Hanscarl Leuner


Hanscarl Leuner was a German psychiatrist.
His father was a leatherware factory owner. He studium of medicine at Frankfurt University and Marburg University 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 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.

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