Honouring a Pioneer: Alfred Pritz Commemorated with New Bust at SFU

Another highlight of our anniversary year was recently unveiled in SFU’s main building at Freudplatz 1. In recognition of his distinguished service at the helm of the World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP), board members from across all continents have presented a bust of founding rector Alfred Pritz. Alongside his three decades as President of the WCP, the accompanying stele also marks his twenty years as rector of the SFU, paying tribute to the productive partnership between the two leading institutions in psychotherapy science.

The formal unveiling took place in the auditorium at Freudplatz 1, attended by co-founders Heinz Laubreuter and Jutta Fiegl, as well as the newly appointed deans of the Faculties of Psychotherapy Science and Law, Andrea Jesser and Elke Heinrich-Pendl respectively. In her commendatory address, Maria Gren, Secretary General of the WCP, highlighted Professor Pritz’s pioneering contributions not only to the World Council, but also to the academic evolution of psychotherapy itself.

Several people are standing in the SFU auditorium with a red ceiling area around three bar tables covered with red tablecloths. Alfred Pritz, wearing a grey shirt and dark jacket, stands with his arms crossed in the modern auditorium of the SFU with large windows and red furniture. Several people stand around a tall round table with a red cloth in a room with a red ceiling and a large wall graphic featuring glasses. Maria Gren, wearing a black dress, stands at a bar table covered with a red tablecloth in a modern SFU auditorium with a glass front and information posters. Maria Gren and Alfred Pritz remove the red cloth, revealing the bust. Bronze bust of Alfred Pritz on a black pedestal with inscription, next to it stand Maria Gren and Alfred Pritz. Bronze bust of Alfred Pritz on a pedestal in front of a window overlooking a modern building. Black marble pedestal with gold inscription for Alfred Pritz, President of the World Council for Psychotherapy and Rector of Sigmund Freud University. Alfred Pritz, Michael Kierein, Jutta Fiegl and Heinz Laubreuter stand next to each other holding champagne glasses in their hands. Alfred Pritz and several people in formal attire are standing in a room and toasting with champagne glasses.
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