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Stanislav Grof


Stanislav Grof
Born (1931-07-01) July 1, 1931 (age 93)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materCharles University, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
Known forTranspersonal psychology

Basic perinatal matrices Hylotropic and holotropic

Spiritual emergency
SpouseBrigitte Grof since April 2016
AwardsHonorary doctorates from:
  • Burlington College (2000)
  • World Buddhist University (Bangkok, Thailand) (2004)
  • Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (2012)
  • California Institute of Integral Studies

    Awards:

    1959 Kuffner Award for Psychiatry (Czechoslovakian national award granted annually for the most important contribution in the field of psychiatry) for the study of Benactyzine and other anticholinergic delirogens (shared with Drs. M. Vojtěchovský, V. Vítek, and K. Ryšánek).
  • 1967-69 Fellowship from the Foundations’ Fund for Research in Psychiatry in New Haven, Connecticut, for advanced research in psychedelic therapy.
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, psychiatry
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Esalen Institute
California Institute of Integral Studies

Stanislav "Stan" Grof (born July 1, 1931) is a Czech born American psychiatrist. Grof is one of the principal developers of transpersonal psychology and research into the use of non-ordinary states of consciousness for purposes of psychological healing, deep self-exploration, and obtaining growth and insights into the human psyche.


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