SFU PhD-Newsletter 2015 Vol III, issue 1

English Doctoral Programme Newsletter
April, 2015
Volume III, Issue 1
Editors: Erzsebet Fanni Toth, Tamara Prevendar and Sareen Hagopian
Dear Students
It is with both joy and honor that we present to you
Content
Dear Students
1
News from SFU
2
Faculty in Spotlight
3
News from Uni Campus
4
News about Fellow Students 5-6
Growth of SFU family
7
Research in Spotlight
8
Call for Papers
9
Announcements from SFU
10
this edition of our Newsletter as we celebrate
together many historic and major achievements of
our home university SFU and our world spread SFU
Colleagues.
As already highly anticipated, the time has
come for SFU Vienna to establish itself within one of
the most beautiful and historically meaningful
quarters in Vienna. We bring you just some of the
beautiful photos. Next on page 3, we introduce you
to a highly esteemed personality among the
founders of SFU Dr. Jutta Fiegl as we also highlight
her significant achievements.
As with the changing of times and the steps
that humanity takes towards a better future
remembering and learning from its past, we share
with you the memorial that the artist Alexander Karl
Felch and our international PhD student Ekaterina
Makarova designed as part of the project
undertaken by the University of Economics and
Business about its own past. The memorial is
located a few steps away from the new site of SFU.
On pages 5 and 6 respectfully, with great joy
and admiration we celebrate our international PhD
students
Nicolas
Dermota’s
and
Ekaterina
Makarova’s professional achievements both in Japan
and Austria.
We resume on to witness the continuous growth of
SFU through its branch in Slovenia accredited by
Slovenian Quality Assurance Agency for Higher
Education. Now the full academic training in
psychotherapy science is available in Slovenia.
Next, we share with you newly published
investigation that studied psychotherapy practice
and its research in a Canadian sample, as well as
some calls for papers with their upcoming
deadlines. It’s for those who would like to share
their research in the pertinent conferences that are
held in Malaysia, Poland, UK, and Pakistan. Last but
not least, on the final page of our newsletter we
share with you some announcements from SFU.
All the while, we encourage you to take note of
some upcoming events that are found on the left in
the pages. At the same time we wish you a most
enjoyable read of this edition of our Newsletter
inviting those of you who are interested in sharing
their news with the wider SFU family to contact us
at [email protected]
Editorial team
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News from SFU
In a few days Sigmund Freud University will officially get its well-deserved new building, standing
on a currently named square of Viennna. Freudplatz 1 is definitely an address to remember.
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Faculty in Spotlight
Let us introduce you the Founding Mother of Sigmund Freud University: Dr. Jutta Fiegl. Her decades-long
work as psychotherapist, psychologist, researcher, activist (just to mention a few of what she achieved) have
led to significant changes in contemporary Austrian psychotherapy.
Why do you work for SFU?
I am involved in political work for 25 years: I have conducted negotiations with the health insurance
companies, and I have discussed the position of the psychotherapeutic profession with politicians in
the healthcare system. What is more, I have been working interdisciplinary together with physicians
at healthcare institutions. It has always proved to be a disadvantage that the extensive
psychotherapeutic training was not offered as an academic degree in Austria, putting it in unequal
position compared to the other medical professions. Moreover, in the psychotherapeutic training I
missed the scientific topics and the basic knowledge of specific disorders, understood in the context
of the method.
All these considerations led to the direction of establishing a private university. In 2003 Pritz,
Laubreuter, Vykoukal and I started to develop a study program and to prepare a proposal for
accreditation of a private university. In 2005 we were very happy to bring Sigmund Freud Private
University to life. The university exists for 10 years now, and the numerous graduates and our new
building prove that our idea was fruitful.
The tasks that I took over after the establishment of SFU, are the Vice Rectorship, leadership of the
department of psychotherapy science, of the psychotherapeutical Propädeutikum, and of the method
Trainings. Besides,
nmnmnnI am also a training psychotherapist in Systemic Family therapy that we lead together with Dr.
Mehta.
What is so interesting in my method/specialization?
My specialization in the research and in the therapeutic work is the topic of Psychosomatics: Psycho-oncology,
Fertility/Sterility, Sexuality. Systemic psychotherapy is very helpful in approaching these issues, as in the
framework of this problematic the systemic family and the surroundings are always included. The resourceoriented focus and the view on the individual, as well as on the system in which (s)he is, are in my point of view
complementing each other. I established an adjuvant mental consultancy of patients with breast cancer at the
Women Clinic of the University of Vienna, where it was important to involve not only the hospital system but also
the relatives of the patients. Besides, together with the In vitro Fertilisation in Vienna I developed a
psychosomatic-oriented treatment program, in which the couple takes part not just the woman as an Index
patient. Accompanying research in both projects prove the positive effect of the integration of the mental factors
in the somatic treatment.
One topic that is still on my heart is the research of the training development. It’s important for me to make
explicit the development and the advancing in the training of our students, to evaluate our Doctorate Program in
Psychotherapy science, which is the first of its kind in the world and to show to everyone that the
psychotherapeutic training and its legitimation, as well as exercising the profession should not be restricted to the
chronological age (as it is the case according to the Austrian Law on Psychotherapy).
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News from the new University Campus
Just
Approaching event!
International
Conference:
Qualitative
Research
Beyond the
Fractured Future
with
Qualitative Research
Workshop:
PHOTOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH
TECHNIQUES FOR
QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
Neuchatel,
Switzerland
July 15-17, 2015
Registration date: April
30, 2015
http://www.metlab.ch/C
onference/
few steps away from the new SFU building you
will find a memorial for students and employees, who
were expelled from the former University of
International Trade (HWL) during the Nazi era. This
memorial was designed by the artist Alexander Karl
Felch and our international PhD student Ekaterina
Makarova. According to the creators, the globe
signifies the world around which the Jewish exiles
were forced to scatter. The memorial shall symbolize
the re-inclusion of the victims into the university
circle. The opening on the side of the globe stands for
the wound the Nazi era caused for the university and
society. While it will be possible to add further names
to the globe, the memorial itself will remain
unfinished, thereby showing that the process of
accounting for the past can never be complete.
Ekaterina Makarova: by our concept we wanted to
connect aesthetics and deep meaning, art and
psychotherapy. We were very happy about the
possibility to create a material embodiment of this
huge research project made by the University of
Economics and Business about its own past. (The
biographies of the victims can be found in a virtual
memorial book, which can be accessed online
at http://gedenkbuch.wu.ac.at ). "Our globe" is not a
typical "very serious and dark memorial for victims of
the Nazi era", it is a part of the dynamic and
international life at the new university campus. There
is
already
a
new
tradition
initiated
by
international graduates of the Viennese universities:
you have to throw a key or a clinch from your manual
into the globe, this will bring you luck on your
professional and personal journey. Our PhD graduates
should try it too, for me it worked already ;)
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News about Fellow Students
The Phoenix
Our PhD candidate Nicolas Dermota is most definitely a person to watch:
Not many Viennese born and trained psychologists can claim to be admitted among
Japanese psychotherapists. And not many psychotherapists can be seen on Viva and
MTV music channels playing the guitar and singing their own songs.
Nicolas Dermota is one of the few Austrians who attends the International PhD
Programme of Sigmund Freud University. He graduated from the Psychology
department of the University of Vienna. After a few years spent in Brasil he moved to
Tokyo to practice psychotherapy at an international clinic. Recently he has been
awarded with the Japanese Certificate for Psychotherapy: it took quite a few years,
and he is the first Austrian who succeeded in the complex Japanese system. His
specific interest in the interventions of Japanese psychologists and psychotherapist
after the triple disaster that hit Japan in 2011 (earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power
plant breakdown) combining perspectives of psychotherapy science and cultural
studies, and his genuine attentiveness in the relationship of philosophy, culture and
psychotherapy make him an outstanding PhD candidate.
“Sometimes you have to travel to the other side of the world to
appreciate your origins” – he claims. His Deutschrock-Pop
“Made in Austria“ bears the songwriter’s and singer’s origin in
its very title. Living thousands of kilometres from home is
paradoxically the way he could find his way to his roots. Since
the release of his first album in 2007 by the Japanese Kirakira
Records he has performed at numerous live shows in both
Tokyo and Vienna – gradually becoming musical ambassador of
the West in between extremes. His songs are about daily issues
that we all know but he also sings about his personal quest in
the labyrinth of life. To see him perform follow this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDMjrmQKv5IAlternatively
or type in "AO" and "Phoenix" on youtube.com
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News about Fellow Students
It’s a great honour to have a colleague that published a book!
Ekaterina Makarova: "The methodology of polymodal psychotherapy:
basic orientations, major theoretical constructs and techniques.
From the abstract:
Polymodal psychotherapy developed from an organizational form of the
association of specialists in the field of psychotherapy into a separate
School of integrative Psychotherapy. Today, there are no conclusive
descriptions of the methodology of polymodal psychotherapy. In this
book an attempt is made to summarize and fill existing theoretical and
methodological gaps in the methodology of polymodal psychotherapy
using existing literature, reports of professional organizations and
personal conversations with psychotherapists. Furthermore, the basic
orientations of polymodal psychotherapy are described, as well as the
main theoretical constructs and techniques of polymodal therapy and
supervision.
During its consolidation, polymodal psychotherapy took
over traditions of Russian clinical psychotherapy on one
side, and on the other developed new methodological
and integrative systems. T his work should serve as a
stimulus for further research in this field and as a
starting point for the development of a thorough
methodology of PMP.
The book is written in German and its original title is Die
Methodologie der polymodalen Psychotherapie:
Grundorientierungen, theoretische Hauptkonstrukte und
Techniken. Akademikerverlag, 2014.
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Growth of the SFU family
Beginning and perspectives of academic
education for psychotherapists in Slovenia
Address
Slovenski inštitut za
psihoterapijo
FPZ SFU Ljubljana
Trg mladinskih delovnih
brigad 5
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenija
E mail
[email protected]
Phone
+386 (0)40 425 922
Web
http://sfu-ljubljana.si/
Facebook
SFU Ljubljana
In May 2013, Faculty Of Psychotherapy Science of the
Sigmund Freud University in Ljubljana AKA Sfu
Ljubljana was accredited by Slovenian Quality
Assurance Agency for Higher Education, and by this
the full academic training in psychotherapy science
is now available in Slovenia.
Within its primary discipline SFU Ljubljana conducts
research as well. Currently five research areas are in
progress: Psychotherapy process and outcome; The
process of psychotherapy training and outcome; The
history of Slovene psychotherapy; Phenomenology
and psychotherapy; Mindfulness and psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy science requires integration with
practical work. Therefore with the establishment of
the Slovene branch of SFU, the SFU Ljubljana
outpatient clinic was founded as an institution for
education, training and research. SFU Ljubljana is
also entitled to implement propaedeutic study,
which is the first part of psychotherapy study in
Slovenia, as well as specialization study in
psychotherapy. In addition, SFU Ljubljana has
entered into cooperation agreements with other
organizations (e.g associations and institutes), which
perform
specialized
studies
of
other
psychotherapeutic approaches (eg. logotherapy,
systemic family therapy, psychoanalysis).
Immediately after the establishment of the SFU in
November 2005 cooperation between SFU and the
Slovenian Umbrella Association for Psychotherapy
was initiated. The later conducted propaedeutic
studies since 1999 according to the Austrian model.
Based on the cooperation with the SFU, the study of
SFU propaedeutics was transferred to Slovenia in
2006.
In 2008 the Slovenian Institute for Psychotherapy (SIP)
was founded with a goal to provide organizational support
to SFU in the implementation of the psychotherapy science
study and research. From 2008 SIP also organized
propaedeutics.
Since the establishment of SFU, Slovene students have
participated in the SFU Summer schools as well as in
psychotherapy study programmes (BA, MA and Phd). The
Slovenian teachers held lectures in psychotherapy study
programmes in Vienna. Establishment of the SFU in Vienna
in 2005 institutionalized psychotherapy science and created
new opportunities in practice and within the fields of
research and education.
Since psychotherapy as a science and autonomous
profession creates legal and institutional framework
conditions in many countries, the SFU model has received a
lot of attention on the international level. The
development of the SFU Ljubljana will be promoted by the
rich network of international cooperation developed by the
SFU with academic institutions in Europe on the scientific
and practical field. SFU branches in Paris, Berlin and Milano
provide an opportunity for international cooperation in the
field of psychotherapy science as well as exchange of
theoretical and practical therapeutic experiences, as
psychotherapy is extremely sensitive to cultural
differences.
The goal of the SFU Ljubljana is therefore to develop
structures for acquiring and enhancing psychotherapeutic
professional competence while simultaneously participating
in the international networking.
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Research in Spotlight
A
growing interest has been noticed in developing better research aimed toward studying Psychotherapy.
More attention is being paid to conducting research based on practice especially in the field of psychotherapy
where traditional evidence-based research and practice were not necessarily in fit, research designs such as
randomized controlled trials seemed to be unrelated to clinical practice. Giorgio A. Tasca at the University of
Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital has conducted research to identify What Canadian Clinical Psychologists Want
From Psychotherapy Research, published in Canadian Psychology, 2015, Vol. 56, No. 1, 16-28.
Approaching
event!
20th EAP
Congress
“Gender and
Psychotherapy”
June 19-21, 2015
Athens, Greece
http://www.eapathe
ns2015.eu/
In order to address this problem, which is also found in other areas of health care services, a new field
known as Implementation Science has emerged, even though it is still not very much known to many
psychologists and psychotherapists. From this field arose an approach known as KTE (Knowledge and
Translation Exchange) in which clinicians and researchers partner from the outset to ask pertinent clinical
questions, design studies that are clinically relevant, and disseminate the findings so that they are more easily
implemented in everyday practice. In KTE, clinicians are viewed as experts who are consulted and integrated
throughout the research program, not simply seen as end users who are expected to comply with guidelines.
Giorgio A. Tasca in this article reporting his study states that a multidisciplinary group of clinicians,
researchers, and educators used a knowledge translation and exchange (KTE) framework to develop the
Psychotherapy Practice Research Network (PPRNet). At a national PPRNet conference, 82 clinicians and
researchers listed psychotherapy research topics important to clinical practice, and 41 survey items were
created. An online survey was conducted, and almost half of respondents (N _ 474) were Canadian clinical
psychologists (216 from Quebec and 258 from the rest of Canada). Top-ranked research themes among
Canadian clinical psychologists included therapeutic relationship and mechanisms of change, professional
development, therapist factors, and client factors. Bottom-ranked research themes included barriers to
accessing treatment, matching clients to therapy, technology and adjunctive interventions, progress
monitoring, and therapy manuals. Some differences were noted in ratings between Quebec psychologists and
those who practice elsewhere in Canada, but overall ranking of themes were remarkably consistent. Engaging
Canadian clinical psychologists in research that they prioritize may address the practice–research divide in
psychotherapy. Tasca concludes that research produced in this manner will have a better chance of being
translated into practice to improve patient outcomes.
As practitioners of psychotherapy and also as researchers, such a study adds on the amount on information
and understanding that has been rising in the past couple of decades regarding research and practice, where
even there has been considerable debate about what constitutes evidence in psychotherapy (e.g., randomized
controlled trials, studies in naturalistic settings, case reports, etc.).
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Call for Papers
8th International Conference of the World Council
for Psychotherapy Asia 2015
Malaysia, Kuching
August 30 – September 2, 2015
This is an International Conference for Psychotherapy
with the theme "Mystery, Uncertainty, Growth &
Psychotherapy„
in
conjunction
with
the
2nd Conference for the International Society for
Psychotherapy, Counseling & Psychiatry:Theories,
Research & Clinical Practices.
Abstracts are invited for oral papers (15 min);
workshops (45 min); symposiums (of 3 oral papers with
related
topics/themes)(45
min)
and
posters
presentations.
Deadline for abstract submission: April 30, 2015
More information: http://counselingmalaysia.com/
Murder: Moral Panic, Mythos, Modernity
Part of The Violence Project
Mansfield College, Oxford, UK
August 1-3, 2015
This inter-disciplinary meeting seeks to investigate
the subject - and perpetrators - of murder in their
various guises. We invite participants to explore the
subject and perpetrators of murder from the full
range of disciplinary and professional perspectives.
The conference aims to generate an inclusive
dialogue involving researchers, artists, clinicians,
social workers, representatives from the voluntary
sector, legal professionals, individuals whose lives
have been impacted by murder and others with an
interest in the field.
Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2015
More info: http://www.interdisciplinary.net/probing-the-boundaries/hostilityand-violence/murder/
4th International Interdisciplinary Memory
Conference: Memory, Melancholy and Nostalgia
Gdańsk, Poland
September 17-18, 2015
Human memory has a saving power and constitutes the
fundament of identity, yet at the same time it can
cause concerns and anxiety. For this opportunity, we
would like to concentrate on the phenomena of
nostalgia and melancholy. We are interested in all
expressions of longing for the past, from the
reassuring and action-propelling ones to those which
paralyze us, bringing despair and utter dejection. We
want to describe the experience of nostalgia and
melancholy in its multifarious manifestations:
psychological,
social,
historical,
cultural,
philosophical, religious, economic, political, artistic,
and many others.
Deadline for submissions: June 15,2014
More info: http://memorynostalgia.ug.edu.pl
1st PPS Conference on theme of Mental Health
Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
October 10, 2015
Pakistan Psychological Society will hold and
organize its 1st conference on theme of mental
health on World Mental Health Day. Papers and
reviews are invited for presentation in the scientific
sessions: Psychological disorders, Epilepsy,Diagnosis
and Classification of Mental disorders, Sexual
Dysfunctions, Paraphilias, Gender Dysphoria, Mental
Health and Islam, Mental Health and Legal System,
Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy, Neurological
diseases affecting Mental Health, Alternative
Medicine and Mental Health.
Deadline for submissions: August 10, 2015
More info: http://pkps.org/conference/#
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Announcements from SFU
THE SFU VIENNA IS RELOCATED!
Dear Madams and Sirs,
after having passed ten years in Schnirchgasse 9a, Sigmund Freud University moves to our new
university building in the Viennese Campus Prater. The new building contains the faculties and
departments, including the teaching and research facilities as well.
From the 2nd February 2015 on, you will find us here:
Address:
Sigmund Freud
University
Freudplatz 1
1020 Wien, Austria
Phone:
+43 (0)1 798 40 98/74
Web:
http://psychotherapy
-phd.sfu.ac.at/
Find us on Facebook:
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Doctoral
Program
and also on Skype:
psychotherapyphd.sfu
Sigmund Freud University Vienna
Campus Prater
Freudplatz 1
1020 Vienna
The well known phone numbers and the email addresses won’t
change.
Please contact the rectorat’s assistant, Miss Kristina Dojder, MA,
for further information (phone number: +43 (0)1 798 40 98;
e-mail: [email protected]).
We are looking forward to welcoming you at the new location.
Kind regards
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Pritz
Rector of Sigmund Freud University
For more information about the new location please visit:
www.sfucampusprater.at