Module PY4208-KP04
Systemic thinking and acting in psychological fields of work (SystGes)
Duration
1 Semester
Turnus of offer
on request
Credit points
4
Course of studies, specific fields and terms:
- Master Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy 2022, optional subject, psychology
- Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2027, optional subject, psychology
- Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2022, optional subject, psychology
Classes and lectures:
- PY4208-S: Systemic thinking and acting in psychological fields of work (seminar, 2 SWS)
Workload:
- 30 hours in-classroom work
- 90 hours privat studies (including essay)
Contents of teaching:
- Current research and debates in prevention und health promotion, including the following topics:
- Models and action concepts of systemic counselling
- Examination of systemic concepts and ways of thinking
- Reflection on solution- and resource-oriented perspectives in the counselling context
- Fundamentals of systemic counselling technics and intervention
- Perspectives on mental health from a systemic perspective
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
- Students possess basic concepts, theories, models and methods in the field of systemic counselling
- Students possess systemic counselling techniques
- They actively engage with systemic attitudes
- Students possess skills in the application of solution- and resource-oriented work and conversation techniques in a counselling context
- Participants deepen the systemic interventions and questioning techniques they have learnt in peer groups/learning groups/intervention groups
- Students deepen the systemic interventions and questioning techniques they have learnt in peer groups/learning groups/intervention groups
Grading through:
- term paper
Responsible for this module:
Literature:
- Von Schlippe, A., & Schweitzer, J. (2016) : Lehrbuch der systemischen Therapie und Beratung I: das Grundlagenwissen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- Schweitzer, J., & Von Schlippe, A. (2015) : Lehrbuch der systemischen Therapie und Beratung II: das störungsspezifische Wissen Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
- Barthelmess, M. (2016) : Die systemische Haltung: was systemisches Arbeiten im Kern ausmacht Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Language:
- offered only in German
Notes:
Admission requirements for taking the module:- None
Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Regular and successful participation in the course / compulsory attendance of at least 80%
Module examination(s):
- PY4208-L1: Systemic health promotion, seminar assignment: Implementation of systemic counseling, 100% of the module grade (ungraded, B certificate)
Last Updated:
14.11.2025