Dr. Roger Bühler, MD, MIH, DCHyp
Hypnotherapist and Family Physician
My personal approach to therapy is a holistic approach whereby multiple psychological, social and biological factors are interlinked and all play an important role in causing symptoms of disease. Using such a biopsychosocial model as the foundation of all therapy work, helps me to understand the connections among all the issues I find in my patients, for example how a somatic problem can cause mental problems or psychological disorders can cause physical symptoms (for example chronic stress as part of the cause in gastric ulcers or migraines).
Main priorities of my clinical work
- Therapy of anxiety disorders, panic, phobias and stress management and stress-related issues (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome)
- Therapy of trauma and PTSD
- Healthy lifestyle and behavior change
- Psychosomatic problems
Academic degrees and professional certificates
- Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (1995, Society of NLP Europe)
- Medical Doctor, Dr. med. (2000, University of Bern, Switzerland)
- Specialist title of Family Physician (2009, Swiss Medical Association)
- Certificate of Proficiency in Delegated Psychotherapy (2010, Swiss Medical Association)
- Master of Advanced Studies in International Health MIH (2012, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel)
- Post-graduate Certificate in Medical Hypnosis (2013, Swiss Medical Society of Hypnosis SMSH and Swiss Medical Association)
- Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (2016, London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Malaysia)
- Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (2017, London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Malaysia)
Professional education, training and work experience (in chronological order)
1991 Training in self-hypnosis (Institute for Autogenic Training, Biofeedback and Hypnotherapy, John Miller, Zurich, Switzerland)
1992 – 1999 Studies of human medicine (Universities of Fribourg and Berne, Switzerland)
1995 Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (Society of NLP Europe)
2000 Medical dissertation on imaging studies in endogenic psychoses
2000 – 2008 Advanced training in general surgery, orthopedic surgery, rheumatology physical and rehabilitative medicine, internal medicine
2009 Specialist title “Family Medicine” or General Medicine (Swiss Medical Association FMH), working in a private practice for family medicine in Lucerne (Hausarztpraxis, Löwenstrasse 9, Luzern, Switzerland)
2010 Certificate of proficiency in Delegated Psychotherapy FMH
Opening of a practice for medical hypnosis in Lucerne, Switzerland
2010 – 2013 Post-graduate certificate in Medical Hypnosis (Swiss Medical Society of Hypnosis)
2012 Master of Advanced Studies in International Health (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel)
2016 Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Malaysia)
2017 Advanced Practitioner Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy (London College of Clinical Hypnosis, Malaysia)
Membership of professional organizations
- Malaysian Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- British Society of Clinical Hypnosis
- Swiss Medical Association (FMH)