All further training content (theory, self-awareness, interactional case work (IFA), progressive muscle relaxation, psychotherapy, supervision) is offered from a single source.

The content of the training courses is coordinated. This gives you conceptual security and psychotherapeutic competence.

The training takes place on 8-9 weekends per year and lasts 2 years.

The "Psychotherapy - specialized" degree is therefore possible after 2 years.

Easy to plan and integrate into everyday practice or clinic work.

The costs for further training are partly covered by the participation in outpatient psychotherapy hours.

Your advantage: you don't have to piece anything together, you are thoroughly trained in a concept, have a transparent further training course and can plan well.

The aim of further training in specialist psychotherapy is to qualify for the independent and autonomous implementation of behavioral therapy and to prepare for the examination at the respective state medical association.

The content of the further training takes into account the requirements set out in the current version of the Medical Further Training Regulations (WBO).

After successfully completing the further training, you can register for the examination at the relevant state medical association with the issued "certificate of participation in further training events". The training institute will also issue a certificate of completion.

Would you like to complete individual training components with us?

Sometimes you are missing an individual module for your medical psychotherapy training, or you would like to attend a specific seminar offered by us.
Please contact us and let us know which seminar you would like to attend.

Theory seminars on pathology and diagnostics

Theory seminars on pathology and diagnostics of 70 hours each take place as part of the continuing education curriculum at the Training Institute for Behavioral Therapy and Behavioral Medicine. 20 hours of clinical theory and diagnostics can be completed as an e-learning module.

Contents of pathology and diagnostics

The training provides extensive knowledge of pathology and diagnostics. This includes psychopathology and general psychiatric and psychosomatic pathology, taking into account age groups, the psychosocial context and psychotherapeutic aspects, including psychodynamic and behavioral therapy concepts for etiology and treatment

• Developmental psychology
• Psychology of learning
• Psychology of relationships and systems
• Personality theory
• Neurobiology
• Fundamentals of motivation, emotion, cognition, illness processing, coping strategies and salutogenesis

Scientifically recognized psychotherapy procedures and psychotherapy methods.

Methods of psychotherapeutic anamnesis collection in the various procedures and age groups.
Differential indication in the various psychotherapy methods.
Methods of psychodiagnostics in relation to the different age groups.

Theory seminars on therapy

Therapy theory seminars of 70 hours each take place as part of the AVVM training curriculum. 20 hours can be completed as an e-learning module.

Therapy content

The training provides extensive knowledge of cognitive and behavioral therapy methods. This includes the basics of scientifically recognized psychotherapeutic methods, taking into account age groups and the psychosocial context, psychoeducational, systemic and disorder-oriented methods and relaxation techniques, depth psychological/psychodynamic methods and behavioural therapy methods in individual, group and combination treatments, and the basics of psychopharmacology.

Further training includes the transfer of extensive experience and skills. This includes

Overarching content of the additional training in psychotherapy

• Situation-adapted communication (for children and adolescents also using non-verbal means of communication, e.g. play)
  Involvement of the relevant caregivers and the social environment in the chosen psychotherapy method (here behavioral therapy) including acute therapy and interdisciplinary Communications.

At least 30 psychiatric, psychosomatic or child and adolescent psychiatric examinations including

• Medical history including psychopathological assessment
• Differential diagnostic assessment with regard to pathological mental or somatic/organic brain disorders including documentation
• Determination of indications for individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, social psychiatric measures, psychopharmacotherapy, somatic assessment, inpatient and/or rehabilitative treatment
  

At least 30 double hours in psychiatrically, psychosomatically and psychotherapeutically (or child and adolescent psychiatrically) led casuistic-technical case discussions.

Psychotherapeutic case histories in the chosen method (here: behavioral therapy).

At least 20 examinations under supervision, including developmental and intelligence examinations for children and adolescents.

Differential indication in the various psychotherapeutic methods.

Individual psychotherapy: Implementation of scientifically recognized psychotherapy procedures and methods in behavioural therapy, taking into account psychoeducational aspects and psychopharmacotherapy. In detail, 240 hours of individual psychotherapy are carried out under supervision for at least 6 cases.

Group psychotherapy: Behavioral therapy is carried out in a group under supervision with 3-9 participants. In the further training curriculum, the aim is for participants to also complete the certificate of competence in group psychotherapy. In order to acquire the extended certificate of competence in behavioral group psychotherapy, the following modules are required in accordance with the Psychotherapy Agreement (§6 paragraph 5):

• 24 double hours of theory on group psychotherapy
• 40 double hours of self-awareness in the group
• 60 double hours of behavioral group psychotherapy
• 40 hours of individual or group supervision

16 double hours of progressive muscle relaxation.

10 cases on dealing with psychological crises including the assessment of self-endangerment and endangerment of others, suicidal tendencies, acute stress reactions, panic attacks, dissociative and psychotic states.

Self-awareness

150 hours of individual and group self-awareness, including at least 40 double hours of group self-awareness. The self-awareness to strengthen personal and relationship skills is carried out in the same psychotherapeutic process in which the psychotherapy hours are completed.

35 double hours of interaction-related case work (IFA group).

* The following specialist qualifications count as a specialist in a field of direct patient care:

General medicine, anesthesiology, occupational medicine, ophthalmology, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, ear, nose and throat medicine, skin and sexually transmitted diseases, human genetics, internal medicine, pediatrics and adolescent medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery, neurosurgery, neurology, public health, physical and rehabilitative medicine, radiation therapy, urology.