Luc Ciompi - Biography

Born in Florence/Italy on October 10th, 1929. Son of an Italian medical doctor and a Swiss mother. Childhood and schools mainly in Worb and Berne, Switzerland

1950-56	1 semester of study of literature and philosophy in Berne, then study of medicine in Berne, Geneva and Paris
1956-63	Specialisation in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the psychiatric university hospital of Berne and Lausanne, and at the medical university clinic of Geneva
1959-70	Psychoanalytical training and two didactic analyses in Berne, Geneva and Lausanne
1963-72	Head of the division for research on long-term courses of mental illnesses at the psychiatric university hospital of Cery/Lausanne
1968-76	Training in family therapy and systems theory in Lausanne
1972-77	Medical director of the community-based socio-psychiatric services of the psychiatric university hospital of Lausanne
1977-94	Ordinary professor at the medical faculty of the university and medical director of the socio-psychiatric university clinic of Berne
1984-98	Founder and first medical director of the therapeutic community "Soteria Berne"
1994-97	Guest professor at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for research on evolution and cognition in Altenberg near Vienna/Austria
since 1995	Free book-author and publicist. Lectures, workshops and seminars. Psychotherapeutic counselling and supervision. Computer simulation research on the concept of affect-logic.

Special functions:

President of the Swiss Society for Social Psychiatry (1986-92).
President of The Association for Social Psychiatry Berne (1984-92)

Member of several professional societies and institutions including

Permanent Committee for Postgraduate Education of the Swiss society of psychiatry and psychoterhapy (1986-92)
International Soteria Association (since 1996)
Konrad Lorenz Institute in Altenberg near Vienna (since 1995)
Advisory Board of the Centre for Subjectivity Research Kopenhagen (2001-06)
and the advisory board of several international journals.

Scientific awards and honors

Hermann Simon Award of the German society of neurology and psychiatry / Germany (1971)
Dr. Günther Buch Award of the Fritz Buch Gedächtnisstiftung for research on old age /Germany (1973)
Theodor Nägeli Award of the Theodor Naegeli-foundation Basel /Switzerland (1976)
Stanley R. Dean Research Award of the American college of psychiatrists /USA (1986).
Doctor honoris causa of the University of Lausanne /Switzerland (2008)

Corresponding member:

German society of neurology and psychiatry
Society of Austrian neurologists and psychiatrists

Honorary member:

Swiss society of psychiatry and psychotherapy
Swiss society for social psychiatry
Swiss society fo psychiatric epidemiology
Italian society for integrated psychotherapy
International society for the psychotherapy of schizophrenia

Married with Mary Iliou Ciompi (Greek) since 1959. Two sons and three grand children.
Interests and hobbies: Literature, arts, philosophy, politics and other problems of society; drawing, painting, music, gardening, walking, mountaineering.

Contact:

Luc Ciompi, Prof. em.
Cita 6, CH-1092 Belmont-sur-Lausanne VD, Switzerland