History
1989
TO
PREHISTORY
CENTER FOR SALUTOGENESIS
In 1989, several therapists from Bad Gandersheim met for the first time to jointly explore the essence of healing and exchange ideas about what constitutes healing. They formed the "Institute for Life and Healing," a precursor to the "Gandersheim Health Network," founded in 1999, which at times comprised around 20 health activists from the Bad Gandersheim area. This health network (later the Association for Lifestyle and Health Promotion) published the Gandersheim Health Guide and organized introductory health days for over four years. From this network, plans were developed to create a seminar and health center. When the Alte Mühle seminar hotel near Ackenhausen became available at a favorable price during a foreclosure auction in 2002, a decision was quickly made to use this property for the health project. A non-profit limited liability company (gGmbH) was established to operate the center. The first group to meet here was the 'German Health Parliament' in the summer of 2002. Since 2003, training in autonomy coaching with Ronald Grossarth-Maticek has been conducted here. In 2004, an interdisciplinary working group developed "Salutogenic Communication." In 2005, we founded an interdisciplinary quality circle for salutogenically oriented work. In 2007, TD Petzold integrated autonomy coaching into "Salutogenic Communication SalKom®," which offers ongoing basic and advanced training courses.
2004
renaming
the gGmbH
in the center/
Foundation
for salutogenesis
In 2004, the non-profit limited liability company was renamed Center/Foundation for Salutogenesis because it had become clear that under Antonovsky's far-reaching question and the new term 'salutogenesis', all our previous practical and theoretical work (see Petzold (2000): Healing is evolution on a small scale. Health is contagious!) should be given an attractive umbrella that was still open to development.
2005
1st Symposium for Salutogenesis
In 2005, we organized the first Symposium for Salutogenesis, and then annually thereafter until 2019; from 2012 onwards, we alternated with the umbrella organization for salutogenesis, and previously with APAM. We have published books based on most of the symposia.
2007
Contributor to the magazine
The human being
In 2007, the Foundation for Salutogenesis gGmbH was able to transfer the seminar operations of the Old Mill to a newly founded inclusive company and concentrate entirely on the content-related work.
We were then asked to reactivate the Academy for Patient-Centered Medicine APAM (an umbrella organization). This led to our collaboration on the publication of the journal for salutogenesis and anthropological medicine DER MENSCH, and subsequently to the restructuring of APAM into the umbrella organization Salutogenesis DachS.
2010
Training TSF is created
The training program for self-healing ability TSF "Completely harmonious and healthy" was developed in 2010.
Since 2023, symposia on salutogenesis have been held sporadically and in cooperation with other organizations.
Over the years, we have occasionally participated in research grants from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) together with other institutions – unfortunately without success. Now we have our own research projects on salutogenic communication.
