Martina Kessler

Martina Kessler (* 1961 in Wolzhausen ) is a German theologian, television presenter and author of Christian books .

Life

Kessler completed her training as a nurse in Gummersbach in 1982 , then worked in the local district hospital in the area of ​​premature and newborn babies until 1987. Since 2013 she has been working as a psychological consultant (training at the TS Institute ) at the Therapeutic Pastoral Care Institute in Neuendettelsau and since 1999 lecturer at the Academy for Christian Leaders in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, which she leads together with her husband. In addition, there are other teaching assignments in church institutions and in the private sector in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sri Lanka and Tanzania. Since 2000 she has been working as a freelance psychological consultant, personality trainer, conflict consultant and pastor and author. Her book The Power Trap has been translated into Russian, Dutch and Portuguese. Kessler has moderated the pastoral care program "Betesda", which is broadcast several times a week, on BibelTV since 2006 and has been a lecturer at the Akademie Forum Wiedenest in Bergneustadt since 2008 . Since 2012 she has been teaching at the Ewersbach Theological University and since 2013 also at the YMCA University .

At the University of South Africa (UniSA), she obtained her thesis on Macht Macht Erotisch? Live authentically - a challenge in the Christian mission. Using the example of sexual temptation by female, single heterosexual executives. a Masters in Theology . In 2014 she did her doctorate at the University of South Africa (UniSA) with her dissertation in mission theology on missionaries in heterosexually erotic relationships: a theological-sociological investigation in German evangelical mission societies .

Kessler is a member of the board of the Academy for Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care (APS) and a member of the Association of Independent Psychotherapists, Alternative Practitioners for Psychotherapy and Psychological Advisors (VFP). Since 2015 she has been the clearing officer of the German Evangelical Alliance .

Private

Martina Kessler has been married to Volker Kessler since 1983 . The couple has four children and lives in Gummersbach .

Publications

• with Volker Kessler: The power trap. Power people in the community , Brunnen Verlag 2001, ISBN 978-3-765538353 , also translated into Russian, Dutch, Portuguese and Hungarian.
• Looking for help urgently: ways out - a television chaplain answers , SCM R. Brockhaus 2008, ISBN 978-3-417207422 .
• Married life - chance for two , Hänssler Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-775151269 .
• with Michael Huebner: Learning from criticism without being hurt , Brunnen Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-765520198 .
• with Volker Kessler and their four children: Education - An adventure for the whole family , Francke-Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3868274752 .
• Martina Kessler, Werner Schäfer, Michael Utsch (eds.): Accompanying people: individually - holistically - spiritually . LIT Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-643-14139-2 .
• Eroticized relationships in mission . Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86269-161-6 .

Web link

• Martina Kessler - website

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lecturers at TS , stiftung-ts.de, accessed on October 27, 2014.
2. ↑ Consulting practice ( Memento from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ ^{a b} Book presentation at the publisher ( Memento of October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), editoraesperanca.com.br, accessed on October 30, 2014.
4. ↑ Moderator at BibelTV ( Memento from October 28, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
5. ↑ Kessler: Vita ( memento of October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), acf.de, accessed on October 26, 2014.
6. ^ Overview of lecturers ( memento of October 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), th-ewersbach.de, accessed on October 29, 2014.
7. ↑ Linked-In Profile  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , linkedin.com, accessed October 29, 2014.  
8. ↑ The Erotic Attraction of Power? (Master of Theology) ( Memento from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), missiologie-afem.de
9. ↑ Board of the APS , akademieps.de, accessed on October 27, 2014.
10. ↑ Clearing Officer of the German Evangelical Alliance , ead.de, accessed on September 17, 2015.
11. ^ Book presentation at the online shop , harmat.hu, accessed on November 13, 2015.