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Following
medical qualification and post-graduate training in
pediatrics and psychiatry in New York, Leon moved
to London in 1965 firstly to work with Maxwell
Jones at Dingleton Hospital, in Scotland, later
with R. D. Laing at Kingsley Hall and other
Philadelphia Association households, several of
which he founded. A practicing psychotherapist, he
is also a practitioner of the Alexander Technique,
Hatha Yoga and Zen. Dr. Redler was the Chair of the
Philadelphia Association from February of 1997 to
February of 1999, the first to hold that position
since it was vacated by R. D. Laing in 1981. He was
also Chair of the PA's psychotherapy training
committee from November, 1996 to June, 2000. His
therapy practice and The Mediation Partnership he
co-directs are based at the Diorama Center for Art,
Therapy and Technology in London. Published work
includes articles on Laing, Levinas and Buddhist
teachings and practice. He is married and has three
daughters.
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