Dieter Adler is a German psychoanalyst trained at the German Psychoanalytical Association (DPV) with prior training in social work and psychology. He is a member of the DPV and of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA). Adler has additional training in family systems therapy, guided affective imagery, child and adolescent psychotherapy, group analysis and group psychotherapy, as well as intensive short-term psychodynamic therapy (IS-TDP). He has worked in his own private practice as a psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, group analyst, and child and youth therapist for thirty years. Adler is also active as a teaching therapist and supervisor in the training of psychotherapists and advises colleagues in the process of establishing, running, and optimizing their own offices. He leads professional development seminars, workshops, and conferences. Adler is the founder and chair of the German Network of Psychotherapists, headquartered in Bonn.