EHP – Verlag Andreas Kohlhage
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UnclaimedGerman specialist publisher of applied psychology literature, market leader in German-language Gestalt approach titles.
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Overview
EHP – Verlag Andreas Kohlhage is a German publishing house founded in 1986 in Cologne as Edition Humanistische Psychologie by Anna and Milan Sreckovic together with Laura Perls, a co-founder of Gestalt therapy. The publisher specialises in applied psychology, with a strong focus on humanistic psychology. Its list covers therapeutic methods such as Gestalt therapy, person-centred psychotherapy and existential psychotherapy, as well as organisational psychology including organisational development, personnel development and business consulting. Alongside academic titles for professionals, EHP publishes non-fiction and self-help books. It is regarded as the market leader for literature on the Gestalt approach in the German-speaking world and one of the few publishers worldwide that predominantly publish material from this field. The publishing programme includes several book series, among them Edition Humanistische Psychologie, EHP-Handbuch Systemische Professionalität und Beratung, EHP-Kompakt, EHP-Organisation, EHP-Praxis, IGW-Publikationen in der EHP and Schriften der Bayerischen Akademie für Gesundheit e.V. In addition to books, EHP publishes specialist journals in therapy (Gestalttherapie, edited by the German Association for Gestalt Therapy DVG), pedagogy (Zeitschrift für Gestaltpädagogik, edited by the Gestalt Pedagogy Association GPV) and organisational consulting (Profile – Internationale Zeitschrift für Veränderung, Lernen, Dialog). Authors published by EHP include Laura Perls, Paul Goodman, Jakob Levy Moreno, Lewis Yablonsky, Frank-M. Staemmler, Hans Peter Dreitzel, Gerhard Heik Portele, Stefan Blankertz, Ortrud Grön, Carl R. Rogers, Peter F. Schmid, Achim Votsmeier-Röhr, Bernd Schmid, Gerhard Fatzer, Edgar Schein and Irvin D. Yalom. The publishing house was based in Bergisch Gladbach from 2002 to 2016 and moved to Gevelsberg in 2016. It remains an independent private company and continues to release new titles, e-books and journals, and to exhibit at trade fairs such as the Leipzig Book Fair.
History
EHP – Verlag Andreas Kohlhage was founded in 1986 in Cologne under the name Edition Humanistische Psychologie. The founders were Anna and Milan Sreckovic together with Laura Perls, one of the co-founders of Gestalt therapy. The publishing house was based in Bergisch Gladbach from 2002 to 2016, after which it moved to Gevelsberg. Over the decades it built a specialised programme in applied psychology, concentrating on humanistic psychology. On the therapeutic side it publishes literature on Gestalt therapy, person-centred psychotherapy and existential psychotherapy; on the organisational side it covers organisational development, personnel development and business consulting. The list is complemented by non-fiction and self-help titles aimed at a broader readership. EHP has become the market leader for literature on the Gestalt approach in the German-speaking region and is one of the few publishers worldwide that predominantly publish works from this field. Its book series include Edition Humanistische Psychologie, EHP-Handbuch Systemische Professionalität und Beratung, EHP-Kompakt, EHP-Organisation, EHP-Praxis, IGW-Publikationen in the EHP and Schriften der Bayerischen Akademie für Gesundheit e.V. In addition to books, the publisher issues specialist journals: Gestalttherapie (edited by the German Association for Gestalt Therapy DVG), Zeitschrift für Gestaltpädagogik (edited by the Gestalt Pedagogy Association GPV) and Profile – Internationale Zeitschrift für Veränderung, Lernen, Dialog / International Journal for Change, Learning, Dialogue. Among the authors published by EHP are Laura Perls, Paul Goodman, Jakob Levy Moreno, Lewis Yablonsky, Frank-M. Staemmler, Hans Peter Dreitzel, Gerhard Heik Portele, Stefan Blankertz, Ortrud Grön, Carl R. Rogers, Peter F. Schmid, Achim Votsmeier-Röhr, Bernd Schmid, Gerhard Fatzer, Edgar Schein and Irvin D. Yalom. The publisher continues to operate as an independent private company, releasing new titles, e-books and journals, and exhibiting at events such as the Leipzig Book Fair.
- 2016
Publishing house moves to Gevelsberg.
- 2002
Publishing house based in Bergisch Gladbach.
- 1986
Founded in Cologne as Edition Humanistische Psychologie by Anna and Milan Sreckovic together with Laura Perls.
Products and positioning
Specialist publisher for applied psychology with a focus on humanistic psychology; market leader for Gestalt approach literature in the German-speaking world.
Gestalttherapie journal
Specialist journal edited by the German Association for Gestalt Therapy (DVG).
Zeitschrift für Gestaltpädagogik
Journal edited by the Gestalt Pedagogy Association (GPV).
Profile – Internationale Zeitschrift für Veränderung, Lernen, Dialog
Journal in the field of organisational consulting.
Edition Humanistische Psychologie (book series)
Book series.
EHP-Handbuch Systemische Professionalität und Beratung
Book series.
EHP-Kompakt
Book series.
EHP-Organisation
Book series.
EHP-Praxis
Book series.
IGW-Publikationen in der EHP
Book series.
Schriften der Bayerischen Akademie für Gesundheit e.V.
Book series.
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