Wilfried Datler

Wilfried Datler is a Professor in the Department of Education at the University of Vienna, specializing in psychoanalytic pedagogy and early childhood psychotherapy research. He teaches courses such as Psychoanalytical Approaches to Psychotherapy and Processes of Development in Counseling and Psychotherapy.

• Research Focus: Bifocal Young Child Observation, emotional transitions in early childcare, psychoanalytic theory integration, and psychotherapy professionalization.
• Publications: Recent work explores academic professionalization of psychotherapy, attachment security in childcare, and conceptual intersections of affect/emotion in educational contexts.
• Teaching: Coordinates courses analyzing psychotherapeutic practice, legal foundations, and work discussion techniques for educators.

Email: wilfried.datler@univie.ac.at