CURRICULUM VITAE Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Pritz

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Pritz born in St. Lorenzen near Scheifling, Styria, Austria 1971: Final secondary school-leaving examination (with special emphasis on modern languages), Tamsweg : University Degree Course in Psychology, Psychopathology and Pedagogy, Salzburg 1976: Doctor of Philosophy Degree (Dissertation on the socio-psychological aspects regarding the referral of older adults to the provincial psychiatric hospital of Salzburg (supervisors: Prof. Heimo Gastager and Prof. Igor Caruso) now: Employment as a psychotherapist at the outpatient psychotherapy clinic of the Vienna Social Insurance Company WGKK; emphasis on psychotherapy for patients suffering from neuroses and personality disorders Instrumental in introducing psychotherapy treatment for older adults to be covered by the Vienna Social Insurance Company and in the scientific evaluation of brief group therapies; consultation for the Austrian social insurance carriers regarding psychotherapy services for holders of health insurance certificates 1980: 8-months research stay at the Albert Einstein Hospital, New York, under the supervision of Prof. Leo Bellak (emphasis on brief therapy research) and at the Post Graduate Center for Mental Health (continuing education in group psychoanalysis under Alexander Wolf and others) : Research project on brief group therapy (funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF; research outcomes published by Springer, Heidelberg 1990) Training and Qualifications now: Training in Rogerian client-centred psychotherapy and group dynamics at the Austrian Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Dynamics, ÖAGG now: Training in Gestalt Therapy and hypnosis : Training as a psychoanalyst at the psychoanalytic training institute Wiener Arbeitskreis für Psychoanalyse (WAP) : Training analyst (WAP) now: Training analyst (ÖAGG) National and International Teaching Positions now: Regular teaching activities for ÖAGG, the client-centred training institute ÖGwG and WAP : Lecturer at the Institute of Psychology, University of Vienna : Lecturer at the Institute for Distance Learning, University of Klagenfurt : Lecturer at the Institute for Medical Psychology, University of Vienna : Lecturer at the Senate Institute for Interpersonal Communication, University of Innsbruck now: Lecturer at the University of Graz and the Medical University of Lemberg, Ukraine 1999: Guest professor at the University of the North, Sovenga, Pietersburg, South Africa now: Honorary professor for psychotherapy at the Medical University of Lemberg now: Lecturer at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna

2 Development and Management of Psychotherapy Training Programmes : Participation in the development of psychotherapy-related university courses at the Senate Institute for Interpersonal Communication, University of Innsbruck, in co-operation with Univ. Prof. Dr. P. Sbandi : Implementation and management of the first comprehensive psychotherapy training programme in the Ukraine now: Training of psychotherapists in Russia (Moscow, Novosibirsk and Rostov-on-Don) now: Development and implementation of the first comprehensive training programme for psychotherapists in Albania in co-operation with Dr. Elisabeth Vykoukal 2003 : Founding member of the Sigmund Freud University 2005 : Accreditation of the Sigmund freud University by the Austrian governement. Rector of this university : 1000 students in our programs in psychotherapy science and psychology. Auditing and reaccreditation by the governement. Development, Organisation and Management of World Congresses 1996: Organisation of the 1 st World Congress of Psychotherapy of the WCP, Vienna 1999: Organisation of the 2 nd World Congress of Psychotherapy of the WCP, Vienna 2002: Organisation of the 3 rd World Congress of Psychotherapy of the WCP, Vienna 2005: Co-organisation of the 4 th World Congress of Psychotherapy of the WCP, Buenos Aires 2008: Co-organiser of the 5 th world congress of Psychotherapy of the WCP in Beijing : Co-organiser of the 6 th world congress of the WCP in Sidney Participation in European Research Projects (selection) 2000: EU Septimus Project to evaluate psychotherapy standards in Europe, in cooperation with the University of Sheffield 2002: EU Septimus Project to promote online psychotherapy training in a variety of European countries, in co-operation with the University of Sheffield 2003: EU Tacis Project on Psychotherapy in Hospital in co-operation with the Medical University of Lemberg 2003: Participation in an EU project on the psychological state of female emigrants 2008: SALOMON project on migrants in Austria 2006 now: European project on the Messie-syndrom Provision of Expertise and Consultation on a National Level now: Intensive developmental work on the Austrian Psychology and Psychotherapy Law, which were passed by the Austrian National Council in : Member of the Advisory Board on Psychosocial Health of the Austrian Ministry of Health now: Member of the Advisory Board of Psychologists (until 1992) and the Psychotherapy Advisory Committee for the Austrian Ministry of Health (contact person for the EAP, member of the complaints committee)

3 Consultation for the Austrian Ministry of Health and Social Affairs as well as the Austrian Ministry of the Interior concerning psychotherapy issues, the fiftieth amendment to the Austrian General Social Insurance Act (ASVG) and the integration of primarily Bosnian refugees ( ) Provision of Expertise and Consultation on an International Level : Participation in the establishment of the European Certificate of Psychotherapy now: Negotiations with the EU commission and parliament on psychotherapy regulations for European Union member states 1999: Consultation for the Russian Ministry of Health on the introduction of professional standards for psychotherapists 2000: Consultation for the Latvian Ministry of Health on the implementation of a psychotherapy law : Conciliation Project with psychotherapists in ex-yugoslavia 2006 now: Cooperation with slovenian working group for the establishment of a law Professional Society Memberships and Initiatives : Deputy Chairman of the umbrella organisation of psychotherapy associations in Austria : Secretary General of the Austrian Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Dynamics (ÖAGG) 1991: Founding member of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) : President of the Austrian Federal Association for Psychotherapy (ÖBVP) now: Secretary General of the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) 1995: Proponent and founding member of the World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP) now: President of the World Council for Psychotherapy 2008 now: President of the World Congress für Psychotherapie in China 2011 Vicechairman of the TCM Psychology Committee WFCM Jury Coordinator Promoter, jury member and jury co-ordinator for the International Sigmund Freud Award for Psychotherapy of the City of Vienna, awarded for the first time in Jury co-ordinator for the Marianne Ringler Prize for Research ( now) Foundation of the Sigmund Freud University Vienna : Member of the founding committee of Sigmund Freud University Vienna now: Rector of Sigmund Freud University Vienna 2006 now: establishment of a branch of the Sigmund Freud University in Paris (accreditation 2009) Honours 1992: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria 1997: Honorary doctor by the university of Lvov,Ukraine. 2001: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria 2006: Honorary doctor by the European Psychoanalytic Institute,St.Petersburg, Russia 2009: Honorary doctor by the university Ricardo Palma, Lima,Peru. 2010: Honorary doctor by the University of Kiev,Ukraine 2011: Extraordinary member of the ucrainian academy of education science

4 2011: Grand Decoration of Austrian Honorary Cross for Sciences and Art 2012: Honorary member of the Österreichischer Arbeitskreis für Gruppentherapie und Gruppendynamik

5 Publications Books As author: Selbsthilfe bei Streß eine Einführung in das Autogene Training, Hollinek, Vienna, (Managing Stress An Introduction to Autogenic Training) Kurzgruppenpsychotherapie, Springer Heidelberg, 1990.(Brief Group Psychotherapy) M. Kierein, A. Pritz, G. Sonneck: Psychologengesetz, Psychotherapiegesetz- Kurzkommentar, Orac, Vienna, (The Psychology Law in Austria, Short Commentary on the Psychotherapy Law in Austria) As editor: Das schmutzige Paradies, Psychoanalytische Beiträge zur ökologischen Bewegung, Böhlau, (The Dirty Paradise The Ecological Movement seen from a Psychoanalytical Standpoint) In co-operation with G. Sonneck: Medizin für Psychologen und nichtärztliche Psychotherapeuten, Springer, Heidelberg, (Medicine for Psychologists and Psychotherapists without a Degree in Medicine) In co-operation with H. Petzold: der Krankheitsbegriff in der modernen Psychotherapie, Junferman, Paderborn, (The Concept of Pathology as seen in Today s Psychotherapy) In co-operation with: Philosophie auf der Couch psychoanalytische Exkursionen in philosophische Texte, WUV, Vienna, (Philosophy on the Couch A Psychoanalytical Excursion into Philosophical Texts) In co-operation with H. Dellisch: Psychotherapie im Krankenhaus, Orac, Vienna, (Psychotherapy in Hospital) In co-operation with S. Madu and P. Baguma: Psychotherapy in Africa First Investigations, WCP-Verlag, Vienna, 1996 (Volume 1), 1997 (Volume 2), 1998 (Volume 3), 1999 (Volume 4) in English Psychotherapie eine neue Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Springer Vienna-New York, 1996 (Psychotherapy A New Science of Man, with translations into Russian and Ukrainian, 1999) Die Welt der Psychotherapie, in co-operation with T. Wenzel, Facultas, 1999 (The World of Psychotherapy) In co-operation with G. Stumm: Wörterbuch der Psychotherapie, 2000, Springer, Vienna- New York (A Dictionary of Psychotherapy, with translations into Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian in progress) In co-operation with E. Töpel: Mediation in Österreich, 2000, Orac, Vienna (Mediation in Austria) In co-operation with E. Vikoukal: Gruppenpsychoanalyse, 2001, Facultas, Vienna 2. edition, 2003 (Group Psychoanalysis) Globalized Psychotherapy, Facultas, 2002

6 Das psychotherapeutische Gutachten, in co-operation with P. Lanske, Orac Lexis Nexis, 2003 (The Psychotherapeutic Assessment) Persönlichkeitslexikon der Psychotherapie in co-operation with G. Stumm, P. Gumhalter, P. Voracek, N. Nemeskeri, Springer 2005 (Key Personalities in Psychotherapy) Study for the Austrian Ministry of Science: Epistemologische und methodologische Grundlagen der Psychotherapie und Psychotherapieforschung, in co-operation with W. Pieringer et al., 1995 (Epistemological and Methodological Foundations in Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Science; unpublished). Study for the Austrian Ministry of Health, in co-operation with J. Fiegl and E. Wagner: Untersuchungen zur humangenetischen Beratung in Österreich, 1996 (Studies on the Advice on Current Developments in Human Genetics; unpublished). Pritz et al. Einhundert Meisterwerke der Psychotherapie, Springer 2007 Pritz et al. Das Messie-Syndrom, Springer 2008 In co-operation with Batthyany: Rausch ohne Drogen, Springer 2009 In co-operation with G. Stumm, 2. Ed.: Wörterbuch der Psychotherapie, 2009, Springer, Wien-New York In co-operation with G. Stumm et al: Diccionario de Psicoterapia, Herder, 2009 Book series: Since 1992: Psychotherapie, Psychologie und Psychosoziale Medizin, Lexis Nexis Verlag, Vienna. (Psychotherapy, Psychology and Psychosocial Medicine) Numerous publications in a variety of psychotherapy-related books and magazines.