Program Overview

Universitätslehrgang Psychotherapie: Psychoanalytische/ Psychodynamische Methoden (ULG-PPPM) Master of Science (Continuing Education)

The Universitätslehrgang Psychotherapie: Psychoanalytische/ Psychodynamische Methoden (ULG-PPPM) is a Master of Science program in Continuing Education offered by the Medizinische Universität Wien. This program is designed to provide a comprehensive education in psychotherapeutic methods, with a focus on psychoanalytic and psychodynamic approaches.

Program Details

• Duration: 8 semesters (120 ECTS)
• Language: German
• Next Start: To be announced
• Cost: 10,500
• Leadership: Univ. Prof. Dr. Stephan Doering / Stv: Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Victor Blüml
• Tags: Psychotherapy and Medicine, Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Specialized Psychotherapy Training

Program Description

The training to become a psychotherapist in Austria is regulated by the Psychotherapy Act (PthG) and traditionally takes place in extracurricular institutions whose so-called specializations (FS) have been accredited by the relevant federal ministry. It is sensible and important to establish a connection to the Medizinische Universität Wien (MedUni Wien), which can ensure mutual scientific and clinical fertilization of psychotherapy and medicine. However, psychotherapy cannot be understood solely as a sub-discipline of medicine, as it is based in part on other, namely heuristic epistemological paradigms and therefore also has its own theoretical and empirical research tradition. These paradigms of knowledge and research complement biomedical approaches, generating synergy effects.

The Universitätslehrgang Psychotherapie: Psychoanalytische/ Psychodynamische Methoden (ULG-PPPM) is offered by the MedUni Wien in cooperation with accredited extracurricular training providers, so-called specialization providers (FS providers) from the field of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic psychotherapy. The MedUni Wien provides the academic framework and offers scientific training in the field of psychotherapy research up to the master's thesis. The FS providers bring expertise in the area of specialized theory of the respective psychotherapeutic direction as well as in terms of practical training to become a psychotherapist.

Partners

• Fachsektion Gruppenpsychoanalyse im Österreichischen Arbeitskreis für Gruppentherapie und Gruppendynamik (ÖAGG-GPA) Group Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• Österreichischer Arbeitskreis für Konzentrative Bewegungstherapie (ÖAKBT) Concentrative Movement Therapy
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für Analytische Psychologie (ÖGAP) Analytical Psychology according to C.G. Jung
• Österreichische Gesellschaft für angewandte Tiefenpsychologie und allgemeine Psychotherapie (ÖGATAP) Katathym Imaginative Psychotherapy, Hypnopsychotherapy, Autogenic Psychotherapy
• Wiener Arbeitskreis für Psychoanalyse (WAP) Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
• Wiener Psychoanalytische Akademie (WPAk) Psychoanalytically-oriented Psychotherapy
• Wiener Psychoanalytische Vereinigung (WPV) Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Admission and Completion

To participate in the ULG-PPPM, one must first decide on specialized training with one of the mentioned providers and then apply for the ULG-PPPM once accepted into the specialized training. The specialized training according to the Psychotherapy Act takes place at the mentioned providers, while the training modules for psychotherapy research and the master's thesis are completed at the Medizinische Universität Wien. After successfully completing all parts of the training, a master's degree is awarded by the MedUni Wien.