The book by Hermann Rorschach, Psychodiagnostik (Psychodiagnostics) is one of the most influential works in the whole history of psychiatry and clinical psychology.

HyperHermann is a computerised and self-administered course, with the help of which one can learn the basics of the Rorschach technique. It was written by Helge Malmgren in close cooperation with Gösta Fröbärj, one of the Swedish Rorschach pioneers.

To be sure, one does not become an Rorschach expert by taking a self-study course. However, the program conveys the fundamental ideas which underly the test, it teaches you the elements of administration and scoring, and it enables you to understand what the specialists are talking about. It also gives a secure ground for more advanced studies.

HyperHermann takes its departure from the classical European way of doing Rorschach (Ewald Bohm, 1972), but also introduces Exner's "Comprehensive System" and compares Exner's and Bohm's system. Therefore, the program should be useful for the expert who is working in one of these traditions and wants to learn about the other one.

Of course we cannot show here on the Net any HyperHermann screen where the Rorschach plates figures. Instead we have chosen to illustrate the program (Mac version) with a part of its Table of Contents:

The Macintosh version runs on any Mac computer with a colour monitor and 4 Mb of free RAM. HyperHermann 1.2 will only be sold to psychiatrists and psychologists (specialists or under training) and to selected other persons who have a well documented scientific or work-related motive to learn about the Rorschach method.

To order HyperHermann 1.2, go to the download page. You can choose to download the installer, or have it sent to you on disks or CD. For international customers, the price is USD 80 (EU citizens without a VAT registration number: add 25% VAT). This includes s/h, support for six months, and one free update. Payment by credit card is now available.

The latest IBM/PC compatible version (1.4.2) of HyperHermann is tri-lingual, offering Swedish, English and Spanish as options. It runs on Windows 95 and later, including native Windows XP (but not updated versions, see below). Here you can get an idea of what the Windows interface is like:

HyperHermann 1.4.2 will only be sold to psychiatrists and psychologists (specialists or under training) and to selected other persons who have a well documented scientific or work-related motive to learn about the Rorschach method.

To order HyperHermann 1.4.2, go to the download page. You can choose to download the installer, or have it sent to you on a CD. For international customers, the price is USD 80 (EU citizens without a VAT registration number: add 25% VAT). This includes s/h, support for six months, and one free update. Payment by credit card is now available. Volume discounts for schools: contact the author!

Perhaps you would also like to have a look at my Classical Rorschach page!