Teria Shantall

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Founder of the Viktor Frankl Institute of South Africa.

Academic and professional qualifications

• B.A. Cum Laude (1961); M.A. Hons. Cum Laude (1963), M.A. (Psychology) Cum Laude (1967): University of Pretoria.
• DLitt.et.Phil (1997): University of South Africa.
• Clinical Psychology Internship (1967): Tara Hospital, Johannesburg.
• Registered as Clinical Psychologist at the South African Medical and Dental Council (1973) and at the Health Professions Council of South Africa (1997).
• Training course in Child Psychotherapy, Tavistock Clinic, London (1970).
• Logotherapy Course by Viktor Frankl , United States International University, San Diego (1971).
• Holocaust Studies, School for Educators from Abroad, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem (1994 &1996).
• Diplomate Clinican, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, Dallas Texas (2001).

Employment history and professional positions

• Psychotherapist, Johannesburg Child Guidance Clinic.
• Counselor at the Rand Aid Society, Johannesburg.
• Child Psychotherapist at the Forest Town School for Cerebral Palsied Children.
• Private Clinical Psychology Practice.
• Consultant at the Jaffa Jewish Home for the Aged, Pretoria.
• Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of South Africa.
• National Board Member, Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa.
• Director, Logotherapy training courses, Centre for Applied Psychology, University of South Africa.
• President, Viktor Frankl Institute for Logotherapy in South Africa.
• Vice President, Viktor Frankl Institute for Logotherapy in Israel.

Publications

Books:

• Life's meaning in the face of suffering: the testimony of Holocaust survivors (2002): Jerusalem: Magnes Press of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
  
• The Quest for Destiny: a logotherapeutic guide to meaning-centred living, therapy and counseling (2003): Pretoria: Unisa Press.

Chapters in books:

• The existential theory of Viktor Frankl (1997). In W.F. Meyer, C. Moore & H.J. Viljoen (Eds), Personology: from individual to ecosystem. Johannesburg: Heinemann.
• What is meant by meaning? (1998). In F. Crous, A.A. Havenga-Coetzer & G. Van Heerden (Eds), On the way to meaning. Essays in honour of Viktor Frankl. Johannesburg: The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa.
• Violence and lawlessness in contemporary society: is there a solution? (1998): In F. Crous, A.A. Havenga-Coetzer & G. Van Heerden (Eds), On the way to meaning. Essays in honour of Viktor Frankl. Johannesburg: The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa.

Research and journal articles:

• Let us look at logotherapy. Psychotherapeia and Psychiatry in Practice, 1985, 40.
• A student self-empowerment and enrichment programme. Progressio, 1997, 19(1).
• A tribute to Viktor Frankl. The International Forum for Logotherapy, 1998, 2(1).
• The experience of meaning in suffering among Holocaust survivors. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1999, 39(3).
• A phenomenological analysis of suffering. International Forum for Logotherapy, 1998, 21(2).
• Trauma debriefing and logotherapy. The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa Journal, 2003 (8)2.
• The magic of life. The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa Journal, 2003 (8)2.
• The use of logotherapy in strokes of fate. The Viktor Frankl Foundation of South Africa Journal, 2003 (8)2.
• The meaning of chronic pain. The Journal of Physiotherapy of South Africa, 2003.

Papers at international conferences

• Dallas, Texas: Eleventh World Congress on Logotherapy, 1997. Has suffering any meaning? A heuristic study of the question among Holocaust survivors.
• Dublin, Ireland: Fifth Europen Congress of Psychology, 1997. The defiant power of the human spirit: its provocation among students in a post-apartheid South Africa.
• Kempton Park, South Africa: The International Person-Centre Approach Conference, 1998. The relevance of the person-centred approach in the South African Context: a student self-empowerment and enrichment programme.
• Rome, Italy: Sixth European Congress of Psychology, 1999. The creation of community among divergent ethnic student groups in a post-apartheid South Africa.
• Dallas, Texas: Fourteenth World Congress on Logotherpy, 2003. A training in logotherapy: a first in South Africa .
• Dallas, Texas: Fifteenth World Congress on Logotherapy, 2005. Plenary session: Logotherapy – its message, its power, its glory.
• Dallas, Texas: Sixteenth World Congress on Logotherapy, 2007. Plenary session: Logotherapy in Israel .
• Dallas, Texas: Seventeenth World Congress on Logotherapy, 2009. Plenary session: Logotherapy in a Global Context.

Awards

• British Council Bursary, 1969, for training as a Child Psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, London.
• Unisa Senior Travel Bursary, 1994 & 1996, for Holocaust studies at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
• Human Sciences Research Council Grant, 1996, for doctoral research.
• The South African Jewish Achievers award, 2003.
• The Presidential Award of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, Dallas, Texas, 2005, for distinguished service in promoting the work of Viktor E. Frankl throughout the world.
• The Joseph Fabry Foundation Award, 2007, Sixteenth World Congress on Logotherapy, in recognition of distinguished leadership in promoting the work of Viktor Frankl.
• The Statue of Responsibility Award, 2009, Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, in grateful appreciation for sterling leadership and visionary contributions in promoting the work of Viktor E. Frankl around the world.