Helmut Milz

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Helmut Milz (* 1949 in Kall ) is a German physician, psychotherapist and author who is particularly known for his contributions to psychosomatic medicine , health promotion and body therapy . Until 2014 he was honorary professor in the department of health sciences at the University of Bremen .

Life

Helmut Milz was born the son of an architect and construction company. After graduating from high school, he studied medicine at the Free University of Berlin from 1968 to 1974 . Spleen is married and has three grown children. The couple lives in Marquartstein in Upper Bavaria .

Act

From 1976 to 1983 he worked as an assistant doctor in Berlin hospitals and in various general practices. In 1981 he received his doctorate on the subject of “Analysis of 524 Caesarean sections” and since 1981 has been a specialist in general medicine.

1983–1984 he completed advanced training in public health at the University of California, Berkeley with Leonard J. Duhl and in acupuncture . 1987–1988 he received further training in humanistic psycho- and body therapies at the Esalen Institute (California). From 1988 to 1994 he was a senior physician at the Roseneck Psychosomatic Clinic in Prien . He helped set up a department for body and movement therapy. In 1994 he became a specialist in psychosomatic medicine. From 1994 to 2014 he ran his own medical practice for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy in Marquartstein.

Main focus of work and research

The work and research priorities by Helmut spleen are psychosomatic medicine , general medicine , psychotherapy , health promotion , physical-oriented learning and therapy methods, psychocardiology , history of medicine and anthropology of the senses.

Public health / health promotion

1985 to 1987 Helmut Milz was Consultant for Health Education and Health Promotion in the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO), Copenhagen. As part of this activity he organized international meetings and conferences, among others. a .:

Teaching activities and other projects

From 2000 to 2014 Helmut Milz was honorary professor in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Bremen. Together with Rainer Danzinger u. a. In 1994 he founded the international seminar Body or Life for body-oriented psychotherapy and body therapy and held regular seminars there from 1994 to 2014. From 2004 to 2017 he was a lecturer, from 2013 also a board member, of the Cortona week at ETH Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts . In 2008 he moderated the 2nd “Mozart and Science” conference on music impact research. He also gave plenary lectures and seminars at the Goldegger Dialogues , the ZIST “Humanistic Medicine” conferences and “Visions of a Human Future” .

From 1993 to 1994 he was together with Ernst Piper and Matthias von Varga co-editors of the series "Paths to Wholeness" . In 2000, together with Fritjof Capra , he organized the conference "Health and Healing - common grounds" at the Commonweal Center, California.

He is also a member of the editorial team of the German Journal for Acupuncture, the Academy for Guided Imagery, the International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation (IESP) and the German Alliance for Climate Change and Health. He also works with the Kardioforum Bavaria.

literature

Books

Articles in books and magazines (selection)

  • Johannes O. Vang and Helmut Milz: Consultation on the role of Health Promotion in hospitals. In: Health Promotion International. Volume 3, No. 4, 1989, pp. 425-427, ISSN  0957-4824 , doi: 10.1093 / heapro / 3.4.425
  • Helmut Milz: A holistic approach is required. In: Federal Center for Health Education, World Health Organization (Ed.): Health promotion in the world of work. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1989, ISBN 978-3-662-07480-0 , pp. 77-80, doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-662-07480-0_11
  • Helmut Milz: "Healthy ill people" - social cynisme or a new perspective? In: A. Kaplun: Health Promotion and chronic illness. WHO Regional Publications, European Series, No. 44, 1992, [1]
  • Helmut Milz: Body Experience versus Body Discipline. In: Hans Günther Homfeldt (Ed.): "Social focus" body. Body theoretical and practical foundations for social work. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, Baltmannsweiler 1999, ISBN 3-89676-104-8 , pp. 156-169.
  • Helmut Milz: Learning with the body - holistically promoting health and healing. In: Ruth Künzler, Wolfgang Steinmüller: Health - Learning - Creativity. Alexander Technique, Eutony Gerda Alexander and Feldenkrais as methods for shaping somatopsychic learning processes. Verlag Hans Huber, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-456-83212-5 , pp. 203-224.
  • Helmut Milz: Economic Potential of Holistic Health Care. In: Wolfgang Michaelis, Reinhard Busse: The price of health. Scientific analysis, political concepts. Health Policy Perspectives. Ecomed-Verlag, Landsberg / Lech 2001, ISBN 3-609-16023-3 , pp. 261-278.
  • Helmut Milz: Somatopsychic Potentials for Health and Healing. In: Learning in Motion. 2nd European Feldenkrais Congress, Berlin 2005. Vario-Medien, Frankfurt 2006, ISBN 3-937886-04-4 .
  • Helmut Milz: Guide to Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy Based on the advanced training guidelines of the German Medical Association. In: German journal for acupuncture. Volume 52, No. 4, 2009, p. 62, doi: 10.1016 / j.dza.2009.10.009
  • Brigitte Ruckstuhl: Health Promotion. Development history of a new public health perspective. Juventa-Verlag, Weinheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-7799-1570-6
  • Helmut Milz: (Detours) ways of psychosomatics. In: German journal for acupuncture. Volume 59, No. 4, 2016, p. 54, doi: 10.1016 / S0415-6412 (16) 30130-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Frank Siepmann, Annelie Keil: Visions of the human future. Aspects of a humane future planning . Forum-Verl, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-9804286-0-5 .