Günter Clauser

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Günter Clauser in 1967

Günter Friedrich Wilhelm Clauser (born January 4, 1923 in Dittwar ; † July 12, 1982 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German physician , psychoanalyst and non-fiction author in the fields of internal medicine , psychology and education .

Life

Günter Clauser was the eldest son of Paula Clauser, b. Eckert (housewife), and Josef Clauser (secondary school teacher). His two younger brothers were the high school teacher Ewald Clauser and the secondary school teacher Hans Clauser . Günter Clauser attended elementary school in Mörsch and high school in Karlsruhe . After graduating from high school , he volunteered for military service at the age of seventeen. In 1942 he was seriously wounded in Russia, where he lost his left knee.

From 1943 to 1950 Clauser studied medicine and psychology in Heidelberg , Innsbruck and Freiburg im Breisgau . In 1950 he received his doctorate in Freiburg with the thesis Hypnotic and pharmacological experiments on the problem of time experience in humans with special consideration of the so-called unconscious sense of time , which he published in 1954 in an expanded form under the title The Head Clock .


In 1952, Günter Clauser worked as a scientific assistant to Ludwig Heilmeyer in the internal medicine department at the Freiburg University Medical Center and was also involved in editing the textbook on internal medicine published by him in 1955 . In 1957 he received his habilitation with the thesis Appearance and Development of Obesity During Growth and Aging and received the Venia legendi for internal medicine. In 1958 he was qualified as a specialist in internal diseases . In 1957, Günter Clauser, with the support of Ludwig Heilmeyer, founded the psychosomatic department at the Freiburg University Medical Center in Umkirch - the first of its kind in Germany - which he headed until 1961. Since 1962 he worked as a freelance psychoanalyst and author of specialist books.

Publications (selection)

  • The head clock. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1954.
  • Vegetative disorders and clinical psychotherapy. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition, ibid. 1961, pp. 1218-1297.
  • Textbook of Biographical Anamnesis. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 1963.
  • Georg Groddeck : Psychoanalytical writings on psychosomatics. Selected and edited by Güter Clauser. Limes, Wiesbaden 1966.
  • The modern parent school. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1969.
  • The prenatal emergence of language as an anthropological problem. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1971.
  • Psychotherapy primer. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart 1972.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's who in Germany. 5th edition (1974). Vol. 1, p. 249.
  2. ↑ a b Cover blurb by Günter Clauser: The modern parent school. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1969.
personal data
SURNAME Clauser, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clauser, Günter Friedrich Wilhelm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Dittwar
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1982
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau