Hubert Hermans- Creator of the Dialogical Self Theory

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Hubert Hermans is one of the main theorists in narrative psychology and in narrative psychotherapy. During his career he has developed many creative methods and concepts. One of them is the Self Confrontation Method (SCM) that has led to the establishment of the Association for SCM practitioners that has around 300 members in 2009.  Another is the Dialogical Self Theory that has led to the organization of biennial international conferences, the establishment of the International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) and the International Journal for Dialogical Science (IJDS).

Hubert Hermans is an author of many publications, translated into nine languages. He is author of "Self-Narratives: The Construction of Meaning in Psychotherapy" (with Els Hermans-Jansen) and "The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy" (with Giancarlo Dimaggio). His recent book “Dialogical Self Theory: Positioning and Counter-Positioning in a Globalizing Society,” that was written with Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka, will be published in April 2010.

For almost 40 years Hubert Hermans was associated with the Radboud University of Nijmegen, where he studied psychology and became Professor of Psychology. He taught in the Department of Clinical and Personality Psychology at Nijmegen until 2002 when he became professor emeritus.

Hubert Hermans continues to work on Dialogical Self Theory and, together with Agnieszka Hermans Konopka, on its implementation in dialogical practice in the International Institute for the Dialogical Self.