Manfred Cierpka

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Manfred Cierpka (born April 13, 1950 in Nürtingen ; † December 14, 2017 in Heidelberg ) was a German psychiatrist , psychoanalyst and family therapist .

Life

After studying medicine at the University of Ulm , he received his doctorate in 1977 with the subject: Personal pronouns as indicators for interpersonal relationships in psychoanalytic group therapy . This was followed by specialist training and habilitation - topic of the thesis: On the diagnosis of families with a schizophrenic adolescent .

From 1991 to 1998 he was professor for psychosomatics and family therapy at the University of Göttingen . From 1998 he was the Medical Director of the Institute for Psychosomatic Cooperation Research and Family Therapy at the Center for Psychosocial Medicine at the Heidelberg University Hospital . Germany's only professorship for family therapy at a university hospital is located at this institute. In 2015 he retired.

From 2009 to 2013 he was chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board on Psychotherapy. Since 1990, Cierpka has been the scientific director of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks alongside Verena Kast (since 2001) and Peter Henningsen (since 2011) .

In 2017 Manfred Cierpka was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.

Manfred Cierpka had been married to the child and adolescent psychotherapist Astrid Brüß since 1972, and the marriage resulted in two sons. He died at the age of 67 years of a cancer .

Services

Cierpka's areas of work were psychotherapy and prevention research. Projects are the parent school “Understanding the Baby”, “Nobody falls through the net” and “The Pebble School” - a musical curriculum to promote social and emotional skills in children.

Faustlos is a violence prevention program to promote social and emotional skills in children. The aim of Faustlos is to prevent aggressive behavior by strengthening the ability of children to deal with conflicts, since children with good conflict resolution skills are more likely not to resort to violence in violent disputes because they do not have to stabilize their self-esteem at the expense of others. The Alliance for Children and Against Violence helps to achieve this goal. The German language version of the program was developed in 1996/1997 under the direction of Manfred Cierpka and evaluated in several empirical studies. The program is used in kindergartens, elementary schools and, from 2011, in secondary schools. The curriculum teaches age-appropriate skills in the areas of empathy, impulse control and dealing with anger and anger. Faustlos is an integral part of the educational work in over 7000 daycare centers and primary schools in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Collaboration in scientific journals

  • from 1991 member of the Advisory Board of the journal Psychotherapy Research
  • from 1994 editor of the journal Psychotherapeut
  • from 1995 on scientific advisory board of the magazine group dynamics and group therapy
  • from 2007 Scientific Advisory Board of the journal Trauma und Violence
  • from 2012 Editor-in-Chief of the journal Mental Health and Prevention

Fonts (selection)

As an author:

As editor:

  • Lindau texts 1991-2000 . Congress volumes of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks 1990–1999; Springer, Heidelberg 1991-2000
  • Handbook of Family Diagnostics. Springer, Berlin 1996; 3rd, updated and supplemented edition: Springer, Heidelberg 2008.
  • Ways to prevent violence. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2005.
  • Early childhood 0–3 years. Advice and psychotherapy for parents with babies and toddlers. Springer, Berlin 2012; 2nd edition 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cord Benecke: Manfred Cierpka †: Farewell to a large connector. In: Deutsches Ärzteblatt . 2018; 115 (3): A-89 / B-77 / C-77, accessed October 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ The father of “Faustlos” and “Nobody falls through the net” is retiring. Press release 121/2015, website of Heidelberg University Hospital, October 1, 2015, accessed on June 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks: Manfred Cierpka , accessed on June 5, 2019.
  4. ^ Press release from the Ministry for Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  5. ↑ Federal President announcement of the awards from November 1, 2017. Retrieved on December 17, 2017
  6. ↑ Peter Buchheim, Manfred Cierpka et al. (1992): Development, further training and practical activity of psychotherapists , Lindauer Texte 1992, Springer, Heidelberg, accessed on June 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Manfred Cierpka et al. (1993): Personal and professional developments of psychotherapists , Lindauer Texte 1993, Springer, Heidelberg, accessed on June 18, 2019.
  8. ↑ Manfred Cierpka (2002): On the emergence and prevention of violence in families , lecture as part of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks 2002, accessed on June 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Manfred Cierpka (2003): Prevention of violence in schools using the example of the “Faustlos” project . Lecture on April 17, 2003 as part of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks , accessed on June 5, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Cierpka, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and family therapist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Nürtingen
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 2017
Place of death Heidelberg