Teaching activity

Teaching activity in Germany:

• From 1980, the Fachhochschule für Milieu- und Sozialpädagogik DOCENSE, 
• Since 1986, he has been a docent of postgraduate courses at the Bethel Theological College Institute of Spiritual Care (clinical pastoral care, psychiatric pastoral care, training of military pastoral care workers, prison pastoral care workers, bereavement group leaders) and supervisor, speaker at professional conferences.  
• Emeritus since 2006. 
• From 2014, he is an emeritus guest lecturer (pastoral psychology) at the Fachhochschule der Diakonie Bethel, University of Applied Sciences.

University teaching activity in the Carpathian Basin:

• 1999-2007 Visiting professor of pastoral psychology postgraduate training at the Debrecen Reformed University of Religious Studies and Budapest Evangelical University of Religious Studies, honorary doctorate of the latter since 2001. 
• In 2023, Babes Bolyai University awarded the title of Socius Excellentia Meritorum
• In 2004, he won the Szent-György scholarship of the Republic of Hungary. 
• Visiting professor at Partium University in Nagyvárad (2002-2005), 
• Since 2004, he has been a guest professor of pastoral psychology at the master's degree program of the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, a consultant for doctoral students in pastoral psychology, and a member of the editorial board of the faculty's journal Studia et Acta. 
• His main research areas: family spiritual care; spiritual care

Publications

More important publications in German:

• "Der Beistand als eine Grundfunktion der Seelsorgepraxis", Bethel/Bielefeld, 1983
• "Wo einer leidet, sind alle betroffen" - Anregungen zur Familienseelsorge in: K. Winkler (Hg): Spielarten der Seelsorge, Bethel/Bielefeld, 1991
• "Pastoralpsychologischer Umgang mit Schuldzuweisungen", (Artikel des Teams des Seelsorgeinstituts an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Bethel) in: Wege zum Menschen, 1991/7
• "Pastoralpsychologie der Ambivalenz" (Artikel des Teams des Seelsorgeinstituts an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Bethel), in: M. Klessmann & al. (Ed.), Zwischenbilanz, Bielefeld, 1994 
• "Wenn die Verbundenheit entzweit... Aus einer Familien- und Kirchengeschichte" -Betrachtungen zu einer interkulturellen Familienseelsorge in der Psychiatrie in: Wege zum Menschen 1995/10 und in: Evang. Krankenhausseelsorge, Nr. 20/1995
• "Seelsorge mit Angehörigen und Mitbetroffenen", in: M. Klessmann (Hg.), Handbuch der Krankenhausseelsorge, Göttingen, 19961
• "Religion-Verwirrung-Orientierung, - Geronto-Seelsorge im systemischen Kontext", in:  Sammelband des 2. Symposions Altenseelsorge, 1996
• "Familienrekonstruktion, - eine Methode der systemischen Seelsorge, in: Chr. Schneider-Harpprecht (Hg), Zukunftsperspektiven der Seelsorge und Beratung, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2000
• "Interkulturelle Szenen der Suche nach Menschenwürde, in: K. Federschmidt & al. (Hg), Handbuch der interkulturellen Seelsorge, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2002
• Über welchen Gott reden wir jetzt? in: K. Federschmidt & al., Handbuch interkultureller Seelsorge, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2002
• "Integration und Zusammenleben mit Migrantinnen und Migranten in Gemeinden und kirchlichen Einrichtungen (mit Chr. Schneider-Harpprecht), in: K. Federschmidt  & al. (Hg), Handbuch der interkulturellen Seelsorge, Neukirchen-Vluyn, 2002
• "Der Militärpfarrer im Auslandseinsatz aus systemischer Sicht, in: P.Michaelis (Hg), Für Ruhe in der Seele sorgen, Leipzig, 2003
• "Theologenausbildung und Förderung der Spiritualität", in: S. Fazakas & R. Ruard (ed.), Teaching Theology, Kampen, THUK, 2004

In Hungarian:

Books: 

• Practical manual of pastoral psychology, Kálvin Kiadó, Budapest, 1990, 20045   
• Why? – Pastoral psychology studies – Systems approach and pastoral care”, Kálvin Kiadó, Budapest, 1996, 20053 
• Pastoral psychology aspects for finding the way for ministers, Kálvin Kiadó, Budapest, 2004, 20062
• Pastoral psychology studies - theories, trends, image of man, - university notes, Debrecen, 2002
• To be winged again. Interviews and presentations about the crisis and aid. Lector ed., Marosvásárhely, 2013
• Conversations about family. with Dr. Klára Balogh and Dr. Mónika Krasznay. Under publication. Kálvin Publishing House, Budapest, 2021.
• Gábor Hézser, Mónika Krasznay, Handbook of Systematic Family Consultation and Family Spiritual Care, Harmat Publishing, Budapest, 2026.

More important studies :

• The faith of old people is sometimes unbelievable. in Pastor, 1998/2 and 1998/3.
• Effective pastoral care - effective pastoral care. The relationship between quality assurance and spiritual care -in: Lelkipásztor, 2002/1. 
• Referring to each other, – in: Embertárs, 2002/3
• Thoughts on the spiritual care of the family - Pastoral psychological aspects, in: Embertárs (2003/4, 6-30)
• Rites and symbols, the common heritage of family therapy and religion - an interdisciplinary dialogue about a polygonal relationship, in: Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle, 2003/1 187kkk
• About mine, yours and happiness, - Confessio, 2006/4
• Pastoral psychology - the importance of a frontier science in our changing world (Study volume in honor of 60-year-old Tibor Marjovszky, Budapest, 2004.)
• The sometimes unbelievable faith of the old, in: Márta Hubainé Muzsnai (ed.): Mennydörgésnek tektekek, Endre Gyökössy memorial book, PRTA – Pápa, 2005
• About Depression - from the point of view of pastoral psychology, in: Lelkipásztor, 2006
• About suicide - from the point of view of pastoral psychology, in: Lelkipásztor, 2006. Thoughts on help and inner images, in: Embertárs, 2006/3, 256-259
• On suffering - from the point of view of pastoral psychology, in: Lelkipásztor 2007
• Gossip – Mobbing – Psychoterror, signs – dangers – chances, in: Lelkipásztor 2007
• Case management and diakonia (with Dr. Fruttus Levente), in: Diakónia, 2008
• Leadership – Personality – Power, in: Sándor Fazakas (ed.), Leadership and Management in the Church and Diakonia, Kálvin ed., Budapest, 2008
• Spirituality in the helping relationship (with Fruttus Levente), in: Embertárs 2008/4, 361-374
• On spirituality – thoughts not only for Protestant helpers, Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai, Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, 2008/1–2
• Mobbing, the cancer of institutional culture, in: Embertárs, 2010/3, 259-273
• Characteristics of puberty and the possibilities of confirmation, in: Magyar Református Nevelés, XI. vol. (2010) 1. p6-36
• Help(em) leader images?! Individually operationalized helping ethos as a resource? in: How can we help each other? published by: Sapientia Hungarian University, Faculty of Engineering and Humanities, Marosvásárhely, Scientia publishing house, Cluj, 2010, p17-23
• Pastoral psychology thoughts on the timeliness of the themes of the Reformation. In: Confessio, Budapest, 2017, pp. 26-38
• Gossip, mobbing. Publication of the Spiritual Care and Religious Pedagogy Workshop. Cluj University Publishing House. 2017. 11-43
• "... but I was happy..." Expressions about thanks, gratitude and joy. In: Encouraging spirituality, Studies on the occasion of Sára Bodó's 60th birthday. Debrecen University of Religious Studies ed., 2019, 147-155
• The psychological processes of puberty and confirmation (with László Thoma), in: Együtt a hit vällä, Kálvin publishes. 2019
• About consolation. in: "I believe in the triumphant power of the Word". Studies on the occasion of Károly Fekete's 60th birthday. Edited by: Sára Bodó and Ede Horsai. Acta. Debrecen Theological Studies. Vol. 14, Debrecen, 2020. 285 pp.
• Does "collective trauma" exist - and if not, why? A pastoral psychology approach to a complex conceptual construct. in: Embertárs, 2020/3 203-216

Fiction:

• Hyphenated stories, Kálvin Kiadó, Budapest, 1998 (20075)
• Everyday and not quite everyday stories, Kálvin-kiadó, Budapest, 2005 (20073)