Sylvester Walch

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Sylvester Walch

Sylvester Walter Walch (born May 10, 1950 in Berchtesgaden ) is a German author, lecturer, trainer for transpersonal psychotherapy (including holotropic breathing ), integrative gestalt therapy and integrative therapy.

Life

Sylvester Walch studied psychology, psychiatry, psychopathology and philosophy at the University of Salzburg. During a study visit to New Orleans University, he was also awarded honorary citizenship. He obtained his doctorate in 1979. phil. In his dissertation, which was published in book form in 1981, he devoted himself to the subject, reality and coping with reality . From 1974 on he got to know different therapeutic methods in the field of humanistic psychology and worked intensively on clinical psychology. He worked in a psychiatric hospital and managed an inpatient psychotherapeutic facility for 6 years.

In addition to his freelance therapeutic work, he has also worked as a trainer for integrative therapy, integrative gestalt therapy, person-centered psychotherapy and group dynamics since 1979. From 1985 he dealt intensively with the integration of psychotherapy, spirituality, body therapy, modern consciousness research and ancient knowledge. He deepened his knowledge by training with Stanislav Grof . Against this background, he founded an independent path in 1989 and trained psychotherapists in transpersonal psychology, psychotherapy and holotropic breathing.

Sylvester Walch wrote scientific papers on transpersonal psychology , transpersonal psychotherapy , holotropic breathing and the integration of psychotherapy and spirituality. In 1994 he was appointed honorary chairman of the Austrian working group for transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy.

His work Dimensions of the Human Soul is a fundamental work of transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy. Sylvester Walch presents a specific concept based on Stanislav Grof and provides an introduction to the technique of holotropic breathing and working with altered states of consciousness.

Works

  • All the fullness of your life. A spiritual companion to the forces of the soul. 2nd edition, Fischer & Gann, Munderfing 2016, ISBN 978-3-903072-31-2 .
  • From ego to self. Basics of a spiritual human image. 2nd edition, DrömerKnaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 9783426291924 .
  • Dimensions of the human soul. 5th edition, Düsseldorf 2012, Patmos, ISBN 9783843602464 .
  • The wisdom of the soul. Part 1 in: Future Outlook. No. 4/2012, pp. 156-159. Part 2 in: Future Outlook. No. 5/2012, pp. 154–157. Part 3 in Future Outlook. No. 6/2012.
  • Principles of a transpersonal-spiritual way of life. In: Khorassani-Michels (ed.): Traces of life. Ibera, Vienna 2012, ISBN 9783850523073 , pp. 13-29.
  • Mental integration, transpersonal transformation and the spiritual path. Paths to Wholeness. In: Existential Analysis. Volume 28, No. 2/2011, Vienna 2011, pp. 46–55. ( http://www4.existential-analysis.org/Publikationen-in-GLE.845.0.html?&no_cache=1&letter=W ).
  • Walch, Sylvester and Lasser, Reinhard: Transpersonal approaches. In: Stumm, Gerhard (ed.): Psychotherapy. Schools and Methods. 3rd completely revised edition, Falter, Vienna 2011, ISBN 9783854394488 , pp. 277–278.
  • Walch, Sylvester: Paths to Wholeness. In: Hilarion G. Petzold, Ilse Orth, Johanna Sieper (Ed.): Conscience work, wisdom therapy, spiritual life. Values ​​and topics of modern psychotherapy. Krammer, Vienna 2011, ISBN 9783901811548 .
  • Sylvester Walch: Holotropic breathing between therapy and spirituality. In: Galuska, Joachim u. Pietzko, Albert (ed.): Psychotherapy and consciousness. Kamphausen Verlag, Bielefeld 2005.
  • Spirituality and Psychotherapy. Experiences and insights on the way to integration. In: Seefeldt, Dieter (Ed.): Spirituality and Psychotherapy. Pabst Verlag, Lengerich 2001.
  • Transpersonal Psychology and Holotropic Breathing. In: Anthology of the International Psychotherapy Conference. Specialist section for integrative gestalt therapy of the Austrian working group for group dynamics and group therapy. Ed .: Christine Gollner, Liselotte Nausner, Roland Bösel. Edition Praesens , Vienna 1996.
  • Subject, Reality and Reality Management. Minerva, 1987

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal for Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy. Issue 2, 2002. Via Nova
  2. ↑ visions. 6th year, issue 6, November - January 2003/2004
personal data
SURNAME Walch, New Years Eve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walch, Sylvester Walter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and teaching therapist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Berchtesgaden