Dr. Bjørn Blumenthal is a psychologist specialized in clinical psychology. He graduated at University of Oslo in 1956 and trained under Elsa Lindenberg, Odd Havrevold and Ola Raknes. Blumenthal is the leader of the Norwegian Institute of Vegetotherapy and co-founder of the Scandinavian Institute of Psychotherapy in Gothenburg, former staff member of the European School of Function and Corporal Psychotherapy training in Naples, Italy, and one of the founders and former vice-president of the European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP).