Psychoanalysis | Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy at SFU

Sigmund Freud Private University is authorised to provide specialist psychotherapy training in the method-specific specialisation ‘Psychoanalysis / Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy’ in accordance with Section 61 (2) and Section 63 of the Psychotherapy Act 2024 (PThG 2024), Federal Law Gazette I No. 49/2024, in conjunction with Section 7 (4) of the Psychotherapy Act, Federal Law Gazette No. 361/1990 (cf. official recognition with GZ 2025-0.117.937).

Head & Coordination

Univ. Ass. Mag. Maximilian Pritz

Head
maximilian.pritz@sfu.ac.at

Nathalie McGuire

Coordinator
nathalie.mcguire@sfu.ac.at

Teaching staff in the psychoanalysis specialisation at SFU - German and English programme

MMag. Louisa Abramov

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor (German, Russian)
contact@psychotherapie.site

MMag. Dr. Nassim Agdari-Moghadam

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
praxis@agdari.at

Mag. Dr. Thomas Barth

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
barth.pth@gmail.com

Priv.-Doz. Mag. Mag. Dr. Gianluca Crepaldi

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
gianluca.crepaldi@uibk.ac.at

Mag. Dr. Anita Dietrich-Neunkirchner

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
anita.dietrich@sfu.ac.at

Priv.-Doz. PhD Dr. Markus Fäh

Private lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
info@markusfaeh.com

Dr. Christoph Fischer

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
christoph.fischer@psi-innsbruck.at

DDr. Karl Golling

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
karlgolling@gmail.com

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Marie-Theres Haas, MSc. MA

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
marie-theres.haas@sfu.ac.at

Dr. Regina Hofer

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
regina.hofer@icloud.com

Dr. Saba Khodayarifard

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
saba.khodayarifard@gmx.at

Mag. phil. Dr. scient. pth. Christine Korischek

Lecturer
christine.korischek@sfu.ac.at

MMag. Dr. Helga Klug

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
helga.klug@sfu.ac.at

Mag. Branka Milic

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
branka-milic@hotmail.com

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Alfred Pritz

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
alfred.pritz@sfu.ac.at

Univ. Ass. Mag. Maximilian Pritz

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
maximilian.pritz@sfu.ac.at

Mag. pth. Katharina Scherfler, BA pth.

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
info@psychotherapy-vienna.at

Dr. Christian Schöpf

Lecturer
c.schoepf@aon.at

Mag. Dr. Waltraud Schönhart, MSc, MBA

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
waltraud.schoenhart@gmail.com

Mag. Dr. Eva Wolfram-Ertl

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
evawolfram@aon.at

Mag. Dr. phil. Markus Zöchmeister

Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
markus.zoechmeister@gmx.at

Teaching analysts and supervisors - German and English programme

LehranalytikerInnen_STAND_04-2025.xlsx (in German)
SUPERVISORINNEN LISTE STAND 01-2025.xlsx (in German)

MMag. Louisa Abramov

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor (German, Russian)
Specialisation: individual, socio-cultural, institutional disorders
contact@psychotherapie.site

MMag. Dr. Nassim Agdari-Moghadam

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: pathological hoarding, treatment technique, interculturality, depression, psychosomatics, child analyst
praxis@agdari.at

Mag. Dr. Thomas Barth

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: psychoanalysis and history of ideas, psychoanalysis and music
barth.pth@gmail.com

Priv.-Doz. Mag. Mag. Dr. Gianluca Crepaldi

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: life and decision-making crises, acute stress reactions, relationship problems, professional and institutional conflicts, depression, anxiety, self-esteem deficits
Gianluca.Crepaldi@uibk.ac.at

Mag. Dr. Anita Dietrich-Neunkirchner

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: womanhood – manhood – gender issues, body & sexuality, self-esteem & relationship problems, creativity & work disorders, interculturality
anita.dietrich@sfu.ac.at

Priv.-Doz. PhD Dr. Markus Fäh

Psychoanalyst
Private lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: treatment techniques, disorder theory, adolescence, theory of the Oedipus complex, organisation and group psychology
info@markusfaeh.com

Dr. Christoph Fischer

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
christoph.fischer@psi-innsbruck.at

DDr. Karl Golling

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
karlgolling@gmail.com

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Marie-Theres Haas, MSc. MA

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
marie-theres.haas@sfu.ac.at

Dr. Regina Hofer

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: depression and anxiety, psychosomatics, psychoses, crisis intervention
regina.hofer@icloud.com

Dr. Saba Khodayarifard

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
saba.khodayarifard@gmx.at

MMag. Dr. Helga Klug

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: anxiety, panic attacks, work and career, relationship – partnership – marriage, depression, desire to have children, bipolar disorder, psychosomatics, sexuality
helga.klug@sfu.ac.at

Mag. Barbara Koch

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: child and adolescent therapist, trauma and borderline, trainer and supervisor for TFP (transference-focused psychotherapy)
barbara.koch@gmx.at

Mag. Branka Milic

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
branka-milic@hotmail.com

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Alfred Pritz

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: neuropsychotherapy, therapy of personality disorders
alfred.pritz@sfu.ac.at

Univ. Ass. Mag. Maximilian Pritz

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: Affective disorders, bipolar disorders, borderline patients, hebephrenic schizophrenia, lower structural level of borderline disorder
maximilian.pritz@sfu.ac.at

Dr. Anna Resch

Psychoanalyst
Teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: anxiety, depression, psychosis, child psychotherapy
anna.resch@gmx.com

Mag. Dr. Sabine Sammer-Schreckenthaler, BA pth

Psychoanalyst
Teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: Psychoanalytic developmental theory, psychoanalytic infant, child and adolescent psychotherapy, impact factor research
sabine.sammer@psychotherapie1220.at

Mag. pth. Katharina Scherfler, BA pth.

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: psychotherapy/psychoanalysis with infants, children, adolescents and adults, relationships, attachment, burnout, parent counselling, families, compulsive hoarding (Messie syndrome)
info@psychotherapy-vienna.at

Mag. Samantha Scherzer

Psychoanalyst
Teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: anxiety / panic attacks, depression, compulsions, personality disorders, burnout, relationship / partnership / marriage, desire to have children, trauma work, psychosomatics
kontakt@psychotherapie-scherzer.at

Mag. Dr. Waltraud Schönhart, MSc, MBA

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: infant-toddler-parent psychotherapy, autism, anxiety, depression, trauma, psychosis, dementia, palliative psychotherapy
waltraud.schoenhart@gmail.com

Mag. Dr. Eva Wolfram-Ertl

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: couples therapy, group analysis, children and adolescents
evawolfram@aon.at

Mag. Dr. phil. Markus Zöchmeister

Psychoanalyst
Lecturer, teaching analyst, supervisor
Specialisation: neurotic disorders and various (new) forms of psychotic disorders
markus.zoechmeister@gmx.at

Information on the psychoanalysis specialisation

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Information on colloquium 1 and 2

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Book recommendations

MMag. Louisa Abramov recommends …

Anne Dufourmantelle: Im Fall der Liebe. Psychopathologie des Liebeslebens
Burkhard Brosig und Uwe Gieler: Die Haut als psychische Hülle

Mag. Dr. Thomas Barth recommends …

Henri F. Ellenberger: The Discovery of the Unconscious
Stephen A. Mitchell, Margaret J. Black: Freud and Beyond. A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought

Publication by Mag. Dr. Thomas Barth:
Wer Freud Ideen gab. Eine systematische Untersuchung

MMag. Dr. Gianluca Crepaldi recommends …

Christopher Bollas: Der Schatten des Objekts. Das ungedachte Bekannte: Zur Psychoanalyse der frühen Entwicklung.

Publication by Dr. Gianluca Crepaldi:
Containing
Psychoanalyse im Widerspruch Nr. 70: Common Ground, S. 9-29.

Dr. Christoph Fischer recommends …

Irvin D. Yalom: Die Schopenhauer-Kur
Martin Altmeyer, Helmut Thomä: Die vernetzte Seele

Publication by Dr. Fischer:
Psychoanalyse und Körper Nr. 24: Psychoanalyse und Sportpsychologie im Gespräch (Teil 2)
Comparative Analysis Of Patients’ Dreams In Freudian And Jungian Treatment

Dr.Saba Khodayarifard recommends …

Felix de Mendelssohn: Der Mann, der sein Leben einem Traum verdankte. Ein Traumforscher erzählt
Mark Solms: The Hidden Spring. A Journey to the Source of Consciousness

MMag. Dr. Helga Klug recommends …

Jean-Michel Quinodoz: Freud lesen. Eine chronologische Entdeckungsreise durch sein Werk
Dagmar Herzog: Cold War Freud. Psychoanalyse in einem Zeitalter der Katastrophen

Publication by MMag. Dr. Klug:
Die Finanzkrise 2008 im Unbewussten. Über die Ökonomie des Seelenlebens in Zeiten der Krise
Zum Unbehagen in der Kultur. Psychoanalytische Erkundungen der Gegenwart.

Mag. Branka Milic recommends …

Otto Fenichel: Psychoanalytische Neurosenlehre
Otto Fenichel: The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis

Univ.-Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. Alfred Pritz recommends …

Stavros Mentzos: Lehrbuch der Psychodynamik. Die Funktion der Dysfunktionalität psychischer Störungen
M. Masud R. Khan: Entfremdung bei Perversionen (Bibliothek der Psychoanalyse)

Publication by Univ.-Prof. Dr.Dr.h.c.mult. Alfred Pritz:
Einhundert Meisterwerke der Psychotherapie – Ein Literaturführer
Psychotherapie – eine neue Wissenschaft vom Menschen

Univ. Ass. Mag. Maximilian Pritz recommends …

M. Masud R. Khan: Hidden Selves. Between Theory and Practice in Psychoanalysis
Josi Rom: Identitätsgrenzen des Ich. Einblicke in innere Welten schizophrenie- und borderlinekranker Menschen

Mag. Dr. Sabine Sammer-Schreckenthaler recommends …

McWilliams, N. (2011). Psychoanalytic diagnosis: Understanding personality structure in the clinical process (2nd ed.). Guilford Press.
Zenaty, G. (2022). Sigmund Freud lesen. Eine zeitgemäße Re-Lektüre. transcrpit Verlag Bielefeld.

Publication by Mag. Dr. Sabine Sammer-Schreckenthaler:
Sammer-Schreckenthaler, S. (2024). Wirkfaktoren der psychoanalytischen Kinder-und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie: Standortbestimmung und Konzeption. Waxmann Verlag. Hier erhältlich: https://www.waxmann.com/buch4818

Mag. Samantha Scherzer recommends …

Michael Klöpper: Emotional – Reflexiv – Implizit. Wie wir in psychodynamischen Prozessen wirksam werden
Fred Busch: Dear Candidate: Analysts from around the World Offer Personal Reflections on Psychoanalytic Training, Education, and the Profession

Mag. Dr. Waltraud Schönhart, MSc, MBA recommends …

Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Jane Milton, Penelope Garvey, Cyril Couve, Deborah Steiner: The New Dictionary of Kleinian Thought
Björn Salomonssen: Psychoanalytic Therapy with Infants and Parents. Practice, Theory, and Results

Mag. Dr. phil. Markus Zöchmeister recommends …

Jacques Lacan: Die Angst. Das Seminar, Buch X
Jacques-Alain Miller: Die Erotik der Zeit. Und andere Texte über das Genießen

Events 2025

Eine Frau in einem rosafarbenen Hemd hält ein Mikrofon in der Hand und spricht zu einem engagierten Publikum, das in einem modernen Hörsaal sitzt.

Lecture series ‘Psychoanalysis in Discourse’
We are pleased to draw your attention to the public event series ‘Psychoanalysis in Discourse’. The lectures take place on Thursdays at 7 pm at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna, admission is free. Registration is requested.
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Eine Gruppe von Teilnehmer*innen in einem Besprechungsraum, die mit Laptops und Papieren um einen Tisch herum sitzen und diskutieren.

Psychoanalytical Research Colloquium
The Psychoanalytical Research Colloquium takes place once a semester across all faculties. It is intended to be a place for question-oriented exchange on psychoanalytically orientated qualification work and research projects.
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