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→ Student-centred learning environment fostering intellectual growth and active engagement with current psychotherapy research
→ Strong theory–practice integration with early hands-on training in the university’s own outpatient clinics
→ Interdisciplinary perspective informed by the humanities, social sciences, and cultural studies
→ A pioneer in academic psychotherapy education, with more than 20 years of experience
→ Study programmes available in German or English, enabling access for international students
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SFU Research Newsletter 06/26
Dear Colleagues, as we approach the summer months, this issue of SFU Research News offers a wonderful opportunity […]
SFU | Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration: SFU hosts first cross-faculty Research Day
On Friday, 12 June 2026, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna hosted its first cross-faculty Research Day, dedicated to […]
PTS | New book by Prof. Reinhold Popp: Zukunft – Glück – Zusammenhalt. Rahmenbedingungen der Lebensqualität.
25 Essays Exploring Plausible Futures for Germany and Austria. A multitude of books offer more or less astute […]
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Welcome to the new SFU Shop!
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SFU Research Newsletter 06/26
Dear Colleagues, as we approach the summer months, this issue of SFU Research News offers a wonderful opportunity […]
SFU | Fostering interdisciplinary collaboration: SFU hosts first cross-faculty Research Day
On Friday, 12 June 2026, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna hosted its first cross-faculty Research Day, dedicated to […]
PTS | New book by Prof. Reinhold Popp: Zukunft – Glück – Zusammenhalt. Rahmenbedingungen der Lebensqualität.
25 Essays Exploring Plausible Futures for Germany and Austria. A multitude of books offer more or less astute […]
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Read our publicationsLatifi, 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.
Simon-Zámbori, P., Martos, T., & Sallay, V. (2026). Assessing Parental Stress and Satisfaction: Validation of the Hungarian Version of the Parental Stress Scale.
Schiller, B., & Scheibelhofer, E. (2026). Psychotherapy in diverse migration societies: reflections from psychotherapy theory and sociological points of view.
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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.
Simon-Zámbori, P., Martos, T., & Sallay, V. (2026). Assessing Parental Stress and Satisfaction: Validation of the Hungarian Version of the Parental Stress Scale.
Schiller, B., & Scheibelhofer, E. (2026). Psychotherapy in diverse migration societies: reflections from psychotherapy theory and sociological points of view.