Weber & Dogs - Die Midlife-Chance!

Christmas, the season of love—and little white lies. We’re sitting around the table together again, smiling, exchanging gifts, and swallowing hard when faced with uncomfortable truths. But what if we were honest? What if we told our mother-in-law that we don’t like her roast, or told our parents what’s been hurting us for years? Does honesty lead to greater closeness—or do relationships sometimes need precisely those little white lies that make being together bearable in the first place?

Florian Weber and “his psychologist” Christian Peter Dogs put Christmas under the therapeutic microscope. On the stage of the Renitenztheater, the focus will be on expectations, old roles, hurt feelings, and the fine art of putting up with family without losing yourself. An evening about the people we can’t choose—and yet love all the same. With humor, depth, and surprising truths.

The topics change with every live show, so no two shows are alike—each session is a new experience with its own unpredictable dynamics!

Florian Weber is a television presenter and podcast host, born in 1976. He is in the “prime of his life,” married, and the father of three children. For SWR and ARD, he has hosted numerous programs for nearly two decades, including the quiz show “Meister des Alltags,” “Die Landesschau Baden-Württemberg,” and the political talk show “Zur Sache Baden-Württemberg.”
For his hosting gigs, he commutes between Stuttgart and his family, with whom he lives in Chiemgau. More and more often, life’s big questions come his way, and he himself faces the challenges his generation must overcome in relationships, careers, family, and friendships.
In the “Therapy Hour” on stage with psychiatrist Dr. Christian Peter Dogs, authentic, deeply personal conversations unfold—conversations that are provocative, honest, and unconventional.

Dr. Christian Peter Dogs is a physician, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist. The 72-year-old has established three psychosomatic clinics and led them to success. His approach: allowing patients to freely choose their therapist, because “the chemistry has to be right” between therapist and patient. He currently still practices in his private practice in Lindau on Lake Constance.
Dogs uses unconventional methods that lead to faster results. He draws on his own life story; he doesn’t just listen, but provokes and confronts patients with a counterargument to encourage them to reflect. The “rebel of psychotherapy” questions many common methods of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
His book *Feelings Are Not a Disease: Why We Need Them and How They Make Us Happy* made it onto the SPIEGEL bestseller list. In a conversation with Florian Weber, Dogs explains his views on today’s mental health industry, how he himself overcame severe childhood trauma, and how he guides us toward greater self-determination.

Photo credits: Dorothee Falke/Affentranger