Prof. Dr. Lutz Wittmann

Teaching Focus

The major part of my teaching activities is located in module 7 BA (basics of clinical psychology) and module 4 MA (psychic disorders). The focus of these activities lies as well on a precise knowledge of all dimensions of abnormal psychology as well as of the theory of technique.

Therefore, a scientific approach including current empirical data is combined with a consequent theory-practice-transfer. Codignola (1977/1986) emphasized that any metapsychologcial claim needs to be tested by the method of interpretation. In this sense I aim at testing the practicability of psychoanalytic scientific contributions by relating them to clinical practice.

For this purpose, clinical material (transcripts/audio/video) from our university outpatient unit are applied. Didactically, I prefer an interactive method combined with student activities as critical discussions, group work short inputs and role play.