# Stanislav Grof

Czech-American psychiatrist and founding president of transpersonal psychology — pioneered therapeutic LSD and developed holotropic breathwork.

**Lived:** 1931–present (b. Prague, Czechoslovakia)
**Nationality:** Czech-American
**Training:** M.D. from Charles University in Prague (1957); Ph.D. in medicine from Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1965); Freudian psychoanalyst
**Affiliation:** Transpersonal psychology; consciousness research; psychedelic therapy

## Key works

- *Realms of the Human Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research* (1975)
- *LSD Psychotherapy* (1980)
- *The Human Encounter with Death* (1977)
- *Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death And Transcendence In Psychotherapy* (1985)
- *The Holotropic Mind: The Three levels Of Human Consciousness And How They Shape Our Lives* (1993)
- *Psychology Of The Future: Lessons From Modern Consciousness Research* (2000)