Psychotherapists?in?media?society:?are?they?of?use?or?abused?

Authors

  • Ursula Reinsch

Abstract

Psychotherapists are interesting interview partners for print media, radio, and TV. If they want to communicate professional about psychological content, they have to know the rules of media and the structure of media. They have to know and to train how to put a complexe content in simple messages. And they have to estimate the context of the journalists and their own role. In the foreground there is a question if psychological know-how as experts knowledge is asked for, if psychological know-how is misused to confirm prejudices. The article reflects ten-year experiences of public relations for psychotherapists and defines special suggestions: Yes, psychotherapy has to take part in media - but not at any price.

Keywords Professionality; Payment; Media structure; Simplification; Ethics; TV-program with low demand

Author Biography

Ursula Reinsch

Ursula Reinsch studierte Volkswirtschaft und Sozialwissenschaften, Ausbildung in Publizistik an der Kölner Schule. Seit 1980 tätig für diverse Medien (Print, TV, Rundfunk). Seit 1997 Beratung und Konzeption bei Medienstrategien, Generieren von Themen usw. Öffentlichkeitsarbeit für psychotherapeutische Berufsverbände.

Korrespondenz: Rodemichweg 11,
51069 Köln, Deutschland

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Published

2007-10-01

How to Cite

Reinsch, U. (2007). Psychotherapists?in?media?society:?are?they?of?use?or?abused?. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (4), 157–161. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/107

Issue

No. 4 (2007): Psychotherapie Forum 15/4 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Special Issue

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