Editing Stanislav Grof (section)

{{short description|American psychiatrist}}
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| name              = Stanislav Grof
| image             = Stanislav Grof by Anton Nossik crop.JPG
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| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1931|7|1}}
| birth_place       = [[Prague]], [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovak Republic]]
| fields            = [[Psychology]], [[psychiatry]]
| workplaces        = [[Johns Hopkins University]]<br />[[University of Maryland, Baltimore]]<br />[[Esalen Institute]]<br />[[California Institute of Integral Studies]]
| alma_mater        = [[Charles University]], [[Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences]]
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| known_for         = [[Transpersonal psychology]], perinatal matrices, hylotropic and holotropic, spiritual emergency
| spouse            = Joan Halifax (m. 1972; div. year unknown), Christina Grof (m. year unknown; died 2014), Brigitte Grof (m. 2016)
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'''Stanislav Grof'''  (born July 1, 1931) is a Czech-born American [[psychiatrist]]. Grof is one of the principal developers of [[transpersonal psychology]] and research into the use of [[Altered state of consciousness|non-ordinary states of consciousness]] for purposes of psychological healing, deep self-exploration, and obtaining growth and insights into the human [[Psyche (psychology)|psyche]].