Current Research Projects on Coaching and Supervision

We carry out long-term, systematic research projects on coaching and supervision.

Currently, we are implementing the following studies: 

• Kassel Coaching Study on coaching success factors
  We strongly welcome coaching practitioners who are interested in participating in this study. Flyer
  For more detailed information, please contact us at: coachingstudie@uni-kassel.de
  Contact: Dr. Silja Kotte (Dipl.-Psych.), Alessa Müller (M.Sc.)


• Process-outcome-research: Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnostics and mentalization in coaching
  Contact: Dr. Silja Kotte (Dipl.-Psych.), Christian Sell (Dipl.-Psych., M.A.)


• Why (not)? – Coaching practitioners‘ reasons for (not) participating in coaching research
  Contact: Dr. Silja Kotte (Dipl.-Psych.), Denise Hinn (M.Sc.)


• How do coaches reflect their work? – Strategies for quality assurance in coaching
  Contact: Isabell Diermann, (M.Sc.)


• Reflective functioning, mentalization and coaching – video analyses of coaching processes
  Contact: Denise Hinn (M.Sc.) 


• Assessment and exploration in coaching
  Contact: Dr. Silja Kotte (Dipl.-Psych.)


• Psychoanalytic case supervision in youth welfare
  in collaboration with the International Psychoanalytic University (IPU), the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, the Martinswerk Dolar e.V. and the Munich youth welfare association; contact: Jörg Bergmann (Dipl.-Psych.)