humanistic Psychology EHP 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Stumm, Alfred Pritz, Paul Gumhalter, Nora Nemeskeri, Martin Voracek: Personal Lexicon of Psychotherapy . Springer-Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-211-29396-6 , pp. 188–189 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  2. ↑ a b c Hartmann-Kottek, L .: Leslie Greenberg: Yes, I am a Gestaltist - a gestalt therapist with heart and empathy , in: Hartmann-Kottek, L. (Ed.): Gestalt therapy - fascination and effectiveness , Gießen 2014, Psychosozial-Verlag, p. 293.
  3. ↑ Hartmann-Kottek, L .: Leslie Greenberg: Yes, I am a Gestaltist - a Gestalt therapist with heart and empathy , in: Hartmann-Kottek, L. (Ed.): Gestalt therapy - fascination and effectiveness , Gießen 2014, Psychosozial-Verlag , P. 294.
  4. ^ Psychotherapyresearch.org accessed on September 11, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Greenberg, Leslie S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenberg, Leslie Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian psychotherapy researcher and psychotherapist
DATE OF BIRTH 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH South Africa