Hanscarl Leuner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German psychiatrist
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Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
About Hanscarl Leuner
- Hanscarl Leuner (born 1919 in Bautzen; died 1996 in Göttingen) was a German psychiatrist. His father was a leatherware factory owner.
- He studium of medicine at Frankfurt University and Marburg University (1939–1946) was interrupted by his military service in World War II. He was a pioneer in using psychoactive drugs for therapy in Germany.
- He invented the so-called Psycholytic Therapy (German: Psycholytische Therapie) which is a combination of psychodynamic psychotherapy with some light use of hallucinogens to enhance access to preconscious contents.
- After the general prohibition of hallucinogens in most countries he developed Guided Affective Imagery (also known as: KIP, Katathym-imaginative Psychotherapy, Katathym-Psychotherapy, guided mental imagery, catathymic influences).
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