Prof. Dr. phil. Jürgen Hoyer
Technische Universität Dresden
Institut für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
Professur für Behaviorale Psychotherapie
Hohe Straße 53
D-01187 Dresden
Tel.: +49-351-463-36986
Fax: +49-351-463-36955
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Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00
Short Biography
Jürgen Hoyer is Professor for Behavioral Psychotherapy at the Technische Universität Dresden. He studied psychology in Göttingen; completed his PhD and his habilitation at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt. Jürgen Hoyer works since 1999 at the TU Dresden and since 2002, he heads up the outpatient clinic for Psychotherapy (IAP; since 2021 UFP) and between 2002 and 2015 the postgraduate course for psychological psychotherapy.
In research, Jürgen Hoyer focusses on the mechanisms and new settings in psychotherapy of anxiety disorders and depression.
Circa 300 scientific publications; among others, editor of the Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy; coeditor of the Journal of Sex Research and the most widely used textbook on clinical psychology and psychotherapy.
In 2017 the new guide-book "understanding and changing social anxiety" was published (together with Dr. Samia Härtling), in 2018 "behavioral activation" was published (together with Diana Vogel).
Research focusses:
Psychotherapy research
Behavioral activation
Social Anxiety Disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Sexual disorders