Fifty pictures of living a meaningful life: Art, cartoons, exercises (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544693545)

Dr Joel Vos wrote this book and made the pictures in his private time. In his daily life, he works as Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton, and is Deputy Chair of the Centre for Research in Social and psychological Transformation (CREST) in London, UK. He is health & clinical psychologist, and philosopher. He has published over 40 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, six chapters and a PhD thesis. Joel is coordinator of a research line on meaning in life; he supervises projects on Meaning-Centered Therapy, which help individuals to live a meaningful and satisfying life, despite physical illness or socio-economic circumstances.Joel chairs the International Meaning Conference London 2017. Later in 2017 his book will be released entitled "Meaning in life: an evidence-based handbook for practitioners". Joel identified the 50 most important evidence-based aspects of this handbook, and translated these into the pictures and texts in this book. Alias: The Punk Professor In the punk scene, Joel is known as "The Punk Professor". This reflects his efforts to connect academic research and therapy with a broad audience. Together with Kathy DiTonno and Patrick Griffin he organised Punk4MentalHealth Festival 2017, to raise awareness for mental health and collect money for his research