Professor Thomas Kretschmar is an expert in the intersection of psychology and the business world. His work focuses on diagnostic methods within organizations and the application of psychoanalytic and depth psychology principles to economics, particularly in individual coaching. As a co-founder and long-time leader of a successful company taken public, he brings valuable practical experience to his academic and research endeavors. His approach offers a unique perspective on navigating corporate challenges through psychological insights.
An Entrepreneur and a Psychoanalyst in Dialogue
The book offers a comprehensive overview of psychodynamic approaches in corporate settings, highlighting various perspectives on psychoanalytic concepts. It delves into essential terms and techniques relevant to coaching and supervision, making it a valuable resource for professionals seeking to understand the psychological dynamics at play in organizations.
This book is about inner pictures and how we can access and change these pictures through our imagination. The first chapter explores inner pictures in general and how they influence us in everyday life, in memories, and in dreams during the day and night, using examples from sports, business and other fields. The book then examines how inner pictures and the imagination can be used for therapy. The applications are drawn both from medical and non-medical treatments, including biofeedback, sleep, hypnosis, autogenic training, and the healing of physical diseases. The authors then examine the methods of imaginative psychotherapy, starting with catathym imaginative therapy (CIP)--a form of therapy initiated by Hanscarl Leuner, which is scientifically proven and widely used in Europe. Additional contemporary methods are also utilized, to make this a completely up-to-date interventional approach. The book concludes with examples of cases from the authors' own therapy practice. Parts of therapy sessions have been transcribed so that the reader is transported into the therapy room. The cases present clients with anxiety attacks, insomnia and burn out, eating disorders, phobias, and OCD.