Dr. Brigitte Holzinger

Current Position:
  • Adjunct Professor, Webster University Vienna
  • Psychologist/Psychotherapist

Country of Origin: Austria

Courses taught at Webster

  • Psychology of Sleep
  • Dreams and Lucid Dreaming
  • Gestalt Therapy

Education

  • Dr. phil. (University of Vienna, 1992)

Background and Facts

Dr. Brigitte Holzinger, born in Vienna, studied Psychology at the University of Vienna and Stanford University (CA). Today Dr. Holzinger is a training therapist for Integrative Gestalt Therapy, Lecturer, Teacher, Author, and Coach. She is also the director of the Institut for Consciousness and Dream Research and on the Board of Directors of ASRA (Austrian Sleep Research Association).

Her areas of expertise are research and teaching in Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Burnout, Nightmares, Dreams and Lucid Dreaming, Gestalt Theory, and Gestalt Therapy.

As a teacher she believes that you learn best when you are highly motivated to take responsibility for yourself.

Selected Publications

  • Holzinger, B., LaBerge, S., & Levitan, L. (2006). Psychophysical Correlates of Lucid Dreaming. Dreaming, 16 (2), 88-95.
  • Stepansky, R., Schmeiser-Rieder, A., Holzinger, B., Saletu, B., Bolitschek, J., & Zeitlhofer, J. (1999). Selbsteinschätzung von Parasomnien und Beinunruhe beim Einschlafen – Ergebnisse einer epidemiologischen Untersuchung. Self-Reported Prevalence of Parasomnias and Bedtime Restless Legs. Somnologie, 3, 78-83.
  • Stepansky, R., Holzinger, B., Schmeiser-Rieder, A., Saletu, B., Kunze, M., & Zeitlhofer, J. (1998). Austrian Dream Behavior: Results of a Representative Population Survey. Dreaming, 8 (1), 23-29.