Dr. Christopher Wurm

Becoming a Community of Practice – an Australian perspective

This presentation is a personal reflection on the evolution of the GLE-International, as well as the rise (and fall) of other organisations and societies with related areas of interest. The establishment of the GLE Canada follows many years of successful training in Vancouver, with significant contributions from Canada to international conferences and publications, such as the “Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy.” 

What challenges will the GLE Canada face? What other contributions will you make?  And how will you set limits?

Dr. Christopher Wurm MB BS FRACGP FAChAM, studied Medicine and German at the University of Adelaide, Australia, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1980. He got to know Professor Viktor Frankl personally while undertaking some training in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis in Vienna. Post-graduate training and experience in Australia, Austria and the United Kingdom led to him qualifying as a Specialist in General Practice (Family Medicine) and later also recognition as a Specialist in Addiction Medicine. He currently serves as Senior Consultant, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, South Australia, and Visiting Fellow, Discipline of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide. He is Past Vice-President of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Australia. He has been invited to give a Plenary Address to the Inaugural Canadian Conference of Existential Analysis in Vancouver, BC. His main work is as a practicing physician in a public outpatient clinic serving people with a range of conditions related to social disadvantage, including homelessness. He is also engaged in teaching and writing.