Prof. Wolfgang Tschacher received his Ph.D. in psychology 1990. Psychotherapy training in systemic therapy at the Institute of Family Therapy, Munich. Habilitation in psychology and Venia legendi 1996 at University of Bern, Switzerland, professorship in 2002, head of department of psychotherapy at the University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, now professor emeritus. His main interests are in psychotherapy process research and empirical aesthetics, with an emphasis on complexity science, embodied cognition, and interpersonal synchrony. Organizer of the series of ‘Herbstakademie’ conferences on systems theory in psychology and philosophy of mind.