Psychomedia:?psychotherapy?and?psychotherapists in?the?mass?media

Authors

  • Tom Levold

Abstract

The image of psychotherapy and psychotherapists has remarkably changed within the last decades. Its presentation is no longer limited to the niche of professional literature. The image gets more and more attention in different mass media. This attention has consequences. This article adds a new impression which is related to the spacial, contentual and temporal dimensions as well as to commercialisation of psychotherapy. I address the spacial difference of the public and private spheres and the herewith connected change of identity in the information society. The temporal dimension relates to the public awareness of the important difference of event and process. Finally I point out the importance of public attention as social capital, which is increasingly accumulated by psychotherapists.

Keywords Media; Public sphere; Private sphere; Identity; Event; Attention; Cultural capital: Reputation; Prominence

Author Biography

Tom Levold

om Levold, Jg. 1953, Lehrtherapeut und Lehrender Supervisor (SG), arbeitet seit 1989 in freier Praxis als Paartherapeut, Supervisor und Coach in Köln, ist Mitherausgeber von „Kontext“ und Begründer von „systemagazin. Online-Journal für systemische Entwicklungen“. Er hat zahlreiche Arbeiten zu unterschiedlichen Aspekten systemischer Theorie und Praxis veröffentlicht.

Korrespondenz: Institut für psychoanalytisch-systemische Praxis, Eiler Straße 18, 51107 Köln, Deutschland

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Published

2007-10-01

How to Cite

Levold, T. (2007). Psychomedia:?psychotherapy?and?psychotherapists in?the?mass?media. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (4), 173–178. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/110

Issue

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

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Special Issue

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