Ludwig Reiter (psychotherapist)

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Ludwig Reiter (* 1938 ) is an Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist . He was originally a psychoanalyst , but is considered a pioneer of systemic therapy . He worked for a long time at the University Clinic for Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy and as the head of the Institute for Marriage and Family Therapy in Vienna and founded the Austrian Working Group for Systemic Therapy and Systemic Studies (ÖAS) in 1986 .

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“Soon after the […] book appeared in its first edition in 1988, its title became a catchphrase. It marked a turning point in the development of interpersonal therapy concepts: away from an external view of multi-person constellations towards an observer-dependent view of system construction. The selection and quality of the contributions were exemplary, so that despite its very high purchase price it had been sold out for several years. "

- Wolfgang Loth : About the book From family therapy to the systemic perspective.

To the work

Together with all well-known German-speaking family therapists of the time, he was a founding member of the International Working Group for Family Research and Family Therapy (AGF) in 1971 . His book, Troubled Couple Relationships , published in 1983, is described in the foreword by his supervisor at the time at the Institute for Depth Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Vienna , Hans Strotzka , as follows: “This book [...] is very typical evidence of Ludwig Reiter's way of working. An enormous background in the literature [...] gives the possibility of a highly developed statistical analysis of a large clinical material, which is then converted into realistic clinical, therapy and practice-relevant as well as original nameplates ”.

In 1986 he published - together with Egbert Steiner - two works on family dynamics , which are considered to be theoretically unusually demanding. One deals with Turing machines and autopoietic systems , the other compares models of social systems, an early discussion of therapists with Luhmann's systems theory . Ludwig Reiter has thus theoretically completed the transition from psychoanalysis and the associated family therapy to systemic therapy. In 1988 the "classic" From Family Therapy to Systemic Perspective was published together with his wife, Stella Reiter-Theil, and with Ewald J. Brunner, in which "both the general interested and the freak find an inexhaustible treasure trove". In 1986 he also founded the ÖAS magazine Systeme , which is now published jointly with the Systemic Society in Berlin . He founded the magazine “System Familie” in 1988 together with EJ Brunner and was the editor for three years. The aim of this journal was particularly to help build bridges between research and practice. In the first issue, the American family therapist Lyman Wynne is given a lot of space. In 1989 there was a controversy with Fritz B. Simon , who accused Ludwig Reiter in an open letter in System Familie of having used unnamed sources and of claiming undeserved originality. In 1998 he retired from all functions. A comprehensive appraisal of Ludwig Reiter's life's work can be found in Loth (2008; see “About Ludwig Reiter”).

Publications

About Ludwig Reiter

  • Joachim Hinsch: Your institute - and what became of it. systems 12 (1) (1998), 8-12
  • Tom Levold : Ludwig Reiter for his 70th birthday. system magazine, February 21, 2008
  • Wolfgang Loth: Ludwig Reiter zum 70th , systeme 22 (1), see also http://www.kopiloth.de/reiter.pdf
  • Kurt Ludewig: Encounters with a versatile man - on a professional farewell to Ludwig Reiter. systems 12 (1) (1998), 3-7

proof

  1. ↑ Review in Systhema , 3 (1998)
  2. ^ Kurt Ludewig: Encounters with a versatile man - on the professional farewell to Ludwig Reiter. systems 12 (1) (1998), 4

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personal data
SURNAME Reiter, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian psychiatrist, psychotherapist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1938