B. Kroner-herwig et al., Training in psychological psychotherapy and child and adolescent psychotherapy: Results of a survey, VERHALTENST, 11(2), 2001, pp. 137-142
Background: in fall 1999, a regulation for the training of psychological ps
ychotherapy and child and adolescent psychotherapy (APrV) was enacted by th
e Ministry of Health in Germany, based on the new law for psychotherapy (Ps
ychotherapeutengesetz, PsychThG). Aim: To assess the degree of redundancy i
n the university training and the post-graduate training in clinical psycho
logy and psychotherapy the Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherap
y of the German Psychological Association (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Psycho
logie, DGPs) conducted a survey. Results:The survey reveals a large overlap
of subjects taught as part of the university training in clinical psycholo
gy and psychotherapy and the subjects required as part of the post-graduate
training in psychotherapy. Usually more than 200 hours of basic theoretica
l training are taught in graduate classes at the universities, covering alm
ost all subjects that are requested as part of the post-graduate psychother
apy training. Almost all of the responding institutes suggest a renewal of
parts of the law and the APrV so that equivalent subject-matters of the dip
loma training at universities should be accepted as part of the training pr
ograms for psychological psychotherapy and child- and adolescent psychother
apy. A change of curricula for the diploma training is not supported.