Albert J Levis
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Albert J. Levis is a psychiatrist
who is the founder and director of the Museum of the Creative Process
in Manchester, Vermont. He and his wife, Georgette Wasserstein Levis, are the innkeepers of the Wilburton Inn
, also in Manchester.
Levis was born in 1937 to a Romaniote
Jewish family in Athens, Greece. After surviving the Holocaust in hiding, Levis continued his studies at Athens College
and then proceeded to the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne for medical training. He completed his psychiatric residency at Yale
, before starting an independent clinical research and training center, The Center for the Study of Normative Behavior in Hamden, Connecticut
.
Levis is best known for his Formal Theory, an integrative approach to behavioral analysis and personality assessment. The Formal Theory seeks to qualify the physical properties of behavior through applying principles of physics to the study of emotional energetic transformation. Levis has published several volumes on this research, including Conflict Analysis: The Formal Theory of Behavior and Conflict Analysis Training. Levis' Conflict Analysis Training includes among other tests the Animal Metaphor Test
, an integrative projective assessment.
Therapeutic care and self-help modules based around the Formal Theory have been instituted in a variety of domestic and international settings. These modules emphasizes the use of creativity as a guide towards self discovery and as a tool for insight and behavior modification.
Levis also holds a wide collection of international and modern art, pieces that are now installed in the permanent exhibits at the Museum of the Creative Process. Additionally, the Museum features the Henry Gorski
retrospective, a collection of the lifetime work of Gorski, as well as the Sanctuary of Wisdom, Levis' Holocaust memorial. Many items from the museum's collections have been featured in museums and gallery exhibits around the New England region.
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
who is the founder and director of the Museum of the Creative Process
Museum of the Creative Process
The Museum of the Creative Process is a museum and learning center dedicated to understanding the role of creativity as a conflict resolving mechanism. Founded and directed by Albert Levis, M.D., the Museum brings together a global collection of contemporary and historical pieces of artwork. The...
in Manchester, Vermont. He and his wife, Georgette Wasserstein Levis, are the innkeepers of the Wilburton Inn
Wilburton Inn
The Wilburton Inn is a historic hotel, restaurant, and estate located in Manchester Village, Vermont.Built in 1902 by Albert Gilbert, a wealthy Chicago industrialist, the Wilburton was at the time the largest privately held estate in the region. James Wilbur, president of a Chicago bank, purchased...
, also in Manchester.
Levis was born in 1937 to a Romaniote
Romaniotes
The Romaniotes or Romaniots are a Jewish population who have lived in the territory of today's Greece and neighboring areas with large Greek populations for more than 2,000 years. Their languages were Yevanic, a Greek dialect, and Greek. They derived their name from the old name for the people...
Jewish family in Athens, Greece. After surviving the Holocaust in hiding, Levis continued his studies at Athens College
Athens College
Athens College is a co-educational private independent school in Psychiko, Greece, a suburb of Athens, part of the Hellenic-American Educational Foundation which also includes Psychiko College, although both schools are usually referred to as "Athens College"...
and then proceeded to the Universities of Zurich and Lausanne for medical training. He completed his psychiatric residency at Yale
YALE
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, before starting an independent clinical research and training center, The Center for the Study of Normative Behavior in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
.
Levis is best known for his Formal Theory, an integrative approach to behavioral analysis and personality assessment. The Formal Theory seeks to qualify the physical properties of behavior through applying principles of physics to the study of emotional energetic transformation. Levis has published several volumes on this research, including Conflict Analysis: The Formal Theory of Behavior and Conflict Analysis Training. Levis' Conflict Analysis Training includes among other tests the Animal Metaphor Test
Animal Metaphor Test
The Animal Metaphor Test is a projective psychological test created by Dr. Albert Levis, the director and founder of the Museum of the Creative Process . The Animal Metaphor Test is one of many tests that are part of Levis' Conflict Analysis Battery, a book of psychological tests .The Animal...
, an integrative projective assessment.
Therapeutic care and self-help modules based around the Formal Theory have been instituted in a variety of domestic and international settings. These modules emphasizes the use of creativity as a guide towards self discovery and as a tool for insight and behavior modification.
Levis also holds a wide collection of international and modern art, pieces that are now installed in the permanent exhibits at the Museum of the Creative Process. Additionally, the Museum features the Henry Gorski
Henry Gorski
Henry Gorski was an American Figurative Expressionist artist. Born in Buffalo, New York, of Polish extraction, Gorski received his BFA from the University of Buffalo in 1939. Gorski lived in the New Haven, Connecticut, area, and was married to the textile artist Bernie Gorski.Active from 1948...
retrospective, a collection of the lifetime work of Gorski, as well as the Sanctuary of Wisdom, Levis' Holocaust memorial. Many items from the museum's collections have been featured in museums and gallery exhibits around the New England region.