Hans Herrman Strupp

Hans Hermann Strupp ( born August 25, 1921 in Frankfurt am Main; † 5 October 2006) was an American Psychotherapiefoscher and high school teachers.

Life

When he was 17 years old, his mother fled with him and his brother before the dictatorship of the Nazis. The family emigrated to the United States. His father had already died, as Strupp was 9 years old. In the U.S., Stupp attended the City College of New York. Then Strupp studied psychology at George Washington University in Washington, DC He earned bachelor's (1945 ) and master's (1947 ) and doctorate ( Ph.D, 1954).. In 1945 he became an American citizen.

At the Washington School of Psychiatry at that time taught Harry S. Sullivan, who with his Interpersonal school had a major impact on the scientific and clinical settings Strupp. In 1966 he was a professor at Vanderbilt University. Until his retirement in 1994, he worked there for almost 30 years as a university teacher and researcher.

Contributions to psychotherapy and psychotherapy research

Strupp is considered one of the most influential personalities researchers in psychotherapy research. It was, for example, one of the first researchers who created audio recordings to document the actual course of therapy hours and analyzed. He has published 16 books and over 300 scientific articles. Among other things, he was a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Psychotherapy Research, whose foundation he supported and whose presidency he held from 1972 to 1973. The two known psychotherapy trials, " Vanderbilt I" and " Vanderbilt II" were conducted at Vanderbilt University. They were an example for the field and were very well received. He published therapy manuals for short-term therapy, such as with Jeffrey L. Binder ( 1984): Psychotherapy in a New Key: Time- Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy. He was convinced that the therapeutic relationship between patient and psychotherapist is more important than the applied therapeutic technique, and that therapists who are building an empathic and supportive relationship with their patients who have the greatest likelihood for good results.