He was born in Bratislava in 1948. He graduated in the field of pedagogic treatment at the Philosophy and Pedagogy faculty UK in Bratislava. Since 1978, he has been working as a therapist at the Centre for Treatment of Drug Dependencies in Bratislava. He completed psychotherapeutic training at federal community of SUR, during the period 1980 – 1985.
Within the period of 1995 – 1998, he took up fellowships and working residencies in Italy, Slovenia, Holland and Great Britain.