Matthias Stiehler

Matthias Stiehler

Matthias Stiehler (* 1961 in Leipzig ) is a German theologian, educationalist and author.

Life

Matthias Stiehler studied Protestant theology at the Theological Seminary in Leipzig from 1983 to 1989 . In 1999 he received his doctorate at the Faculty of Education at the TU Dresden Dr. phil. In 1990 he was first vicar, then pastor in Höckendorf near Dippoldiswalde . Since 1993 he has been working as a psychological advisor in the Dresden Health Department . In 2009 he took over the management of the local advice center for AIDS and sexually transmitted infections, and from 2018 the sexual health department. Since 2001 he has also headed the Dresden Institute for Adult Education and Health Science.

In 2001, together with Klaus Hurrelmann and Theodor Klotz, he founded an initiative for a German men's health report. From 2005 to 2015 he was on the board of the German Society for Men and Health (DGMG), since 2016 he has been the board of directors for science at the Men's Health Foundation . He is also a founding member of the social science network Men's Health . He is co-editor of the First German Men's Health Report published in 2010 and the Men's Health Report 2013. In focus: Mental health. For the DGMG, he was a founding member of the men's national forum . He works on various advisory boards on gender and men's policy.

The focus of his work is the social and societal dimension of men's health and the resulting consequences for the social position of men and the coexistence of women and men. In 2018 he initiated the day of unequal life expectancy .

Matthias Stiehler and his wife, Sabine Stiehler, work as a couple counselor and author of numerous publications on partnership. Here he represents the understanding that the relationship experiences of the first years of life have a decisive influence on the design of two-way relationships. They must therefore be made aware and checked again and again in the expectations of the other. Consistent assumption of personal responsibility is decisive for the success of a partnership.

Works

• Health promotion in prison. A structurally reflective analysis using the example of AIDS prevention in the Saxon penal system. Shaker Verlag Aachen 2000. ISBN 978-3-8265-8105-2
• Men's life and health. An interdisciplinary, multi-professional introduction. Edited together with Theodor Klotz. Juventa Verlag Weinheim and Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-7799-1149-4
• The man who understands. The new sufferings of the stronger sex. Verlag CH Beck Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-406-60598-7
• First German men's health report. Edited together with Doris Bardehle. W. Zuckschwerdt Verlag Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-88603-987-6
• Fatherless. A society in crisis. Gütersloher Verlagshaus 2012. ISBN 978-3-579-06657-8
• Men's Health Report 2013. In focus: Mental health. Edited together with Lothar Weißbach. Verlag Hans Huber Bern 2013. ISBN 978-3-456-85269-0
• Partnership is easy. A little book for a good life. Tredition Hamburg publishing house, new edition 2016. ISBN 978-3-7345-7223-4
• Can God Still Be Saved? What we can believe in. Tredition Hamburg publisher, new edition 2016. ISBN 978-3-7345-7434-4
• Partnership is different. With couple counseling for a good togetherness. Verlag tredition Hamburg 2018 ISBN 978-3-7469-6069-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Stiehler in the catalog of the German National Library
• www.matthias-stiehler.de