About Us
THE LONDON CHAPTER OF VIKTOR FRANKL'S LOGOTHERAPY AND EXISTENTIAL ANAYLSIS
The London Chapter of Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Anaylsis was founded by Dr. Doreen Francis in 2010. Our mission is to acquaint the public with the philosophical and therapeutic concepts of Viktor Frankl, MD., Ph.D., and to provide courses, counselling and consulting, as well as a formal training programme in logotherapy and existential analysis, which is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom.
We are dedicated to promoting the work of Dr. Viktor E. Frankl in collaboration with the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy and its international associations
Director: Dr. Doreen M. Francis, Diplomate in Logotherapy.
Logotherapist and Counselor
Dr. Francis has worked in the field of community and social services as a therapist, counsellor and social worker, for over 25 years, on a variety of community projects with adults, children and families and the elderly.
Working in the UK, since 2003, with the social services in London, specializing in Child Protection and, in subsequent years, in Palliative Care and End of Life Care with adults, she has further enriched her work as well as her studies.
After completing a Master of Arts Degree in Contemporary Psychoanalysis, in 2007, Dr. Francis has continued her educational endeavours, and is now a PhD researcher in the School of Social Sciences – toward a specialization in emotional/psychological pain management - at Brunel University, North London, UK.
Dr. Francis studied Franklian Psychology and has achieved the Diplomate in Logotherapy credential, through the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, in 2009.