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Alexis Burger, therapist and group leader

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Alexis Burger, born in 1953, is married since 20 years and is father of two grownup children a 20 year old daughter and a 17 year old boy

1972-1979	Medical studies in Lausanne
1979-1982	Studies in bioenergy, rebirth and clinical hypnosis
1982-1989	Specializing in psychiatry in Lausanne (assistant), Geneva (head of clinic) and in the state of Valais.
1982-1985	Training in Gestalt therapy
1990	Opening of his own practice for psychiatry et la psychotherapy

Professional activities

Psychotherapy for individuals, couples and groups.
Supervisions for staffs in psycho-educational fields.
Psychiatric consultant in general medical practice.
Active in fields such as « burnout », gestalt, couple and sexuality, male identity.
Group leader in personal development programmes.

Interests

- Shamanism.
- Oriental spiritualities and philosophies. (has stayed several times in various ashrams).
- Various approaches of personal development and psychotherapies.
- More precisely, the common background of all these approaches (therapeutic, spiritual, traditionnal) that aim to help oneself its own inner balance.
For more informations on Alexis Burger’s work and approach, consult his website: www.surladune.ch




	After its public successES in SWITZERLAND, Belgium, AT FILM FORUM IN NEW-YORK and IN QUEBEC, Desert Wind WILL BE AVALAIBLE ON DVD. DESERT WIND on DVD The DVD is avalaible, in a co-publishing with the Canadian National Film Board. The DVD includes an interview with Guy CORNEAU, Canadian psychoanalist, writer and lecturer. Interviews also with group leader Alexis Burger and director François Kohler. Film and interviews are subtitled in English and German. TO ORDER THE DVD: SF 35.- (Including VAT 7.6%) + SF 5.-- postage /SF 10.- for Europe. To order from SWITZERLAND, click here. To order from EUROPE, click here. For any other informations, write to info@lesouffledudesert.com. CANADA, USA and the rest of the world : For Canada, USA and the rest of the world, order at the Canadian National Film Board. With the support of Guy CORNEAU November 2006, psychiatrist, writer and lecturer Guy CORNEAU took part in a series of events organised along DESERT WIND's DVD release in Switzerland and Belgium. USA and CANADA : NEW-YORK, Desert Wind was screened at the Film Forum in February 2006 NY's reviews : “Tracks thirteen men who have been brought together for a two-week trek in the Tunisian desert…the true subject matter is the men’s worries, their thoughts on relationships, and, in general, the psyche of the modern male…Watching the subjects’ emotional inhibitions get gradually peeled away is often fascinating.” New York Magazine “As the rigors of the trek become more grueling, the revelations grow more intimate. In the funniest scene, the men take turns stripping naked and talking about their bodies…DESERT WIND manages to take us to a seldom-visited place: the hidden corners of the straight male mind.” Dana Stevens, The New York Times “Led by a Swiss psychotherapist, the men confront their emotions and explode our beer-and-football notions of male bonding…their newfound openness with each other and themselves makes for funny, moving and riveting viewing.” Steve Gartland, The L Magazine “Fascinating.” Jan Stuart, Newsday

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