 He then enrolled in studies of the history of ideas at the University of Aarhus.He financed his studies working at the resort "Bøgholt" in Viby J, and dropped out of studies to work full-time with social treatment.At an internal course he became acquainted with U.S. psychiatrist Walter Kempler and they became friends, finally leading to him forming the "Kempler Institute of Scandinavia" in 1979 with Kempler as a director.