Edward (Méndez Asín) Marshall is the Viktor E. Frankl Professor of Psychotherapy and Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Foundation, Sarasota, FL, USA.
Fellow Scholas Chair, University of Meaning, Vatican City.
Worked as part-time professor of Psychotherapy and Spirituality at St. Paul Catholic University, Ottawa, Ontario.
Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario, Canada.
After high school, in the preparatory year for university, Edward participated in the UNIV’ 80 Congress in Rome, with the presentation: “Eudaimonia: What is the good life?” Edward was privileged to attend a private audience with Saint John Paul II, who addressed a group of students about trust, hope, love, relationships, and responsibility. This significant encounter took place on Easter Sunday evening, April 6, 1980, at the Saint Damaso Courtyard in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City.
Edward earned his medical degree at the University of Navarra in Spain. During his time as a medical student, he was introduced to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis by attending a course in 1982 offered by Visiting Professor Rev. Dr. Joan Baptista Torelló, a distinguished colleague of Viktor E. Frankl in Vienna, Austria.
Diplomate Clinician, Lifetime Member and Faculty Member of the Viktor E. Frankl Institute of Logotherapy, USA.
Accredited member of the International Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Austria.
Worked as a Family Physician and completed his master’s degree in emergency medicine at the University of La Laguna, Spain.
Completed his PhD in Neurosciences at the University of La Laguna, Spain.
Earned his Post-graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Leeds, UK.
Worked as staff psychiatrist in hospitals and community mental health centers in England, UK for five years prior to moving to Canada.
Holds an Advanced Certificate in Personal and Executive Coaching from the College of Executive Coaching, California, USA.
Certified Supervisor with the National Consortium in Health Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.
His research interests include studying models of the freedom of will and applications of LTEA in clinical practice, trauma, and moral injury. His current research project is on existential issues in Artificial Intelligence. He is the author of several books and peer-reviewed articles.