Leon Petchkovsky MB BS FRCPsych PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry with the University of Queensland.

His research interests are the qualitative methodologies, as applied to psychotherapy, art therapy, and indigenous mental health; and the interface between the depth psychotherapies and neurobiology.

In 2004, he organized Australia’s first Conference on Complementary Psychiatry.  He  has spent many years in Central Australia, being mentored by indigenous healers, and was the principal expert witness for the Stolen Generations.

Leon is a senior teaching Analyst with the C G Jung Institute of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Analytical Psychologists (Jungian Analysts).  He can be contacted on lpetch@hotmail.com