Dr. phil. Liane Hofmann
Scientific Career
Studied Psychology at the University of Freiburg. Diploma thesis
about "Spiritual Emergencies and Kundalini-Experiences."
Dissertation on "Spirituality and Religiosity in
Psychotherapy Practice". Since 1995 scientific employee at the IGPP.
Fields of work
Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Transpersonal Psychology, Psychology of Religion.
Research interests
Psychotherapy and spirituality / religiosity:
relationship, possibilities of inclusion of spiritual / religious factors in
clinical-psychotherapeutic practice, integrative approaches;
Problems and crises of spiritual / religious development:
Clinical issues related to "exceptional experiences",
"spiritual emergencies" and "religious or spiritual problems" (DSM-IV, V-Code
62.89):
phenomenology and classification - prevalence - diagnosis and
differentialdiagnosis;
developmental history of the particular
concepts;
Transcultural Flows of Yoga;
Spiritual Healing and Conventional Mainstream Medicine.
Research projects at the IGPP
Spiritual Healing and Conventional Mainstream Medicine (Pilotstudy)
Spirituality and Religiosity in Psychotherapy Practice - A National Survey of Psychological Psychotherapists (abstract)
Phenomenology and Multiple-Factor Explanation of Non-Ordinary Collective Phenomena (Pilotstudy)
Construction and psychometric evaluation of a scale for the assessment of psychotherapists' attitudes concerning the relationship between psychotherapy and spirituality / religiosity (together with Dipl.-Psych. Britta Möckelmann)
Evaluation and Further Development of the Information and Counseling Services at the IGPP. Development of a System for the Documentation of Extraordinary Experiences (DAE) (together with Dipl.-Psych. Annette Wiedemer)
Selected writings
Hofmann, Liane (2011). Zur Relevanz von spirituellen Themen für psychotherapeutische Praktiker – Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Studie. Bewusstseinswissenschaften – Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 17(2), S. 56–69. [Relevance of spiritual issues for psychotherapeutic practitioners - results of a national survey]
Redactional supervision of a Special Issue of the Journal "Bewusstseinswissenschaften - Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie" "Research" (Together witg Dr. Dorothee Wienand Kranz)
Hofmann Liane & Walach, Harald (2011). Spirituality and religiosity in psychotherapy - A representative survey among German psychotherapists. Psychotherapy Research, 21(02), pp. 179-192.
Hofmann, Liane (2011). Spirituelle oder religiöse Orientierung und deren Auswirkung auf die psychotherapeutische Tätigkeit. In A. Büssing & N.B. Kohls (Hrsg.), Spiritualität transdisziplinär. Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen im Zusammenhang mit Gesundheit und Krankheit. Heidelberg: Springer, S. 173-192. [Effects of psychotherapists' spiritual or religious orientation on their practice of psychotherapy]
Hofmann, Liane und Rösler, Christian (2010). Der Archetyp des verwundeten Heilers. Zeitschrift für Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie. 16 (1), S. 75-90. [The wounded healer archetype]
Redactional Supervision of a Special Issue of the Journal "Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie" "What heals? Salutary approaches in medicine and psychotherapy" (together with Prof. Dr. Edith Zundel)
Hofmann, Liane (2009) Spiritualität und Religiosität in der psychotherapeutischen Praxis. Eine bundesweite Befragung von Psychologischen Psychotherapeuten. Dissertation. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg. [Spirituality and Religiosity in Psychotherapy Practice. A National Survey of Psychological Psychotherapists]
Hofmann, L., Möckelmann, B., Walach, H. (2003). Entwicklung und empirische Validierung einer Skala zur Erfassung der Einstellung von Psychotherapeuten zum Verhältnis von Psychotherapie und Spiritualität / Religiosität. In W. Belschner, L. Hofmann & H. Walach (Hrsg.), Auf dem Weg zu einer Psychologie des Bewußtseins (S. 113-154). Oldenburg: BIS. [Development and empirical validation of a scale for the assessment of psychotherapist attitudes towards the relationship between psychotherapy and spirituality / religiosity]
Belschner, W., Hofmann, L., Walach, H. (Hrsg.). (2003). Auf dem Weg zu einer Psychologie des Bewußtseins. Oldenburg: BIS. [Towards a Psychology of Consciousness]
Hofmann, L. & Wiedemer A. (1997). Vorstellung des Dokumentationssystems für außergewöhnliche Erfahrungen (DAE). Zeitschrift für Parapsychologie und Grenzgebiete der Psychologie, 39, 3/4. [Presentation of a documentation system for extra-ordinary experiences (DAE)]
Memberships
Transdisciplinary workgroup on spirituality and illness (TASK)
Founding member and board member of the "Deutsche Kollegium für Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie" (DKTP) [German Council for Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy] from 2001-2005
Member of the editorial team of the Journal "Bewusstseinswissenschaften - Transpersonale Psychologie und Psychotherapie" [Sciences of Consciousness - Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy]
Further educations and trainings
Person-centered counseling, Psychosynthesis (Assagioli), educations in various types of body-centered approaches
