LSD Psychotherapy. by Grof, Stanislav - 1980.

Alameda, California:: Hunter House, 1980.. 1st U.S. Edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark navy binding with gilt device and spine text; some small light stains to the edges of the text block, otherwise a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (9.25 inches tall) . Bibliography, appendixes, references, index. Description: Includes a few illustrations, both color and black and white. ''Stanislav Grof was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1931. In 1960 he began research into the psychotherapeutic uses of LSD at the Psychiatric Research Institute in Prague. Dr. Grof moved to the United States in 1967 where he continued his work. More than twenty years spent in the clinical practice of LSD-assisted psychotherapy, and firsthand experience of the major orientations in the field -- the so-called psychedelic, psycholytic, anaclitic and hypnodelic approaches -- have qualified Dr. Grof to write about this subject comprehensively. This is the third book in a series which includes Realms of the Human Unconscious and The Human Encounter with Death written with Joan Halifax. In these books Dr Groff attempts to explain the various phenomena encountered in psychedelic research which led him to the formulation of a total psychological view of man and his environment connecting with much that is in the forefront of research today.''