Sven Tönnies

Sven Edmar Tönnies (* 1946 in Hamburg ) is a German psychologist and professor at the University of Hamburg .

Life

Sven Tönnies studied psychology , education and sociology in Hamburg and received his doctorate and habilitation. He is married to Ursula Behrens-Tönnies and has three children.

Career

• From 1967 to 1972 studied psychology, education and sociology in Hamburg
• from 1972 employee at the chair for clinical psychology and education of Reinhard Tausch , there
• from 1973 to 1977 also research assistant at the Höhenried Clinic (rehabilitation center for cardiology and psychosomatics) in Bernried
• 1977 residency with Carl Rogers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD)
• 1994 substitute professor for clinical psychology and psychotherapy at the Free University of Berlin
• 1994 consultant at the medical-psychosomatic clinic Bad Bramstedt
• 1997 visiting professor at Kazan State University in Tatarstan (supported by DAAD )
• 1998 visiting professor at Kazan State Medical University in Tatarstan (supported by DAAD)
• 1998 visiting professor at the Kazan State Medical academy for postdegee education in Tatarstan (supported by DAAD)
• 1999 substitute professor for intervention methods at the Humboldt University in Berlin
• 2003 Visiting professor at Moscow State Regional University in Russia (supported by DAAD)
• 2005 visiting professor at the universities of Kiev and Lviv in Ukraine
• 2008 visiting professor at the Psychiatric Clinic of Ivano-Frankivsk University (invitation from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine)
• From 2008 to 2011 he took over the provisional management of the department of clinical psychology and psychotherapy in the department of psychology
• retired since December 2011
• until 2014 management of the third-party funded project "Smoking cessation study comparing the effects of behavior therapy and hypnotherapy" (German Cancer Aid)
• Scientific advisory board for psychology at Asanger Verlag
• Vice President of the German Society for Health Care ( DGG eV)

Focus of work

Tönnies mainly taught clinical psychology and intervention methods (conversation psychotherapy, cognitive therapies). In addition, mental training and relaxation processes, affective disorders, somatoform and psychophysiological disorders as well as research methods. He headed the contact and advice center for earwig (for tinnitus and other hearing disorders) in the department of psychology. His main research interests include clinical diagnostics , psychosomatic disorders, rehabilitation of hearing disorders and the importance of cognitions in psychotherapy and health psychology .

Fonts (selection)

• Deception in science. The case of the psychologist Erdman , Kröning 2018, Asanger Verlag, ISBN 9783893346240 .
• Life with ringing in the ears. Self-help with tinnitus , 15th edition, Kröning 2018, Verlag Asanger, ISBN 9783893345618 .
• Mental training for mental and spiritual fitness , 7th edition, Kröning 2014, Verlag Asanger, ISBN 3-89334-469-1 .
• Health, wellness, fitness. A home trainer for disease prevention , Kröning 2013, Verlag Asanger, ISBN 9783893345601 (with Tönnies, T.).
• Russian episodes - "Go East" with the DAAD . Kröning 2008, Asanger Verlag, ISBN 9783893344956 .
• Relaxation, suggestion, hypnosis. Practical instructions for self-help and therapy . 3rd edition, Kröning, 2008, Asanger Verlag, ISBN 3-89334-393-8 .
• Deafness, tinnitus, dizziness - from the experience of those affected . Kröning, 2003, Asanger Verlag, ISBN 3-89334-410-1 (Ed., With Dickerhof, K.)
• Hamburg cognitive inventory (HAKI) , Weinheim 1997, Beltz Test publishing house, order no. 04 222 02.
• Mental Health Scales (SPG) . Göttingen, 1996, Hogrefe Testzentrale, ISBN 3-89334-300-8 (with Plöhn, S. and Krippendorf, U.).
• Self-communication. Empirical findings on diagnostics and therapy , Heidelberg 1994, Verlag Asanger, ISBN 3-89334-268-0 .
• Perception of the behavior of parents and teachers and connection with characteristics of mental health (dissertation) Hamburg 1977.

Web links

• Literature by and about Sven Tönnies in the catalog of the German National Library
• Internet presence at the University of Hamburg
• www.sven-toennies.de