Dr Lothar Zieger MD
Dr Lothar Zieger MD is Medical Director of the Scottish Klinghardt Institute of Applied Neurobiology, as well as a practising GP and systemic psychotherapist. He graduated from the Medical University of Lübeck in Germany in 1995, where he also attained an MD in Social Medicine for his thesis on eating disorders. Early on in his career he developed an interest in the dynamics of relationships and the link between emotional distress and illness. This led him to study psychosomatics: the area of medicine that deals with psychological causes of physical disease. Subsequently he has acquired a broad range of experience in hospital and general practice work and has completed postgraduate training and diploma courses in emergency medicine, ophthalmology, dermatology, psychotherapy, family planning & reproductive healthcare, and obstetrics & gynaecology.
 
Dr Zieger has spent many years exploring cutting-edge integrated medicine in Germany, Britain and the USA. He has a particular interest in Energy Medicine and since 2001 has studied extensively under Dr Dietrich Klinghardt MD. In 2004 he was instructed to establish the Scottish Klinghardt Institute of Applied Neurobiology; his remit being to widen the base of health practitioners using the techniques and protocols throughout the British Isles. It is Dr Zieger's intention to provide a complete curriculum of courses to take practitioners from an introductory level right through to a full Diploma in Integrated and Sustainable Healthcare. He is currently the only licensed teacher of Dr Klinghardt's methods in this country.
 
Lothar Zieger's personal experience of poor health and chronic illness throughout childhood left him knowing that conventional medicine did not have the answers. He grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and trained as a paramedic during his first years at medical school. Later, whilst working in one of Germany's famous Psychosomatic Hospitals, he was introduced to Systemic Psychotherapy as originated by Bert Hellinger and completed his own training in family constellation therapy. This method eventually guided him to the comprehensive Klinghardt system of holistic healing that he now practises with his private patients.
 
Dr Zieger's philosophy is that all disease can be treated by enhancing the body's capacity to heal itself. He believes that by addressing imbalances and blockages on five intrinsically linked levels of being, the body's innate healing powers can be fully activated. His aim is to equip the body to effect a cure, and prepare it to sustain a state of wellness in the future. This is achieved in a truly holistic fashion by addressing seven common factors that prevent healing on a physical, energetic, mental and intuitive level. It involves identifying and treating toxic burden and micro-organism infection, ensuring essential raw materials are supplied and can be utilised, and dealing with unresolved emotional issues.
 
Most of Dr Zieger's patients consult him because they have been unable to find relief for chronic physical or psychological illness through conventional channels, despite having seen specialists here and abroad. He finds it is common for these patients to have issues with mercury toxicity or Lyme Disease and its co-infections. They present with a wide variety of distressing or disabling symptoms that they may have experienced for years or even decades. These can include anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, pain, low immunity, allergies, respiratory problems, cardiovascular illness, infertility, poor mental functioning, and gastrointestinal disturbances. He is also seeing patients suffering from Autism, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and cancer.
 
Dr Zieger operates his integrated medicine clinic, The SKIAN Clinic, in Forres, situated close to beautiful Findhorn Bay in northeast Scotland. In addition, he maintains his skills in General Practice and emergency care by continuing to take on out-of-hours work for the NHS in remote areas of the Scottish Highlands. He finds this very rewarding; enjoying the challenge and responsibility of at times being two-hours' drive from the nearest hospital, as well as relishing the beautiful mountain scenery and the friendly and welcoming attitude of the local people.
 
He has lived in the UK since 1995 and his great pleasure is spending time with his two young children as they grow up in this beautiful part of north-east Scotland with its clean air, castles, dolphins, seals, and the celebrated northern lights. In his quest he likes to travel worldwide to keep abreast of the latest developments in integrated healthcare, energy medicine and environmental concerns.