“ Even more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for. ” Viktor E. Frankl

Journey

  1. 1926

    Viktor Frankl refining his theory, which he termed Logotherapy

    Viktor Frankl coined the term after a year of questioning the Freudian approach to psychoanalysis, followed by his removal from Adler’s circle due to Frankl insisting that meaning was the central motivational force in human beings.

  2. 1951

    Viktor Frankl was a key-note speaker at the 1st International Congress for Psychotherapy, Leiden

  3. 1973

    Dr. Willem Maas discovers Frankl´s Man’s search for meaning: an introduction to logotherapy

  4. 1984

    Dr. Willem Maas & Drs. Pieter Hoekstra 1st meeting with Viktor Frankl, in Utrecht

  5. 1989

    Founding of NILEA

  6. 1990

    First Logotherapy Congress in the Netherlands with Dr. Greg Clark (US veterans), prof. Dr. Gina Giovinco (Medical faculty University of Central Florida)

  7. 1991

    First Logotherapy course in the Netherlands

  8. 1994

    Founding NVLEA

  9. 1995

    Wereldcongres EAP in Wenen

  10. 1997

    Bulletin for Logotherapy and EA goes international

  11. 1998

    (first) website NILEA online

  12. 2001

    First ECP for Logotherapy in the Netherlands

  13. 2005

    NILEA leadership taken over by Drs. Pieter Hoekstra

  14. 2011

    Newsletter NILEA is born

  15. 2019

    20th edition .Frankl ; The Meaning of Existence, introduction Dr. Willem Maas & Drs. Pieter Hoekstra

  16. 2020

    NILEA goes online, because of COVID-19 restrictions

  17. 2025

    Leadecademy collaborates with NILEA