Prof. Dr. Kurt Hahlweg

Dr. Kurt Hahlweg was Full Professor at the Technical University Braunschweig, Department of Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Assessment until his retirement in 2017. In 2012 he received the ‘Niedersachsenprofessur’ a special and honorable funding of the State of Niedersachsen to support his research projects. He received his Ph.D. in 1978 from the University of Hamburg. From 1974 till 1989 he worked at the Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry in Munich before he joined the Technical University in Braunschweig. Professor Hahlweg has published extensively in the areas of Behavioral Marital Therapy and Prevention, Behavioral Observation, Family Care in Schizophrenia, Expressed Emotion Research, Prevention of Child Behavior Problems, and Assessment of Marital and Family Factors.

Selected Publications

Hahlweg, K. (1996). Fragebogen zur Partnerschaftsdiagnostik (FPD). Partnerschaftsfragebogen PFB, Problemliste PL und Fragebogen zur Lebensgeschichte und Partnerschaft FLP. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Hahlweg, K., Dose, M., Dürr, H. & Müller, U. (2006). Psychoedukative Familienbetreuung bei schizophrenen Patienten. Ein verhaltenstherapeutischer Ansatz zur Rückfallprophylaxe. Konzepte, Behandlungsanleitungen und Materialien. 2. erw. und ergänzte Auflage. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Schindler, L., Hahlweg, K. & Revenstorf, D. (2006). Partnerschaftsprobleme. Therapiemanual. 2. Auflage. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer.

Hahlweg, K. & Baucom, D. H. (2008). Partnerschaft und psychische Störung. Fortschritte der Psychotherapie, Band 35. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag.

Hahlweg, K., Grawe-Gerber, M. & Baucom, D. H. (Eds.). (2010). Enhancing couples. The shape of couple therapy to come. Göttingen: Hogrefe.