Tonius Timmermann

Prof. Dr. Tonius Timmermann is a pioneer, theorist, practitioner, and leading figure in the field of music therapy, with a lifelong interest in depth psychology and the thought of C. G. Jung. He earned his doctorate at the University of Ulm, germany, and has had further training in breath Therapy and Systems Constellations. he played a major role in founding and running the Institute for Music Therapy at the Freies Musikzentrum in Muinich in 1992. He was associated with the Musikzentrum in a teaching and training capacity from 1981 to 2003, after which he served as Head of the Research Centre for Music and Health at the Leopold Mozart Centre at the University of Augsburg until 2016, and was responsible for initiating and running the Master‘s Training Programm in Music Therapy there. He runs a private practice in Wessobrunn, Germany, and has published numerous articles and books in the field of music therapy.