Jay Levinson Editor & Author

Charles McLafferty, Jr., Ph.D. has served on the faculties of the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in which he integrated the principles of logotherapy and existential psychology. He has served as a reviewer for eight academic journals, and authored or coauthored articles in medical, psychological, educational, and business journals. Invited to speak internationally, his presentations put forth innovative and creative extensions of theories such as logotherapy, psychosynthesis, and perennial philosophy. As the founder and President of Purpose Research, he has edited and published more than a dozen books by authors who focus on logotherapy and existential analysis; ten of them edited or authored by Paul and Lilian Wong, Elisabeth Lukas, and Joseph Fabry. His long-term interest is in establishing the fact of the soul (noëtic dimension) in education, psychology, and human living. 
Jay Levinson, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He has lectured internationally and served on the faculties of both the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the only person to publish research integrating the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl (meaning in life) and Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (meaning in death). He was privileged to serve as a special assistant, colleague, and friend to Dr. Frankl for over 20 years and edited his last book, Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning. In addition, Existential Psychotherapy of Meaning, co-edited by Dr. Alexander Batthyány and Dr. Levinson, is a compilation of the next generation of work in logotherapy. Dr. Levinson was recently honored by the Vienna Institute of Logotherapy with its Lifetime Achievement Award and was made an Honorary Member of the Austrian Medical Society. In an effort to give back to his community, he has served on boards of several charitable foundations including the Vienna Institute of Logotherapy and was a founder of the Baltimore Ronald McDonald House.