Study Groups – Psychotherapy Science

The study groups of the Faculty of Psychotherapy Science are aimed at all current and former SFU students, regardless of their semester of study or elective subject. Participation can be partially recognised for the Window of Opportunity or as internship hours. In addition to participation, the prerequisite for recognition is the provision of the certificates of achievement required by the faculty. Information on this can be obtained from the head of the respective study group.

1. SFU Gender Study Group

The Gender Study Group is an interdisciplinary seminar on topics of gender construction that are present in the interaction of the sexes with and among each other. Aspects of gender differentiation and the social construction of womanhood and manhood are developed, critically scrutinised and discussed on the basis of specialist readings, films and lectures.

Overview of topics 2017-2025 (PDF, in German)

2. Psychoanalytic Research Colloquium

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

All those interested in psychoanalytical research can take part – both with their own questions/projects and as co-discussants. Window of Opportunity points can be earned by participating in the research colloquium.

Contact: Dr Markus Brunner & Dr Helga Klug

3. Depth Hermeneutics Group: Psychoanalytical Cultural and Social Research

Participation in the Depth Hermeneutics Group is open to all SFU students, regardless of their field of study or semester; however, it is also open to other interested parties. Both research and Window of Opportunity points can be earned by participating in the interpretation sessions. At the meetings, material is interpreted together, which is to be read in advance. Through the impressions, feelings and associations that the material has triggered in each of us and the contradictory ways of reading that arise as a result, we work together to unlock the unconscious meaning of the material.

4. Depth Hermeneutic Online Interpretation Group

Depth hermeneutics is a qualitative method that aims at the latent content of the material under study (texts, films, interviews, etc.). These unconscious “scenes” only faintly shimmer through “between the lines”, yet they involuntarily appeal to interpreters on an affective level, and can be uncovered by analysing these reactions. The working group will focus on making spontaneous feelings and associations useful for interpreting the material. No prior knowledge of depth hermeneutics is required to take part.