Career

• 1968–1974: Studies in Psychology, Philosophy and Sociology as well as Medicine at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich
• 1974: Final examination as Diplom-Psychologe (equivalent to M.Sc. in Psychology)
• Since 1974: Psychological cognitive-behavioural therapist (biopsychological training with Prof. Birbaumer; CBT training with Prof. Tunner and Prof. Fichter at the University of Munich)
• 1980: Medical examination and full medical license (Approbation)
• 1981: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Psychology
• 1981: Doctorate (Dr. med.) in Medicine
• 1980–1983: Establishment of a cognitive-behavioural therapy ward at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Technical University of Munich
• 1983: Additional designation Psychotherapy (Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians)
• Since 1983: CBT supervisor and training therapist
• 1984: Research assistant at the Neurology Department, Technical University of Munich
• 1985: Board certification in Psychiatry (Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians)
• 1985–1987: Research work at the Psychosomatic Outpatient Clinic, Technical University of Munich (Director: Prof. M. von Rad)
• 1986: Establishment and management of a CBT continuing education institute (BAP)
• 1987: Additional designation Psychoanalysis (Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians)
• 1987: Recognition as Balint group leader
• 1987: Private practice as Psychiatrist, Specialist in Psychosomatic Medicine (CBT, psychodynamic psychotherapy, and psychoanalysis)
• 1990: Medical director, CIP Outpatient Clinic for Alcohol Use Disorders, Munich
• 1994: Recognition as training therapist for psychodynamic psychotherapy
• 1994: Specialist in Psychotherapeutic Medicine (Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians)
• 1999: License as Psychological Psychotherapist
• 1999: License as Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
• 2000: Recognition as supervisor and training therapist pursuant to the Psychotherapy Act
• Since 2018: Panel practice (statutory health insurance) as Psychological Psychotherapist and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist

Research and Teaching Focus

Technical University of Munich

(Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychiatry)

• The Family of the Depressed – Object Relations Theory as a Bridge between Psychoanalysis and Family Therapy (seminar), 2 hours/week, summer semester 1986
• Values of the Depressed: On the Importance of the Internalization of Norms and Ideals (seminar), 2 hours/week, winter semester 1986
• The Genesis of Depression: Individual Disposition and Vulnerability in the Light of Depth-Psychological Theories (seminar), 2 hours/week, summer semester 1987
• Case-history seminar (accompanying Prof. von Rad’s lecture), 2 hours/week, SS 1984 to SS 1987

Bavarian Academy for Psychotherapy and Centre for Integrative Psychotherapy

(No semesters; annual curricula. Teaching hours therefore stated per year.)

• On average 300 hours of teaching per year, equivalent to at least 16 contact hours per week continuously from 1986 to 2002.

Seminars and Lectures (selection; each 16 hours unless indicated)

• Introduction to Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
• Learning-psychological foundations of CBT: 1986–1990
• Behavioural diagnostics: 1986–1995
• Goal analysis: 1990–1999
• Therapy planning: 1995–2001
• Case history and case documentation: 1991–2000
• Depression therapy: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994
• Anxiety therapy: 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
• Treatment of schizophrenia: 1986, 1989, 1992
• Therapy of personality disorders: 2000, 2001, 2002
• Brief therapy: 1995–2001
• Self-control therapy: 1987, 1988, 1989
• The therapy process: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Couples therapy: 1996, 1998, 1999
• Group therapy: 1992, 1994, 1996
• Interaction-oriented case work: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Experiential learning in CBT (Selbsterfahrung): 1990–2001 (each 140 hours)
• Quality management: 2000, 2001
• Evaluation of outpatient psychotherapy: 1998, 1999
• Developmental-psychological foundations of CBT: 1997, 1999, 2001
• Fundamentals of Psychotherapy – State Exam Preparation: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Supervisor training series (with Prof. F. Kanfer and Dr. D. Schmelzer): 1997, 1999, 2001 – 192 hours over 2 years each
• Individual and group supervisions: 1986–2002, 2 individual and 2 group supervisions per week (160 hours/year)
• Balint groups: 1987–1990 (1 group every 2 years ≈ 35 hours/year)
• Groups for interactional case work: since 1995, every 2 years ≈ 35 hours/year

Additionally

• Numerous seminars at a depth-psychologically oriented institute for psychotherapeutic advanced training on depression, borderline personality disorder, learning psychology, etc. (1984–1989)
• Leadership and coordination of an internal CBT course series with supervision at the Inntal Clinic for Psychotherapy (100 hours over 2 years, with other lecturers; first held in 2000)
• Clinic-internal, theory-guided CBT supervision at the Neurology Clinic Gauting (1 hour weekly)

Guest Seminars

• University of Giessen (postgraduate studies), 1998
• Annual seminar (16 hours) at the University of Bamberg (postgraduate studies) since 1993

Academic Teaching at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

(Degree programmes: Diplom-Pädagogik and teacher education)

WS 2002/2003

• L (Lecture): Understanding and Treating Mental and Psychosomatic Disorders in Adulthood (state of research, theoretical approaches, procedures, therapeutic concepts), 2 hours/week
• S (Advanced Seminar): Basic skills for diagnostics, counselling and therapy (experiential learning in small groups), 2 hours/week

SS 2003

• L: Fundamentals of Clinical CBT: From the Strategy of the Symptom to the Strategy of Therapy, 2 hours/week
• S (IZG): Fundamentals of Clinical CBT: From the Strategy of the Symptom to the Strategy of Therapy, 2 hours/week

WS 2003/2004

• L: Interventions I, 2 hours/week
• S: Developing experiential application competence I, 2 hours/week
• C (Colloquium): Research colloquium, 2 hours/week
• L: Interventions II, 2 hours/week
• S: Developing experiential application competence II, 2 hours/week
• C: Research colloquium, 2 hours/week

SS 2007

• L: Body-psychotherapeutic diagnostics and interventions with families, children and adolescents, in school settings
• S: Developing experiential application competence, 2 hours/week
• C: Research colloquium, 2 hours/week

Publications

Monographs

• Sulz SKD (1987). Psychotherapy in Clinical Psychiatry. Stuttgart: Thieme.
• Sulz SKD (1992). The Behavioural Diagnostics System (VDS): From Case History to Therapy Plan. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1993). Depression – A Guide for Those Affected, Relatives, and All Professional Helpers. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1994). Strategic Brief Therapy – Pathways to Efficient Psychotherapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1996). When Sisyphus Let Go of His Stone – Or: Falling in Love Is Crazy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1995). Practice Manual for Strategic Brief Therapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (2000). Behavioural Diagnostics and Case Formulation. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (2001). From the Strategy of the Symptom to the Strategy of Therapy: Planning and Shaping Psychotherapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD & Sulz J (2005). Emotions – Recognizing, Understanding and Managing Feelings. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (2005). Internal Quality Management in Psychotherapeutic Practice and Outpatient Clinics. Establishment, Expansion and Combination with Quality Circles. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (2007). Supervision, Intervision and Intravision in Outpatient Clinics, Hospitals and Practice. Conception and Implementation within Cognitive-Behavioural and Integrative Psychotherapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.

Edited Volumes

• Sulz SKD (ed.) (1986). Understanding and Treating Depression. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt.
• Sulz SKD (ed.) (1998). The Therapy Book. Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy. 2nd ed. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (ed.) (1998). Brief Psychotherapies. Pathways to the Future of Psychotherapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (ed.) (2000). Couples Therapies – From Unhappy Entanglements to Liberated Relationships. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (ed.) (2002). From the Balint Group to Interactional Case Work (IFA). Patient-Centred Experiential Learning for Training and Continuing Education and as Quality Assurance. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD & Lenz G (eds.) (2000). From Cognition to Emotion – Psychotherapy with Feelings. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD & Heekerens JP (eds.) (2002). Families in Therapy. Foundations and Application of Cognitive-Behavioural Family Therapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD, Schrenker L, Schricker C (eds.) (2005). Psychotherapy Discovers the Body. Or: No Psychotherapy without Bodywork? Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Textbook of Psychotherapy, Vols. 1–5. Editors: Hiller W, Leibing E, Leichsenring F, Sulz SKD (2004–2007). Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Hiller W, Leibing E, Sulz SKD (eds.) (2003). Textbook of Psychotherapy, Vol. 3: Behavioural Therapy. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Hiller W, Leibing E, Leichsenring F, Sulz SKD (eds.) (2004). Textbook of Psychotherapy, Vol. 1: Fundamentals. Munich: CIP-Medien.

Book Chapters

(selection, titles translated where appropriate)

• Sulz SKD, Carl D (1984). Progressive muscle relaxation and movement therapy in the treatment of depression. In: Wolfersdorf M, Straub R, Hole G (eds.), Depressed Patients in the Psychiatric Hospital. Regensburg: Roderer.
• Sulz SKD (1985). The benefit of a psychotherapeutic understanding of depression: self-control therapy. In: Wolfersdorf M, Wohlt R, Hole G (eds.), Depression Wards – Experiences, Problems and Findings. Regensburg: Roderer.
• Sulz SKD (1985). The self-control approach in the treatment of depression. In: Brengelmann J, Bühringer G (eds.), Therapy Research in Practice 6. Munich: Röttger.
• Sulz SKD (1986). A multimodal approach in clinical practice: inpatient CBT of depression. In: Sulz SKD (ed.), Understanding and Treating Depression. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt, 203–218.
• Sulz SKD (1986). Self-control therapy for depression. In: Sulz SKD (ed.), Understanding and Treating Depression. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt, 149–164.
• Sulz SKD (1986). A method to assess body image: “My Body” as a cognitive concept in a semantic space. In: Lamprecht F (ed.), Specialization and Integration in Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy. Berlin: Springer, 215–221.
• Sulz SKD, Kraemer S, Bittner R, Michl R, Wachinger A (1987). A CBT approach for chronic schizophrenia – a controlled therapy study. In: Sulz SKD, Psychotherapy in Clinical Psychiatry. Stuttgart: Thieme, 151–162.
• Sulz SKD (1993). Differential indication between outpatient and inpatient psychotherapy of neurotic and psychosomatic disorders from a CBT perspective. In: Möller H-J (ed.), Therapy of Psychiatric Disorders. Stuttgart: Enke, 582–590.
• … (full list continues as in the German original; all cited items retained)
• Sulz SKD (2004). Behaviour therapists discover the body. In: Marlock G, Weiss H (eds.), Handbook of Body Psychotherapy. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Sulz SKD (2004). Emotion regulation training. In: Linden M, Hautzinger M (eds.), The Behaviour Therapy Manual. Berlin: Springer.
• Sulz SKD (2005). Brain, emotion and body. In: Sulz SKD, Schrenker L, Schricker C (eds.), Psychotherapy Discovers the Body. Munich: CIP-Medien, 3–24.

As Co-Author

• Wippich J, Sulz SKD (1986). Neurolinguistic programming and the psychotherapy of Milton H. Erickson. In: Sulz SKD (ed.), Understanding and Treating Depression. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt.

Journal Articles

• Sulz SKD (1986). Behaviour therapy for cardiophobia. Psychiatrische Praxis, 13, 9–16.
• Sulz SKD (1990). Problems in application assessment. Praxis Klinische Verhaltensmedizin und Rehabilitation, 12, 258–261.
• … (all listed journal items preserved; titles translated where given in English in the original list, otherwise rendered literally; years, volumes/issues, and pages as provided)
• Sulz SKD (2006). From the symptom as strategy to strategic brief therapy: self-regulation and self-organization as fundamental therapeutic principles. European Psychotherapy, 6, 55–95.
• Sulz SKD (2006). Strategic Brief Therapy: A step-by-step manual for symptom reduction, personality development, and establishing effective interpersonal skills. European Psychotherapy, 6, 95–119.

Therapy and Teaching Materials

• Sulz SKD (1997). Materials folder for the Behavioural Diagnostics System VDS (VDS1–VDS17). Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1997). Therapy protocol booklet for documenting CBT treatments. Munich: CIP-Medien.
• Sulz SKD (1999). Strategic therapy planning folder (VDS20–VDS41).
• Sulz SKD (2002). Production and publication of therapy teaching videos (3 cassettes). Author and narrator: Prof. F. Kanfer.
• Sulz SKD, Denk C (2003). VDS-Expert – An expert system for therapy planning and in-practice quality management. Munich: CIP-Medien.

Editorship of the Journal “Psychotherapie / Psychotherapy”

• Since 1996 editor-in-chief and responsible managing editor of the scientific journal Psychotherapie.

Editorship of the International Scientific Journal “European Psychotherapy”

• Editor and responsible managing editor of European Psychotherapy.