Psychoanalytic Institute Bremen eV.

The Psychoanalytic Institute Bremen eV emerged from the Bremen Working Group for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy eV, which was founded in 1951, from an association of self-employed and employed psychoanalysts.

As an independent institute, it is a member of the DGPT and the VAKJP. As a training institute, it provides training for both adults and children/adolescents and is state-approved under the Psychotherapists Act (PsychThG), as well as being recognized as a continuing education institute under the continuing education regulations for physicians.

The training and further education is carried out in accordance with the recommendations of the DGPT and the training section of the VAKJP, as psychoanalytic and depth-psychologically based training.

---

+++ Looking for a therapist? +++

Referral list for therapy placements for children and adolescents of the Association of Analytical Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists in Germany e.V.
2021 Referral List

---

For parents with babies and toddlers | 0 to 3 years

Daily life with babies and toddlers is, for most parents, filled with both expectations and many anxieties. Especially in the first months and years of a child's life, questions and uncertainties arise regarding normal development.

For example:

• If you had imagined pregnancy and childbirth differently and you are struggling to cope with the experiences,
• You feel sad or stressed with the baby and the new situation,
• Your baby cries frequently and is difficult to soothe,
• Your baby wakes up frequently and you can no longer find peace and quiet,
• Your child doesn't drink well or often refuses food,
• There is something wrong with the contact between you and your baby,
• They can no longer enjoy the baby,
• It is restless and doesn't want to fully engage in any game
• Your child is too clingy, or conversely, doesn't want to allow any physical closeness,
• Your child doesn't want to speak
• They have their own psychological difficulties or problems in their relationship that are weighing on them

Such questions, difficulties, and concerns can strain family life. Early support can prevent initial difficulties from developing into serious problems. Our baby clinic offers the opportunity to understand and resolve persistent problems together using a specialized therapeutic approach (infant-toddler-parent psychotherapy).

Our baby clinic consists of a team of experienced psychoanalysts specializing in children and adolescents, with an understanding of the psychological processes that are significant at the beginning of the relationship between mother, father, and baby. In baby/toddler-parent psychotherapy, everyone attends together. Usually, just a few sessions are enough to identify the problem and develop solutions.

You can contact us personally during our telephone hours. Upon request, we will record your contact details and send you our registration documents by post or email. You can also download the registration documents directly here. Please return the completed registration documents to our institute. After we receive your registration documents, you will receive an initial appointment within 14 days.

---

For parents with children | 3 to 14 years

It's a normal part of growing up for children and adolescents to experience difficulties. This isn't always a sign of mental illness, as no child's development is without its ups and downs. However, you as parents may feel unsettled by persistent difficulties, or teachers, educators, or doctors may have drawn your attention to problems that you should investigate.

If your child's behavior has changed noticeably recently:

• withdraws
• no longer wants to play with other children
• is inattentive at school, no longer enjoys going to school
• becomes aggressive more often, repeatedly wants to argue with other children, siblings, or you
• something disturbing
• cannot fall asleep at night or wakes up repeatedly during the night, has nightmares
• repeatedly exhibits recurring actions, thoughts, or tics
• has physical illnesses and suffers from them
• repeatedly complains of headaches, stomach aches, and nausea
• wets himself or wets himself again or soils himself
• unusual eating behavior
• if you are experiencing family burdens that you feel overwhelmed by

Then we can determine together whether your child needs psychotherapy or if other measures are recommended. Our outpatient clinic employs teams of experienced, practicing child and adolescent psychotherapists, as well as child and adolescent psychotherapists currently undergoing training at our institute.

You can contact us personally during our telephone hours. Upon request, we will record your contact details and send you our registration documents by post or email. You can also download the registration documents directly here. Please send the documents by post to our institute. You will receive notification once we have received your registration documents.

---

For young people | 14 to 20 years old

Are you looking for help and guidance because you haven't been feeling well for a while?

• You might withdraw more and more…
• you can no longer motivate yourself to do anything or can barely concentrate…
• Do you experience emotional states that don't stop: anger, sadness, or fear?
• Do you suffer from physical ailments?
• Do you have thoughts you can't talk to anyone about?
• or problems that overwhelm you

On the path to adulthood, there are often difficulties that can be very worrying and leave you feeling lost. In such situations, seeking psychotherapeutic advice can be helpful.

In our outpatient clinic, experienced child and adolescent psychotherapists, self-employed child and adolescent psychotherapists, and child and adolescent psychotherapists who are undergoing training and further education at this institute work together in teams.

You can contact us personally during our telephone hours. If you wish, we will record your contact details and send you our registration documents by post or email. You can also download the registration documents directly here. Please send the documents by post to our institute. You will receive a notification once we have received your registration documents.

---

Counselling and therapy for adults

The main reason for referral to the adult outpatient clinic is usually mental health problems, which can manifest psychologically, in social behavior, as well as physically. These include, for example:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Depression
• Compulsions, tics
• Behavioral disorders, contact and relationship disorders, such as social anxiety, inhibitions, fear of or within a group, insecurity, social
• retreat
• Physical illnesses such as asthma or neurodermatitis, which are often also influenced by psychological factors
• Psychosomatic illnesses, physical complaints without a medical finding such as headaches, gastrointestinal complaints,
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• Learning and work difficulties
• Addiction disorders
• Sexual disorders
• Sexual abuse
• Sleep disorders
• Psychogenic eating disorders
• Self-harming or suicidal behavior
• Addictive behavior
• Mental health problems as a consequence of chronic illnesses
• Stressful situations
• Pain conditions

---

Initial and continuing education

The training and further education at PSIB takes place on a part-time basis and lasts at least 5 years.

It comprises theoretical and practical training as well as personal development through training analysis and/or training therapy. The practical work required for training as a psychological psychotherapist and as a child and adolescent psychotherapist is completed at suitable psychiatric clinics with which cooperation agreements exist.

The provisions of the training and examination regulations (PsychThAprV and KJPsychTh-AprV) or the further training regulations of the medical association as well as the training and further education guidelines (AWBR) of the institute apply.

What training programs does the institute offer?

• Training to become a psychological psychotherapist (PP)
• Training and qualification as a child and adolescent psychotherapist (KJP)
• Medical training for the additional qualification of psychoanalysis
• Acquisition of specialist knowledge for psychoanalytically based methods (AP and TP) for already licensed psychological psychotherapists and child and adolescent psychotherapists
• Group psychotherapy training

The entry requirements for the respective training or further education courses can be found on the corresponding page and under Application.

---

Our telephone hours:

Tuesday 10:00 – 12:00
Thursday 10:00 – 12:00