Prof. Dr. Christian Sell
Theoretical Psychoanalysis (Assistant Professor)
IPU Berlin
Stromstr. 3b, 1st Floor, Room 1.08
10555 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 300 117-711
E-Mail: christian.sell@ipu-berlin.de
Open office hours during the lecture period: every Monday, 16h till 17h.
Student Supervision for Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses
I supervise student theses in clinical psychoanalytic theory and in psychotherapy research. I also supervise theses related to epistemology but only if they directly deal with claims about either psychoanalytic knowledge or knowledge about the process and results of psychoanalytically oriented therapy. I am unable to supervise theses which focus primarily on question in the intersection of psychoanalysis with the fields of cultural studies, literary studies, social psychology, or organizational psychology. Students wishing to write such theses should seek other supervisors.
I receive many requests to supervise student theses (both, as first and second examiner) and therefore prioritize as follows:
- Students writing their thesis in English.
- Students who have taken classes with me and who are working in areas in which I have enough expertise to supervise.
- Students working in qualitative psychotherapy research.
- As my capacity allows, other students working in areas in which I have sufficient expertise.
I do not offer student thesis supervision appointments or conduct oral examinations during the semester breaks.
I offer a biweekly seminar for the students whose theses I supervise. The seminar is taught each year during the summer semester, and I strongly recommend that my supervisees attend it. Additional supervision appointments are possible but only if a question has already been asked during the seminar and no sufficient solution has been found.
Application procedure: Anyone wishing to have thesis supervised by me should first see me during office hours – ideally, during the winter semester preceding the semester during which you plan to write your thesis. If we can agree on a possible provisional thesis topic, I will ask you to write a short outline (no more than two pages!) of what you plan to do and why. Producing this outline is intended to help you to become clearer on what exactly your research question is and how you are about to approach it. It will also help me make a final decision as to whether I would be a good supervisor for you.
[Note: in the past, some students have consulted with several potential supervisors simultaneously, sent them their outlines, received counselling, and decided much later whom they finally wanted to have as their supervisor. Please do not do that! It is rude and it wastes our time. Providing quality supervision is a lot of work as it is. I gladly do it and I am excited to provide guidance to your work, but please be respectful with regard to our time as well! If you wish to write your thesis under my supervision, I will do my best to respond quickly so that you know in time whether it will work out or not and can proceed to consult with other potential supervisors if necessary.]
Grading: I use the following set of criteria to grade student theses:
| I. CONTENT (40%) |
| One clear, well-focused thesis? Good command of the subject matter? Evidence of independent thought? Supporting arguments relate to the main claim and are well organized? The thesis goes beyond the obvious or predictable and is effectively argued for in a clear, logical, detailed, and relevant way? |
| II. ORGANIZATION (30%) |
| Clear organization of the paper? Inviting introduction that states the thesis and previews the structure of the essay? Presentation of details in logical order? Conclusion stating the point of the paper? |
| III. STYLE (20%) |
| Fluent and articulate relation of ideas? Effective tone and language use? Quotes, paraphrases, and summaries well woven into own writing? Smooth transitions between ideas? Well-controlled pacing? Thorough use of APA style? |
| IV. MECHANICS AND GRAMMAR (10%) |
| Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, sentence structure, and grammar with only few errors? |
Plagiarism. This should go without saying but your thesis must fully adhere to the principles of ethical academic writing – especially with regard to avoiding plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting work or ideas from another source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition, as is the use of material generated wholly or in part through the use of artificial intelligence. Plagiarism can also include re-using your own work (e.g., course essays from classes) without citation. Under the IPU regulations, plagiarism, intentional or not, is a disciplinary offence. If you are unsure about any aspect of ethical writing, refer to Miguel Roig’s excellent text Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices which can be accessed here:
https://ori.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/plagiarism.pdf
Style and grammar guidelines: With regard to formatting, style, and referencing, theses under my supervision should follow the guidelines provided in the current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (https://apastyle.apa.org/). Please note: If you are writing a conceptually oriented thesis which does not involve data collection, it is not necessary (in most cases, it would even be ill-advised) to follow the introduction-method-results-discussion subdivision predetermined by the APA manual. If you are writing a theoretical thesis, you can (and probably should) deviate from that part of the manual. All other APA guidelines should still be followed, however.
Teaching Focus
My teaching focus is in study area I “Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Epistemology and Theory of the Subject”. My lectures and seminars are meant to be introductions to thinking psychoanalytically. It is one of the central insights of psychoanalysis that we are not who we think we are. Until today, very different accounts of the unconscious have been put forth, together with different epistemological methods. In other words, psychoanalytic theories differ in their assumptions about what the unconscious is as well as in their claims regarding how we might get to know something about it. My goal in teaching is to explore together with my students how differences in theories lead to differences in psychoanalytic practice, that is: to differences in how we may attempt to make the unconscious conscious.
In Module 1, we take as our point of departure Freud’s foundations of psychoanalytic thinking. We shall then follow different lines of development in psychoanalytic theory over the course of the 20th century: object relations theory, self psychology, and ego psychology as well Carl Jung, Jacques Lacan, feminist, relational and field theory approaches. In Module 8 we are going to venture out beyond the established clinical applications of psychoanalysis into the field of culture and society. What may psychoanalysis contribute to our understanding of social conflict, of art and media, of fairy tales and myth?
In interactive lectures as well as while closely reading primary texts during the seminar, I want to encourage students to exercise and expand their own skills in critical and reflective thinking. My goal is for students to begin exchanging arguments and developing positions of their own. Especially in psychoanalysis, this is no small task: on the one hand, we must keep evaluating all of our psychoanalytic thinking against the background of our own clinical and personal experiences. On the other hand, psychoanalytic ideas in turn will also have an effect on these experiences. In addition, there will be frequent encounters of psychoanalytic thinking with different schools of philosophy as well as with findings and methods of empirical research. Psychoanalytic theory is no closed system of knowledge and thought. Rather, it is at its best when new insights arise from the productive tension of its various theoretical perspectives. I very much look forward to support the students at IPU in wrestling with these theoretical tensions to develop their own unique professional identities.
Research Focus
My research focus is to better understand therapeutic (and other) relationships. Methodologically, I attempt to bring together the hermeneutic strategies of psychoanalysis and empirical methods (such as Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis). I think that it is important to bridge the gap between these traditions in the interest of advancing our understanding of unconscious relationship dynamics. On the one hand, I believe that we must keep refining and reworking the conceptual apparatus of psychoanalysis. On the other hand, I take the combination of quantitative and qualitative methods (mixed method research) to be a promising strategy to foster a more psychodynamic form of psychotherapy and relationship research. On example of the latter would be psychotherapy process research by means of systematic case studies within the context of larger outcome studies (cases-within-trials methodology).
I currently work on the role of medio-passivity in therapeutic relationships, on countertransference and in the inner work of the therapist, on relational dynamics in psychosis as well as on imaginative and intuitive processes in psychodynamic treatments.
Research Focus
since 2021
Medio-Passivity and Psychoanalysis:
Between Activity and Passivity in the Therapeutic Relationship
current publication, commantary (1,2) und reply
since 2021
Inner Working Models in different Schools of Psychotherapy:
Comparative Conceptual Research
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Timo Storck (Psychological University Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Jana Volkert (Medical School Berlin).
current publication
since 2020
Countertransference and Negative Therapist Behavior:
Antecedents, Dynamics, Consequences
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Dr. Dorothea Huber (IPU Berlin) and Dr. Matthias Volz (University of Kassel). Partially funded by the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA).
Current publications (1, 2)
since 2020
Differential Indication of Guided Imagery Psychotherapy (DE-GIP Study):
An RCT with Patient-Component Matching
In collaboration with Prof. Dr. Cord Benecke (University of Kassel), Steffen Müller (University of Kassel) und Prof. Dr. Ulrich Sachsse (Göttingen). Funded by the German Society for Guided Imagery Psychotherapy (DGKIP).
current publication
since 2019
Therapy and Psychodynamics of Patients with Psychotic Symptoms (T3PS Study):
Towards a Psychoanalytic Typology of Psychotic Disorders
In collaboration with Dr. Miriam Henkel (University of Kassel), Dorothea von Haebler (IPU Berlin), Michael Dümpelmann (Göttingen), Martin Ohlmeier (Klinikum Kassel), Knut Schnell (Asklepios Fachklinikum Göttingen), Prof. Dr. Carsten Spitzer (University Medicine Rostock) und Cord Benecke (University of Kassel). Partially funded by the Köhler Foundation.
current publication
2012 to 2017
Effectiveness of Guided Imagery Psychotherapy and Hypnosis Psychotherapy:
A Naturalistic Outcome Study
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. Heidi Möller (University of Kassel), in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Svenja Taubner (Heidelberg University Hospital). Funded by the Austrian Society for Applied Depth Psychology and General Psychotherapy (ÖGATAP).
Research Profile (ORCID)
Christian Sell https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8460-3946
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Struggling for resonance: Mediopassive interaction in a long-term treatment of severe personality disorder.
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Collaborative working models of alliance rupture repair: A theory-building case study
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- Christian Sell (Author)
- Jenny L. Eis (Author)
- Matthias Volz (Author)
- Günther Klug (Author)
- J. Christopher Muran (Author)
- Dorothea Huber (Author)
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Interventions for common mental disorders tested in Cochrane reviews: an analysis of quality of evidence and efficacy
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- Falk Leichsenring (Author)
- Christoph Flückiger (Author)
- Nikolas Heim (Author)
- Jürgen Hoyer (Author)
- Despina Koletsi (Author)
- Frank Leweke (Author)
- Patrick Luyten (Author)
- Thomas Munder (Author)
- Christian Sell (Author)
- Carsten Spitzer (Author)
- Christiane Steinert (Author)
- John P.A. Ioannidis (Author)
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“We have traveled into the past, which had already stretched out its shadows towards me” — What patients experience as helpful in two trauma-focused psychotherapies for PTSD related to childhood maltreatment
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- Marie Siebert (Author, 0009-0002-7986-7215)
- Nina Marin (Author)
- Melissa Hitzler (Author)
- Jürgen Hoyer (Author)
- Elena Kabbathas (Author)
- Christine Knaevelsrud (Author)
- Iris-Tatjana Kolassa (Author)
- Lina Krakau (Author)
- Johannes Kruse (Author)
- Falk Leichsenring (Author)
- Charline Logé (Author)
- Helen Niemeyer (Author)
- Fatima Nöske (Author)
- Sebastian Palmer (Author)
- Simone Salzer (Author)
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- Visal Tumani (Author)
- Jörn von Wietersheim (Author)
- Kerstin Weidner (Author)
- Michael Witthöft (Author)
- Christiane Steinert (Author)
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Der Indikationsfragebogen für Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie (IF-KIP)
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- Christian Sell (Author)
- Steffen Müller (Author)
- Jule Bauckhage (Author)
- Ulrich Sachsse (Author)
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Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie (KIP)
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Undenkbares denkbar machen: Kollektiv Unrepräsentiertes als möglicher Gegenstand psychoanalytischer Sozial- und Kulturforschung
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<p>Die Psychoanalyse ist seit ihrem Beginn eng mit der Analyse gesellschaftlicher Prozesse verbunden. Beim Blick »nach draußen« jenseits des Behandlungszimmers spielt vor allem das Verhältnis von Individuum und Gesellschaft eine entscheidende Rolle. Auch die methodischen Schwierigkeiten und Gefahren, individualpsychologische Konzepte auf soziale Prozesse zu beziehen, sind wichtiger Teil psychoanalytischer Reflexionen. Der vorliegende Band nimmt vor diesem Hintergrund eine unabdingbare Debatte der Psychoanalyse auf und ermöglicht in dialogischer Form neue Perspektiven auf das gesellschaftlich Unbewusste im Individuum. Hauptartikel und Replik von Timo Storck Kommentare von Hans-Dieter Gondek, Helmwart Hierdeis, Angela Moré, Volker Münch, Johann August Schülein, Christian Sell und Hans-Jürgen Wirth</p>
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Hoffnung muss Ohnmacht ertragen: Mediopassive Fähigkeiten in der psychoanalytischen Praxis
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“That kind of changes things”: a meta-synthesis of the lived experiences of people with chronic heart disease
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- Lisa Nebel (Author)
- Timothy Le Butt (Author)
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- Christoph Herrmann-Lingen (Author)
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Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-3) for Patients with Psychosis: Feasibility and Differential Reliability
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- Cord Benecke (Author)
- Claudia Kozik (Author)
- Knut Schnell (Author)
- Christian Fricke-Neef (Author)
- Bettina Mardus (Author)
- Martin Ohlmeier (Author)
- Dorothea von Haebler (Author)
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»Wohin mit dem Hass«?: Unterschiede im Umgang mit aggressiven Impulsen bei depressiven Patient:innen mit und ohne Persönlichkeitsstörungen
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- Jenny Lou Eis (Author)
- Levin Laser (Author)
- Christian Sell (Author)
- Günther Klug (Author)
- Dorothea Huber (Author)
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Freiheit in der Zwickmühle: Systematische Einzelfallstudie zum Zusammenhang von Zwang und Psychose
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- Lisa Nebel (Author)
- Bettina Mardus (Author)
- Christian Sell (Author)
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<jats:title>Zusammenfassung</jats:title><jats:p>Zwanghafte und psychotische Symptome treten häufig zeitgleich oder aufeinanderfolgend auf, was verschiedene psychoanalytische Theorien auf mögliche funktionale Zusammenhänge von Zwang und Psychose zurückführen. Dieser Hypothese soll in einer systematischen Einzelfallstudie nachgegangen werden, in der qualitative und quantitative Daten aus der stationären Behandlung einer Patientin mit zwanghaften und paranoid-halluzinatorischen Symptomen gemäß dem Hermeneutic Single-Case Efficacy Design (HSCED) ausgewertet werden. Die Ergebnisse deuten auf einen Zusammenhang beider Symptomgruppen im Sinne einer gemeinsamen oder abwechselnden psychischen Triangulierungsfunktion hin: Zwang und psychotische Symptomatik können anscheinend, für sich genommen oder im Zusammenspiel, eine von der Patientin dringend benötigte dritte Position vorübergehend einführen – wenn auch unter massiven Kompromissen für die Lebensqualität der Patientin. Solche funktionalen Zusammenhänge haben Implikationen für die Beurteilung des Behandlungserfolgs. Wir diskutieren, dass bei solch komplexen Dynamiken in der Psychosentherapie die Notwendigkeit besteht, psychodynamische Konzepte von therapeutischer Entwicklung mit einem Modell von Personal Recovery zusammenzudenken.</jats:p>
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Differential Efficacy of Guided Imagery Psychotherapy – Protocol for a Non-Inferiority Trial with Patient-Component Matching
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- Ulrich Sachsse (Author)
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Interrater Reliability of Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis 3 (OPD-3)
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- Valentin Lackmann (Author)
- Christian Sell (Author)
- Miriam Henkel (Author)
- Claudia Kozik (Author)
- Cord Benecke (Author)
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Negative feelings toward borderline patients: Are layperson emotional reactions disorder-specific?
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- Christian Sell (Author, 0000-0002-8460-3946)
- Cord Benecke (Author, 0000-0002-7977-5102)
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How are psychodynamic conflicts associated with personality functioning? A network analysis
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- Larissa Vierl (Author)
- Charlotte Von Bremen (Author)
- York Hagmayer (Author)
- Cord Benecke (Author)
- Christian Sell (Author)
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<jats:p>Personality functioning and psychodynamic conflicts are central constructs in psychoanalytic theories of psychopathology as well as in many psychodynamic treatment models. Although there has been a longstanding conceptual discussion on how they relate to each other, empirical evidence on this question is still scarce. In this study, we explore the associations between psychodynamic conflicts and levels of structural integration (which can be used synonymously with personality functioning) by means of a partial correlation network analysis in a sample of <jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 220 outpatients interviewed and rated according to Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD-2). We examined network centrality, bridge centrality, clustering, and network stability. The network analysis resulted in separate clusters for levels of structural integration and conflicts, supporting the assumption of distinct psychodynamic constructs. The greatest association between the two clusters was found between the individuation vs. dependency conflict (C1) and the structural capacity to attach to internal objects. In general, C1 showed significantly greater connections with structural dimensions compared to the other five OPD conflicts included. C1 was also more central in the network compared to most other conflicts, whereas the structural dimensions did not differ in centrality. All structural dimensions were found to be strongly interconnected. C1 showed exclusively negative edges to the other conflicts, suggesting that a profound C1 decreases the probability of other psychodynamic conflicts. We discuss clinical as well as conceptual implications of our findings for psychodynamic diagnosis and treatment.</jats:p>
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Emotion Regulation and Coaching
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- Heidi Möller (Author)
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Funktionsniveaus der Persönlichkeit und ihre Beziehung zu psychodynamischen Behandlungskonzepten
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Medio-Passive Agency in Psychoanalysis: Responding to Hopelessness and Despair in the Therapeutic Relationship
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Waiting for Resonance with the Unconscious: A Reply to Corpt and Rodin
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Developing a Psychoanalytic Typology of Psychotic Disorders The mixed methods study "Therapy and Psychodynamics of Patients with Psychotic Symptoms" (T3PS study)
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- Sell, Christian
- Henkel, Miriam
- Grant, Phillip
- von Haebler, Dorothea
- Duempelmann, Michael
- Ohlmeier, Martin
- Schnell, Knut
- Spitzer, Carsten
- Mardus, Bettina
- Benecke, Cord
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When and for whom do psychodynamic therapists use guided imagery? Explicating practitioners’ tacit knowledge
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- Bauckhage, Jule (Author)
- Sell, Christian (Author)
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@article{Bauckhage_Sell_2021,title={When and for whom do psychodynamic therapists use guided imagery? Explicating practitioners’ tacit knowledge},volume={24},url={https://www.researchinpsychotherapy.org/rpsy/article/view/577},DOI={10.4081/ripppo.2021.577},abstractNote={&lt;p&gt;Guided imagery psychotherapy (GIP) is an established therapeutic method using creative mental imagery within a psychodynamic frame of reference. Although there is evidence for the method’s general effectiveness, it is yet unclear under which conditions and for which patients it should be used. The aim of this study was therefore to empirically identify indication criteria for the use of guided affective imagery (GAI) as part of psychodynamic therapies. We conducted semi-structured interviews with N=15 psychodynamic therapists also qualified as GAI training therapists. We asked them to recollect cases in which they had decided either for or against the use of imagery. The therapists described a complex interplay of different factors. Using grounded theory coding supplemented by elements of Consensual Qualitative Research we reconstructed from their accounts a sequential model of their indicative decisions. First, there is a consideration of clear contraindications related to reality testing and destructiveness. Second, there are aspects requiring a modified application of GAI such as emotional instability and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. In a final step, there are a number of characteristics of the patient, the therapist, the therapeutic relationship, the patients’ initial imagery and different therapeutic goals and foci which are weighed relatively to each other in order for therapists to reach an indication decision. We end by discussing ways in which the indicative decision model may be used to improve GAI training as well as the method’s differential efficacy and effectiveness.&lt;/p&gt;},number={3},journal={Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome},author={Bauckhage, Jule and Sell, Christian},year={2021},month={Dec.}}
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Mixed-Methods-Forschung und Psychoanalyse: Methodologische Möglichkeiten zur weiteren Integration von Psychotherapieforschung und psychodynamischem Denken
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Psychotherapeutische Arbeitsmodelle in unterschiedlichen Verfahren – Skizze einer konzeptvergleichenden Psychotherapieforschung
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- Timo Storck (Author)
- Jana Volkert (Author)
- Felix Brauner (Author)
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»Zur weiteren Forschung vorgesehen«: Verstehen psychotischer Patient*innen mittels der Operationalisierten Psychodynamischen Diagnostik
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- Freya Gröning (Author)
- Cord Benecke (Author)
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Methodenintegration in der psychodynamischen Psychotherapie Möglichkeiten, Grenzen und neue Möglichkeiten
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Is countertransference a valid source of clinical information? Investigating emotional responses to audiotaped psychotherapy sessions
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- Loeffler-Stastka, Henriette
- Sell, Christian
- Zimmermann, Johannes
- Huber, Dorothea
- Klug, Guenther
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Dialectic of psychotherapy research A critique of current views on the relationship between psychoanalysis and outcome research
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- Sell, Christian
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Effectiveness of Integrative Imagery- and Trance-Based Psychodynamic Therapies: Guided Imagery Psychotherapy and Hypnopsychotherapy
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- Sell, Christian
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Emotionsregulation und Coaching
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Carry on Wayward Son: Supernatural als gottverlassene Suche nach dem richtigen Leben
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Guided Imagery Psychotherapy and Hypnopsychotherapy. Symptom reduction and predictors of treatment success
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Behandlungstechnik in Katathym Imaginativer Psychotherapie, Hypnosepsychotherapie und Autogener Psychotherapie: Die Therapeutenversion der „Prozessskala für imaginations- und trancebasierte tiefenpsychologische Methoden“ (PIT)
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- Christian Sell (Author, 0000-0002-8460-3946)
- Eveline Schöpfer-Mader (Author)
- Bernhard Brömmel (Author)
- Heidi Möller (Author)
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The evolution of Winnicott’s thinking: examining the growth of psychoanalytic thought over three generations
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Wissenskulturen: Zur Unhintergehbarkeit der Differenz zwischen Psychoanalyse und kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie
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The Relationship of Introject Affiliation and Personal Therapy to Trainee Self-Efficacy: A Longitudinal Study Among Psychotherapy Trainees
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- Taubner, Svenja
- Zimmermann, Johannes
- Kaechele, Horst
- Moeller, Heidi
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Defending the otherness of the other: Del Loewenthal’s<i>Post-Existentialism and the Psychological Therapies</i>
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Die Wissenskultur der Psychoanalyse und ihre Differenz zur kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie
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Reading creatively: Why Nietzsche might have enjoyed Winnicott
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Kulturen der Psychotherapie: Der ‚Schulenstreit’ in der Therapieforschung aus der Perspektive einer pluralistischen Epistemologie
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Negative Therapist Behavior in the Treatment of Personality Disorders
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The project is situated within the framework of psychotherapy process-outcome research. It aims to model therapist contributions to negative treatment trajectories. We use observer-rating methods on recorded therapy sessions to capture negative therapist behavior (NTB). Additionally, we assess the quality of the therapeutic working alliance and the repair of ruptures within it. NTB refers to various types of therapy-interfering behavior by therapists. It is assumed to occur as a result of therapists' temporary or persistent failure to balance professional standards with their emotional responses to a patient. Therapists might, for example, become entangled in power struggles, withdraw from their patients emotionally, or show signs of boredom or cynicism. They will rarely be overtly inappropriate but rather show subtle deviations from what might be called 'good-enough' therapy. Therapists' overall ability to manage these deviations has been shown to correlate with therapeutic effectiveness, particularly in the treatment of personality disorders. This project is the first to systematically measure NTB through observer ratings and relate it to treatment process factors as well as treatment outcomes. Previous research on NTB has been very heterogeneous with regard to research paradigms and definitions. Therefore, the first part of the project comprises a systematic review of the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of NTB to date. For the two subsequent empirical studies, we will collaborate with a registered randomized controlled trial on cognitive behavioral therapy and psychoanalytic therapy for personality disorders. This collaboration grants us access to the study’s outcome data as well as recordings of all therapy sessions. Using a selection of these recordings, we will apply two observer-rating methods to assess NTB as well as rupture and repair processes in the therapeutic alliance. This approach has been successfully tested and refined by the applicant in three pilot studies. After the observer-rating procedure, the relationship between NTB, alliance rupture repair, and treatment outcome will be modeled statistically. While considerable research evidence exists on the phenomenon of NTB, openly admitting to its occurrence in one’s own everyday practice is still a taboo in large parts of the therapeutic community. In addition to advancing scientific knowledge about NTB, this project also aims to help lift the taboo surrounding it. Based on the study’s empirical results, we will elaborate on the clinical implications in scientist-practitioner workshops. Subsequently, we will derive detailed practitioner guidelines from the study’s results and complement them with a set of psychotherapy training videos on NTB, filmed with professional actors. This material will be made available online for teaching, therapist training, and ongoing professional development.
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How Best to Measure Ruptures in the Therapeutic Alliance: A Validation Study of the Re-vised Rupture Resolution Rating Scale. 3RS v2022
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Countertransference Behavior in Longterm Psychotherapies
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Differential Efficacy of Guided Imagery Psychotherapy
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Measuring Negative Therapist Behavior
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Therapy and Psychodynamics of Patients with Psychosis
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International Psychoanalytic University Berlin: Berlin, DE
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Alexander-Mitscherlich-Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Kassel (Germany): Kassel, DE
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University of Kassel, Department of Psychology: Kassel, DE
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University of Kassel: Department of Social Work: Kassel, DE
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Klinikum Kassel: Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine: Kassel, DE
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Klinikum Kassel, Clinic for Psychiatry: Kassel, DE
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University of Kassel, Department of Psychology: Kassel, DE
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Methodik u. Dokumentation in der Psychiatrie: Bochum, DE
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Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD): Heidelberg, DE
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The PANSS Institute: New York, New York, US
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University of Kassel: Kassel, DE
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Deliberate Practice Institute: online, US
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Institut für Qualitative Forschung: Berlin, DE
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Universität Koblenz: Koblenz, DE
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Deutsche Gesellschaft f. Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapie (DGKIP): n.a., DE
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International Psychoanalytic University Berlin: Berlin, DE
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International Psychoanalytic Association / Alexander-Mitscherlich-Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Kassel (Germany): Kassel, DE
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University of Essex: Colchester, Essex, GB
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University of Bremen: Bremen, DE
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University of California Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA, US
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University of Göttingen: Göttingen, DE
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs): n.a., DE
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Society for Psychotherapy Research: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS): n.a., GB
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Dachverband Deutschsprachiger PsychosenPsychotherapie (DDPP): n.a., DE
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International Psychoanalytic University Berlin: Berlin, DE
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Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis (OPD) Task Force: n.a., DE
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Routledge: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB
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University of Essex School of Philosophy and Art History: Colchester, Essex, GB
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University of Bremen: Bremen, DE
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Heinrich Böll Stiftung: Berlin, DE
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Education Abroad Program: Göttingen, DE
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