Background
Stierlin, Helm was born on March 12, 1926 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Paul and Elsbeth (Schöningh) Stierlin.
Stierlin, Helm was born on March 12, 1926 in Mannheim, Germany. Son of Paul and Elsbeth (Schöningh) Stierlin.
Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1951. Doctor of Medicine, University Heidelberg, Federal Republic Germany, 1953.
Interpreter, British Military Government, l945-46;
intern, University Polytechnic, Munich, l953-54;
resident in neurology and psychiatry, Munich U. Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, l954-55;
resident in psychiatry, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland., l955-57;
member of staff, Chestnut Lodge, Rockville, Maryland., l957-62;
senior supervising analyst, Sanatorium Bellevue, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland, l963-64;
head psychotherapy unit adult psychiatry branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., l966-7l;
acting chief family studies section adult psychiatric branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., l970-74;
associate clinical professor psychiatry, U. Maryland., Baltimore, l973-75;
professor, chief department basic psychoanalytic research-family therapy, U. Heidelberg, l974-91;
professor emeritus of psychiatry, U. Heidelberg. Visiting scientist adult psychiatry branch National Institute of Mental Health, l965, acting chief, l97l-72. Visiting lecturer universities in New Zealand and Australia, l965.
Writer, lecturer, Europe, l965-66. Assistant professor psychiatry Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, l969-74. Member of faculty Washington School Psychiatry, l97l-74, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, l972-74.
Fellow American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (distinguished professional contribution award l985). Member American Psychiatric Association (correspondent), International Association for Sys. Therapy, National Council on Family Rels., Finnish Psychiatric Association (correspondent), German Psychoanalytic Association, German Medical Association, German Workgroup for Family Therapy, American Family Therapy Association, Association for Advancement Family Therapy and Family Research.
Son of; married Satuila Zanolli. Children: Larissa, Saskia.