“How can people develop healthily?”

We – a group of health activists – founded the Center/Foundation for Salutogenesis gGmbH in 2004 to help shape a good and healthy life in society and nature through our practical and theoretical work, addressing the salutogenic question "How can people develop healthily?" Autonomy and constructive cooperative communication were central concerns.

20 years of development

Symposia

Publications

literature

In our 20 years of activity at the Center for Salutogenesis, we have held symposia almost annually, followed by publications of our most important contributions. We have developed Salutogenic Communication (SalKom®) and Stress Regulation Training (certified by ZPP) to encourage healthy self-regulation and coherence regulation, and to promote constructive relationships and collaborations (see "Communication with a Future" (2011); "Three Crucial Questions" (Petzold 2022); "Co-creative Healthy Development" (Petzold 2024). We have researched people's basic motivations, their psychodynamic effects, and how to stimulate them (Petzold & Henke 2023).

Status today

Today, our most important activities are the deepening and dissemination of knowledge on salutogenesis such as a good life for all, networking in the salutogenic discourse and training and further education in salutogenic communication as well as seminars and coaching on healthy stress regulation and co-creative cooperation.