Michael Dieterich

Michael Dieterich (born January 13, 1942 in Stuttgart ) is a German professor of educational science , social education and psychotherapy .

Life

After an apprenticeship as a toolmaker at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Dieterich studied precision engineering (Dipl.-Ing. FH), then at the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, physics and chemistry for a higher teaching post . After teaching at vocational schools and grammar schools, he continued his MA and Dr. phil. in the subjects of professional education and psychology. In his dissertation, he developed a test for measuring and promoting professional maturity (HAMET), which is now widely used internationally. Further test developments: Personality structure test PST-R.

After his assistantship at the University of Stuttgart, Dieterich taught from 1982 to 1995 as a university professor for educational sciences (vocational rehabilitation) at the University of Hamburg . After expanding his teaching qualifications for the subject of psychotherapy and teaching at the Friedensau Theological University , he was a professor at the Gustav Siewerth Academy in Weilheim-Bierbronnen as well as scientific director and director of the University Institute for Psychology and Pastoral Care (IPS) in Freudenstadt . Since 2007 he has been professor of psychology and dean of the master's degree in counseling psychology at ETS Freudenstadt together with Lee University in Cleveland (Tennessee) in the USA.

His areas of expertise are personality diagnostics and support diagnostics , general psychotherapy and pastoral care (APS), professional rehabilitation and business consulting with a focus on personality development . Against this background, he heads the Institute for Practical Psychology and Counseling (IPP).

In the private sphere, he and his wife Hilde established the German Society for Biblical Therapeutic Pastoral Care in 1987 , which he headed for 15 years and for which he is still active today as scientific director. In 2001 it was transferred to the BTS Society for Psychology and Pastoral Care . Over 15,000 life and social counselors have been trained there over the past 20 years.

He is the author of over 150 academic publications as well as many magazine articles and books on pastoral topics.

Publications (selection)

• HAMET 2. Action- oriented modules for recording and promoting professional skills . Test center of the BDP (Hogrefe)
• How people change - and what we can contribute to it , Witten 2009, SCM R.Brockhaus, ISBN 978-3-417-26294-0
• Pastoral care compact , Witten 2009, SCM R.Brockhaus, ISBN 978-3-417-24946-0
• The personality of teachers and possible effects on the design of lessons , educational research 2007, volume 4, issue 2 (together with Jörg Dieterich)
• Who am I? Who are the others Self- and external perception , Freudenstadt 2006, IPS Institute for Psychology and Pastoral Care, Volume 15 from the series of university publications. Witten 2010 SCM Brockhaus Verlag ISBN 978-3-417-26328-2
• The personality structure test PST-R - A diagnostic concept for counseling and therapy , Freudenstadt 2003, IPP Institute for Practical Psychology (2nd edition)
• Introduction to general psychotherapy and pastoral care , Wuppertal 2001, Brockhaus-Verlag, ISBN 3-417-24702-0
• Personality diagnostics. Theory and practice from a holistic perspective , Wuppertal / Zurich 1997, Brockhaus-Verlag, ISBN 3-417-26961-X
• Pastoral care and homosexuality - an attempt to determine one's position , Wuppertal 1997, Brockhaus-Verlag, ISBN 3417269628 (Ed .: Michael Dieterich; authors (among others): Hansjörg Hemminger, Thomas Pola)
• Dictionary Psychology & Pastoral Care , Wuppertal 1996, R. Brockhaus Verlag, ISBN 978-3-417-24658-2 (Ed .: Michael Dieterich, Jörg Dieterich)
• Manual Psychology & Pastoral Care , Wuppertal 1989, R. Brockhaus , ISBN 978-3-417-24607-0 (6th edition 2000)
  • How people change - and what we can contribute to it , SCM R. Brockhaus Verlag ISBN 978-3-417-26294-0
• We need relaxation. Stress , tension, sleep disorders - and what you can do about it. Brunnen, Gießen 1988 (6th edition 1997. ISBN 3-7655-2380-1 )
• Depression . Help from a biblical and psychotherapeutic point of view. Brunnen , Gießen 1986 (5th revised edition 1991. ISBN 3-7655-2377-1 )

literature

• Rüdiger Marmulla : Like spring. The biography of Hilde and Michael Dieterich , SCM R. Brockhaus , Witten 2016, ISBN 978-3-417-26797-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Dieterich in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Michael Dieterich  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rüdiger Marmulla: Like a spring. The biography of Hilde and Michael Dieterich. SCM R. Brockhaus-Verlag, Witten 2016, ISBN 978-3-417-26797-6 .
2. ↑ Unique in Germany: Master's degree in “Counseling Psychology ” , idea.de, notification from June 13, 2012.
3. ↑ How Lee Ranks
4. ↑ Administration, Faculty and Staff ( Memento from July 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )