Thorsten Padberg
Psychologische Praxis Thorsten Padberg
Baumschulenstr. 73
12437 Berlin, Germany
Email:
Torsten.padberg@freenet.de
Phone.: +49 30 53017828
Web: https://www.thorstenpadberg.info/
Thorsten
Padberg is a psychologist and philosopher from Germany. His interests
include the study of the social ramifications of psychological discourse
and psychotherapeutic practice. He was a member of the Bochumer
Arbeitsgruppe für Sozialen Konstruktivismus und Wirklichkeitsprüfung at
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, he studied with Kenneth Gergen at Swarthmore.
He studied philosophy with special interest in philosophy of language,
mind-body-dualism and theory of science.
He now works as a therapist and supervisor in Berlin. He teaches and writes.
He has published numerous articles on subjects as the
science-practice gap in psychotherapy, the (non-)effectiveness of
antidepressants, the rhetoric of objectivity in psychological research,
and dangers of psychiatric diagnosis.
Thorsten has written for German newspapers and scientific magazines
including Die Zeit, Psychologie Heute, Psychotherpeutenjournal and
systemagazin. Some of his text can be read online:
Selected texts:
- „Warum lesen Psychotherapeuten keine Forschungsliteratur?“ (Why Psychotherapists Don’t Read Research)
- „Die Pflicht zur standardisierten Diagnostik droht zum Selbstgespräch zu werden“ (The Argument about Standardized Diagnostics Increasingly Resembles a Monologue)
- „Rezension von Thomas Szasz: Geisteskrankheit – ein moderner Mythos“ (Review of Thomas Szasz’s The Myth of Mental Illness)
- „Nachwort zu Ethan Watters: Crazy Like Us. Wie Amerika den Rest der Welt verrückt macht“ (Afterword for Ethan Watter’s Crazy Like Us)
All the above can be read online here:
http://systemagazin.com/ueber/autorinnen/thorsten-padberg/
On Antidepressants:
- Schatten ans Licht“ (with Julia Friedrichs) (From Shadow to Light)
http://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2016/25/depressionen-psychotherapie-antidepressiva-serotonin-medikamente - This text was expanded for a radio feature that can be listened to here:
„Ähnlich wirksam wie Placebos“ (Antidepressants – As Effective as Placebo)
http://www.deutschlandradiokultur.de/antidepressiva-und-ihre-wirksamkeit-tabletten-gegen-die.976.de.html?dram:article_id=367696