Walther H. Lechler
Walther H. Lechler (born July 24, 1923 in Würzburg ; † December 22, 2013 in Röthenbach) was a German psychiatrist and psychotherapist . He was the founder of the Bad Herrenalber model , a psychotherapeutic community concept for mentally ill people.
Life
Lechler studied medicine in Würzburg, Paris, Munich and Bern and initially worked in dermatology and surgery. He then completed further training in neurology , psychiatry , psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine . In the USA he did additional training in the field of humanistic psychology and the New Identity Process (NIP) according to Dan Casriel .
During his stay in the USA in 1954, Lechler got to know the Alcoholics Anonymous twelve-step program . After his return to Germany, he made a significant contribution to the spread of this concept, as well as to promoting and founding conceptually related groups such as the Al-Anon family groups (groups for relatives) and Emotions Anonymous .
From 1971 to 1988 Lechler headed the specialist clinic for psychosomatic medicine in Bad Herrenalb , where he developed the Bad Herrenalber model together with his colleagues and the clinic's patients.
A number of follow-up projects arose from this model clinic, including the “Förderkreis für Ganzheitsmedizin e. V. Bad Herrenalb ”, of which Lechler was chairman until 2003 and of which he was then honorary chairman. Several psychosomatic clinics were built based on the Herrenalber model, including the Bad Grönenbach Clinic, and the Adula Clinic in Obersdorf and the Hochgrat Clinic in Stiefenhofen, which are still active today.
Lechler was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon in 1983 .
Works
- Alcoholism - a Disease? German AA contact point, Munich [1977?].
- with Jacqueline C. Lair: I call it madness. Protocol of a cure . Kreuz, Stuttgart 1983.
- It's not the drug, it's the person . Publishing house step-by-step, Hohenstein Castle 1990.
- I can't go on like this! New beginning through spiritual experiences in therapy . Kreuz, Stuttgart 1994.
- Anyone who can still get sick is healthy - life school based on the Bad Herrenalber model (interviews, lectures, publications) . Santiago-Verlag, Goch 2004, ISBN 978-3-937212-05-0
- The silent present: a lecture and other writings by and about Paul Tournier . Santiago-Verlag, Goch 2003, ISBN 978-3-9806468-8-8 .
- with Alfred Meier: Wake up and live! The therapeutic power of biblical stories . Kösel, Munich 2005.
- Foreword to: Ambros Wehrli: You can do it, but you can't do it alone! (= Introduction to the emotional group therapy according to Casriel. Volume 1). Santiago-Verlag, Goch 2006, ISBN 978-3-937212-06-7 .
- ed. with Alfred Meier: The Bad Herrenalber Model - A teaching-learning community as a psychosomatic clinic concept. Santiago-Verlag, Goch 2007, ISBN 978-3-937212-14-2 .
- Philippe Pinel . University Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Munich, 1959.
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther H. Lechler in the catalog of the German National Library
- Walther H. Lechler on the Santiago Verlag website
- Website of the support group for holistic medicine Bad Herrenalb e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who's who in Germany. 1990, p. 1081.
- ^ Karl-Heinz Knebel: Website on Walther H. Lechler , accessed on December 25, 2013.
- ↑ Jasmin König & Dietmar Krieger: Paths of Life. 2014, p. 7 , accessed on July 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Ärzteblatt: Award of the Federal Cross of Merit (1983)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lechler, Walther H. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German neuropsychiatrist, psychotherapist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 2013 |
| Place of death | Roethenbach |