Felizitas Leitner

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Felizitas Leitner (born Kamps, * 1957 in Aachen ) is a German doctor.

Life and education

After graduating from the Catholic girls' high school St. Ursula in Aachen, Felizitas Leitner studied human medicine at the Saarland University and was licensed as a doctor in 1983 . This was followed by further training in general medicine, which she later expanded to include a doctorate on a cardiological topic. In addition, she qualified e.g. B. in acupuncture and naturopathic treatments . In 1991 she married the publicist and publisher Anton G. Leitner .

Fields of activity

Cover: "Venus is on strike. Healthy through the power of poetry."

Leitner is a resident doctor in Weßling near Munich and lecturer in general medicine at the Technical University of Munich .

For her book 'Venus is on strike. Healthy through the power of poetry 'she received recognition not only from doctors and readers, but also from numerous writers and literary scholars such as B. Robert Gernhardt , Ulla Hahn , Joachim Sartorius or Karl Otto Conrady . At the interface between medicine and psychotherapy , Leitner positions poetry as part of a holistic concern for the mind and body. The Rheinische Post described Leitner's "Poetry Therapy" as "Poetic penicillin ... a pioneering work in research into alternative medicine."

In order to give patients with physical complaints access to their underlying feelings, Leitner suggests using literary texts, especially poetry. In her book she writes:

“A poem offers many advantages for a sick person: It does not claim to be general [...]. It unobtrusively expresses a mood, a feeling or a thought in which the reader can find himself again [...] "

Without disregarding the classical scientific approaches of medicine, the above approach also aims to help the patient to achieve and strengthen their own autonomy.

Memberships

  • Deputy Chairwoman of the Bavarian State Group of the NAV-Virchow-Bund
  • Association of Resident Doctors in Germany eV

Social and political engagement

Leitner is the chairwoman of the Verkehrsberuhigung für Weßling eV association and was a member of the Weßlinger municipal council for the CSU / Citizens' Community from 2014 until her departure in 2019 .

Publications

  • Venus is on strike. Healthy through the power of poetry , Daedalus Verlag, Münster 2004 (6th edition 2009)
  • Acute and long-term effectiveness of balloon dilatation in coronary patients of different age groups , Münchener Hochschulschriften, Munich 1995.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Felizitas Leitner's website
  2. ↑ Mannheimer Morgen Healing Words - without a prescription and without side effects , January 15, 2005
  3. ^ Kölner Stadtanzeiger Gesund through Goethe's poems , September 6, 2004
  4. ↑ You cannot describe love with love, you have to find other images , Der Westen, March 7, 2010
  5. ↑ Rheinische Post Poetic Penicillin , November 12, 2004
  6. ↑ Psyche Venus is on strike , 11/2004
  7. ↑ Leitner, Felizitas, Die Venus is on strike , Münster 2004 p. 9
  8. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung Heilende Poesie , November 11, 2004
  9. ↑ Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk broadcast: Poetry for functional heart problems , November 6, 2011
  10. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csu.de
personal data
SURNAME Leitner, Felizitas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kamps, Felizitas (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen