I like the quote by Goethe: “The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.”
Amazement is probably a good motivator, especially in science. Amazement is pleasurable and can lead to wanting to question things more in depth and to wanting to understand them better. And there is also an interesting connection to psychotherapy1: If philosophy and the search for knowledge begin with amazement, with the “loss of self-evidence”, with a shock, an irritation, then the psychotherapeutic search for knowledge also begins with a characteristic uncertainty: patients no longer understand themselves.
I hope that as a teacher in the areas of research methods and clinical psychology and psychotherapy, building on the teaching of foundations, I can inspire amazement for those aspects that are associated with psychological activities in clinical and research settings. In doing so, I would like to convey content vividly, to provide space for one’s own discovery, and to incite curiosity and doubts in order to enter into a stimulating exchange with the content conveyed. I am pleased when teaching then also stimulates intensive self-study and I am happy to point to further resources for this.
I teach in a variety of study programs:
If all goes well, perhaps my teaching will lead to amazement for some at one point or another... That would be beautiful.
---
1 I owe this thought to a text by Kai Rugenstein, K. (2015). Negative Therapeutik. Von der Tugend des Nicht-Wissens. Paragrana, 24: 128-138.
Research topics and research focuses within the scope of my work are:
Design and implementation of reviews and meta-analyses regarding clinical and therapeutic questions
Critical examinations of research results and methods
Selected current research projects:
Open consultation hours in the winter semester 2025/2026:
Wednesday, November 5, 1–2 p.m.
Wednesday, December 17, 1–2 p.m.
Thursday, January 29, 12–1 p.m.
Appointments outside these times can gladly be arranged by email in advance.