WBA I Matchmaking and partner selection: in theory and practice

Date & Time

October 8, 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, online via zoom

Content

Choosing a partner is one of the most important decisions in life. In this lecture, Dr Sandra Köhldorfer will give insights into her experiences from 11 years of scientific matchmaking on TV.
Using illustrative examples, psychological and psychotherapeutic factors that influence dating and mating behaviour will be highlighted. This lecture offers participants valuable methods and practical tips that can be used both in their personal love life and in their professional work with love seekers and young couples.

Key points of content

• Scientific matchmaking
• Psychological factors for healthy relationships
• Accompaniment of partner seekers
• Methods and exercises for practice

Speaker

Dr. Sandra Köhldorfer

Dr. Sandra Köhldorfer works as a psychological psychotherapist in her own practice in Germany and Austria. Since 2013 she has been teaching concepts of processes and dynamics in groups, differential pathology, child and adolescent psychotherapy, and has held various seminars and teaching assignments. She has also worked on television and in the media since 2013 as a “matching expert”, TV host and author.

Specialization and focus: Psychoanalysis, partnership research, relationship science, personality diagnostics and disorders, single and couples counseling, family, couple and group therapy, group dynamics and group psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychotherapy, group psychoanalytic team and organizational development, and media and communication consulting.