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Prof. Dr. Eric Pfeifer
Professor
Kontakt
- +49 761 200-1584
- eric.pfeifer@kh-freiburg.de
- Raum: 3115
Appointment: Professor for Aesthetics and Communication – Emphasis on Music
Office hours: Consultation hours are available on and need to be booked directly via the ILIAS profile of Prof. Dr. habil. Eric Pfeifer.
Degrees, academic career, training
- State-approved psychotherapist in Germany
- Training as logotherapist and existential analyst (ABILE Austria); extension of the entry as a state-approved psychotherapist in Austria
- Habilitation at the Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria: full venia docendi for the entire field of psychotherapy science
- Doctorate (PhD): Dr. phil. at the University of Augsburg, Germany
- Training as systemic psychotherapist and systemic infant, child, and adolescent psychotherapist (ÖAS in Austria); registration as a state-approved psychotherapist in Austria
- Training in logotherapy and existential analysis (according to Viktor E. Frankl); Institute for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis Tübingen/Vienna, Germany/Austria
- University course “Psychotherapeutic Propaedeutics” at the University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg, Schloss Hofen, Center for Science and Further Education, Austria
- Master program (M.A.) in music therapy at the University of Augsburg, Germany
- Registration as state-approved music therapist in Austria
- Teacher training (BEd., Dipl.-Paed.) at the University College of Teacher Education Vorarlberg, Austria
Professional work experience, honours
- Visiting scientist at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy at the University Medical Center Freiburg, Germany (since 2021)
- Professor for aesthetics and communication - special emphasis on music as a medium at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg, Germany (since 2014)
- Psychotherapist, music therapist, training music therapist (DMtG), training psychotherapist (ABILE), counselor, and supervisor in private practice in Austria and Germany (since 2009)
- Therapist in various clinical (child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric psy-chiatry; neurological, cardiological, and orthopaedic rehabilitation, palliative care, coma vigil) and non-clinical (schools) contexts (since 2008)
- Social worker (2005-2006)
- Teacher (2006-2010)
- Visiting professor (e.g., in Romania, Turkey)
- Freelancer for Feldpartitur GmbH in the field of video research, transcription, and analysis
- Award: “Music active – Music live”: composition prize awarded by the Austri-an Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (composition for solo piano) (2000)
Cooperations and functions
- DGLE – German Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis e.V. (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Logotherapie und Existenzanalyse e.v.); function: member of the scientific advisory board
- Sigmund Freud University Vienna (Austria); function: doctoral supervisor and lecturer at the Faculty of Psychotherapy Science
- Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Freiburg – University Medical Center Freiburg (Germany); function: visiting scientist and co-coordinating investigator (see study: “Walk and talk psychotherapy in nature for patients suffering from major depressive disorders”; DRKS; WHO – Inter-national Clinical Trials Registry Platform)
- Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health Freiburg (Germany); function: co-coordinator of several cooperative studies (with PD Dr. Marc Wittmann) on silence, the perception of time, self, and space, expo-sure to nature, meaning in life;
- IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems (Austria) – Department of Health Sciences (Institute Therapeutic and Midwifery Sciences); function: visiting lecturer and visiting scientist (topics: music therapy, psychotherapy, forest therapy, exposure to nature)
- ABILE - Viktor Frankl Education Austria; function: science representative
- Member of the "climate change and mental health" commission of the State Chamber of Psychotherapists Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Teaching and research projects
- “Walk and talk psychotherapy in nature for patients suffering from major de-pressive disorders”; DRKS; WHO – International Clinical Trials Registry Platform)
- Silence, perception of time, mind-wandering (1, 2, and 3)
- Exposure to nature, silence, and Hypnomusictherapy (1 and 2)
- Exposure to silence in nature (1)
- Nature in psychotherapy and Arts Therapy (1)
- Meaning in life, meaning-oriented psychotherapy, meaning-oriented music therapy, logotherapy and existential analysis (1, 2 p. 113-119, and 3)
- Music therapy, music – health – well-being (1, 2, and 3)
- Psychotherapy, systemic family therapy (1 and 2)