Samuel Widmer

Samuel Widmer (24 December 1948 – 18 January 2017)[1] was a controversial Swiss physician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author, who used psycholytic substances in therapy and harbored liberal opinions about polygamy and other forms of free love.

Widmer spoke during the Basel Psychotherapy Days (Basler Psychotherapietage).

A huge group of followers grew around Widmer and his wife Danièle Nicolet, including 80 adults and 55 children.

The basic assumptions of this theory is, that during a man’s development, “emotional layers” grow around the “essential core” of his mind.

Around this core, a layer of pain and dolor grows throughout development, because of experienced and not worked up injuries.