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World Mental Health Day: Rising Demand for Youth Mental Health Services Highlights Growing Need
In 2026, the university outpatient clinics of Sigmund Freud Private University (SFU) have already treated more than 2,000 […]
SFU Research News | September 2026
Dear Members of the SFU Community, I am pleased to share the September issue of SFU Research News, […]
Anti-Genderism, Sexual Fluidity, Feminist Spaces: SFU Research at the ÖGGF Conference in Innsbruck
At the 11th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Gender Studies (ÖGGF) in Innsbruck (23–25 September 2026), […]
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PTS | New Academic Year Begins: Welcoming Our International Psychotherapy Students
On 1 October 2026, we were delighted to welcome the new students of our English-language Programme in Psychotherapy […]
World Mental Health Day: Rising Demand for Youth Mental Health Services Highlights Growing Need
In 2026, the university outpatient clinics of Sigmund Freud Private University (SFU) have already treated more than 2,000 […]
SFU Research News | September 2026
Dear Members of the SFU Community, I am pleased to share the September issue of SFU Research News, […]
Anti-Genderism, Sexual Fluidity, Feminist Spaces: SFU Research at the ÖGGF Conference in Innsbruck
At the 11th Annual Conference of the Austrian Society for Gender Studies (ÖGGF) in Innsbruck (23–25 September 2026), […]
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Read our publicationsPolipo, N. F., Jesser, A., & Springinsfeld, C. (2026). Insights from a via negativa approach to the study of psychotherapeutic competence.
Polipo N., Springinsfeld C., Pfatrisch N., Bihl A., Aranyi G., Jesser A. (2026). The specificity of psychotherapeutic competence: A study protocol on the development of facilitative interpersonal skills across professional pathways.
Latifi, A., Unterrainer, H.-F., Jauk, E., Slanitz, C., Straßnig, S., Herzl, T., Wagner-Skacel, J., Doering, S., & Fuchshuber, J. (2026). The Development and Validation of the Primary Affect Inventory (PAFI), a Self-Rating Questionnaire for the Measurement of Primary Affective States.
Florin, C., Bogner, L., Wenninger, O.-D., Zeldovich, M., Probst, T., & Humer, E. (2026). Navigating a polycrisis. A mixed-methods analysis of challenges and coping strategies in the Austrian general population during the post-COVID era.
Jakab, M. (2026). Conspiracy Thinking in Psychotherapy. A Narrative Review Integrating Topical Research on Conspiracy Beliefs and Process-related Common Factors.
Richter, E., Aranyi, G., Edraki, S., Fiegl, J., & Humer, E. (2026). Patterns of Clinical Consultations in a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Clinic.
Schwegel H., Becher-Urbaniak S., Winter L., Schiller B. (2026). The space behind the lens: patients’ experiences of the online therapeutic space and the body
Heiss E., Vatyan E., Becher-Urbaniak S., Winter L., Schiller B. (2026). Blind spot and physicality: conscious and unconscious experiences in online group therapy from a psychoanalytic perspective
Becher-Urbaniak, S. et al. (2026). The body and psyche anamnesis (AKuP): a structured approach to embodiment in psychotherapeutic practice
Heider, M., Sulz, S., & Franzen, G. (2026). Psychodynamic treatments taking an embodied perspective and their effect on depressive symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
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Polipo, N. F., Jesser, A., & Springinsfeld, C. (2026). Insights from a via negativa approach to the study of psychotherapeutic competence.
Polipo N., Springinsfeld C., Pfatrisch N., Bihl A., Aranyi G., Jesser A. (2026). The specificity of psychotherapeutic competence: A study protocol on the development of facilitative interpersonal skills across professional pathways.
Latifi, A., Unterrainer, H.-F., Jauk, E., Slanitz, C., Straßnig, S., Herzl, T., Wagner-Skacel, J., Doering, S., & Fuchshuber, J. (2026). The Development and Validation of the Primary Affect Inventory (PAFI), a Self-Rating Questionnaire for the Measurement of Primary Affective States.
Florin, C., Bogner, L., Wenninger, O.-D., Zeldovich, M., Probst, T., & Humer, E. (2026). Navigating a polycrisis. A mixed-methods analysis of challenges and coping strategies in the Austrian general population during the post-COVID era.
Jakab, M. (2026). Conspiracy Thinking in Psychotherapy. A Narrative Review Integrating Topical Research on Conspiracy Beliefs and Process-related Common Factors.
Richter, E., Aranyi, G., Edraki, S., Fiegl, J., & Humer, E. (2026). Patterns of Clinical Consultations in a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Clinic.
Schwegel H., Becher-Urbaniak S., Winter L., Schiller B. (2026). The space behind the lens: patients’ experiences of the online therapeutic space and the body
Heiss E., Vatyan E., Becher-Urbaniak S., Winter L., Schiller B. (2026). Blind spot and physicality: conscious and unconscious experiences in online group therapy from a psychoanalytic perspective
Becher-Urbaniak, S. et al. (2026). The body and psyche anamnesis (AKuP): a structured approach to embodiment in psychotherapeutic practice
Heider, M., Sulz, S., & Franzen, G. (2026). Psychodynamic treatments taking an embodied perspective and their effect on depressive symptomatology: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.