Elisabeth Lukas

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Elisabeth Lukas (born 12 November 1942) is an Austrian psychiatrist and one of the central figures in logotherapy, a branch of psychotherapy founded by Viktor Frankl. [1] She has won multiple awards for her contributions and founded an institute of logotherapy in Germany, training hundreds of logotherapists

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Biography

Elisabeth Lukas was born on 12 November 1942 in Vienna, where she would go on to study psychology. [2] There, she met Viktor Frankl, and later wrote her dissertation on a topic related to logotherapy. [2] She found an interest in the topic due to becoming disillusioned with studying animals to explain human behaviours. She felt that human spirituality and individual needs were not being adequately addressed by researching rat behaviours. [3] She has been described as "one of Dr Frankl's foremost living disciples". [4] [5]

Lukas moved to Germany in 1973 with her husband and children, and went on to found the South German Institute of Logotherapy in Fürstenfeldbruck in 1986, where she trained hundreds of logotherapists. [6]

Lukas has authored 30 books, translated into 16 languages. [7] She developed a Logo-Test to measure Viktor Frankl's principles of logotherapy, [8] primarily the perceived degree of meaning in life on the part of the individual. The test also attempts to measure possible noogenic neurosis. [9] [10]

Lukas returned to live in Austria in 2003, where she worked as a therapist until 2011. [2] In 2012 she took a position of Academic Supervisor at the Endowed Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology at the International Academy for Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein. [11] She is academic supervisor of Alexander Batthyány, Austrian philosopher, cognitive scientist and psychotherapy researcher. [12]

Awards

In 1991, Lukas received the Honorary Medal from Santa Clara University in California for “Outstanding Contributions in Counseling Psychology to the World Community”. [2] Lukas received the Grand Award from the Viktor Frankl Institute in 2001 [13] , and in 2014 she was given an honorary professorship from the University of Moscow's Institute of Psychoanalysis. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Wong, P. T. (2012). From logotherapy to meaning-centered counseling and therapy. The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and applications, 2, 619-647.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "From the Life of Dr. Elisabeth Lukas | Elisabeth Lukas Archive". Elisabeth Lukas Archiv. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  3. ↑ Aghadiuno, Mabel; Kalsi, Jas (2017-11-22). Soul Matters: The Spiritual Dimension Within Healthcare. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-315-34715-8.
  4. ↑ Costello, Stephen J. (2017-01-06). The Philosophy Clinic: Practical Wisdom at Work. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4438-6936-2.
  5. ↑ Kőváry, Zoltán (2024-12-30). Applications of Existential Psychology: Introduction to Existential Psychology Volume 2. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-040-25271-0.
  6. ↑ Cox, W. Miles; Klinger, Eric (2004-03-05). Handbook of Motivational Counseling: Concepts, Approaches, and Assessment. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-0-470-09258-3.
  7. ↑ Elisabeth Lukas: Verlust und Gewinn. Profil, München 2007, S. 124.
  8. ↑ Kwee, J., & Längle, A. (2019). Challenges and New Developments in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy, 381-403.
  9. ↑ Starck, P. L. (2003). The theory of meaning. Middle range theory for nursing, 125-144.
  10. ↑ PREBLE, J. (1987). THE LOGO-TEST: NORMING EXTENSIONS (LOGOTHERAPY, EXISTENTIAL VACUUM, NOOGENIC NEUROSIS, FRANKL).
  11. ↑ Batthyány, Alexander (2016-04-08). Logotherapy and Existential Analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Volume 1. Springer. ISBN   978-3-319-29424-7.
  12. ↑ "Alexander Batthyány | Psi Encyclopedia". psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  13. ↑ "VFI / Frankl Award". www.viktorfrankl.org. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
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