Dr. Willem Lammers

Willem Lammers MSc, DPsych, TSTA (1950) is a Swiss-Dutch psychologist, practicing psychotherapist, coach and certified trainer in transactional analysis (TSTA). After studying psychology at the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands and a short appointment as assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Free University of Amsterdam, he worked at the Netherlands Asthma Center Davos (CH) from 1979-1993. In 1987 he founded IAS, the Institute for Applied Social Sciences in Bad Ragaz SG. 1993-2012 he worked full time for this institute, training professionals in coaching, counseling, supervision and organizational development. In 2010 he received the Doctorate in Psychotherapy by Professional Studies at Middlesex University in London with a thesis on the history and development of Logosynthesis. Willem Lammers' area of expertise is the subtle nuances between body, mind and spirit. Logosynthesis is the synthesis of his work in this area. It is a holistic model for guided change, with elements from psychoanalysis, humanistic psychology, transactional analysis and energetic psychology. In 2007 he founded the Institute for Logosynthesis in Bad Ragaz, which he led until 2017. This was followed in 2014 by the founding of the Logosynthesis International Association (LIA). In 2017, he handed over the institute to Suzanne von Blumenthal, MD. At the 20th Congress of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology in Orlando 2018, Willem received that society's award, the ACEP Award, for his significant contribution to the field of energy psychology. He published eleven books, some of which have been translated into several languages. After a phase of books and articles on coaching and counseling topics, the focus since 2007 has been on publications about Logosynthesis. Currently Willem Lammers runs a practice in Bad Ragaz and is dedicated to the further development and spreading of Logosynthesis in training groups, lectures and publications in the press and social media. He developed curricula for the advanced education of professionals, since 2014 within the Logosynthesis International Association, which he co-founded.