Logotherapy

Viktor Emil Frankl was born on March, 26th 1905, at Czeringassa 7, in Leopoldstadt, in Vienna Austria, where Sigmund Freud and Alfred Alder also grew up (Klingberg, 2014). He was the middle child out of three children. His older brother, Walter was two and a half years older, and his younger sister, Stella, was four years younger. His mother was Elsa Frankl, was a polish woman from Prague with a gentle manner. His father, Gabriel Frankl, had been a hard working man who was the Director of Social

Viktor Frankl, renowned psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, often quoted Nietzsche saying, “He who has a ‘why’ to live for can bear almost any ‘how’”. Viktor Frankl, known for his development of logotherapy, a form of therapy that teaches individuals to live a life of meaning, put this saying to use when he experienced unspeakable atrocities during the holocaust. Given his medical and psychological history, Frankl was able to withstand Nazi concentration camps and not give into the hopelessness

Essentially logotherapy is described to be, “a will to meaning” (99). He believed that, “striving to find a meaning in one’s life is the primary motivational force in man.” (99). His approach to this idea is based on three psychological and philosophical concepts: meaning

The concentration camps that were run by the Nazis during World War II can easily be labeled as one of the most grotesque examples of cruelty in the entire world. The people that were sent to these concentration camps were treated as less than human by the power hungry leaders of the camp. As we have all learned in history classes throughout our lives, the conditions of these camps were blatantly abhorrent, and it is a surprise that people made it out of these camps alive. In his book, Man’s Search

Logotherapy as an adjunctive treatment for chronic combat-related PTSD was an interesting read. Having known nothing about Logotherapy, I found that using it to treat veterans who suffer from PTSD to be intriguing. Often times therapies will only work in either an individual setting or a group setting but not both. Logotherapy is versatile, being able to work in an inpatient setting, group setting and individual setting and is a very effective form of treatment for the clients. Our military veterans

left devoid of personal choice. Even at his most pathetic state, mankind still bestows the power over his internal reality. Essentially, he is the master of his own universe. Viktor Frankl’s belief in man’s power over himself led him to develop Logotherapy, which is the concept of seeking logic and meaning rather than power and pleasure. This model proposed that the fate of a person is a result of inner decisions instead of external forces. This applied to the lives of those who suffered under the

Meaning is a very popular script and has great renown in the world of psychology. It has been said that the book should be a mandatory reading for all up and coming psychology students and professors alike. The book supplies valuable insight into logotherapy as well as Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis and is inspirational to all those who read it. It has been said that the riveting tale will “make a difference in your life”. The book and Frankl’s ideas debate that people are not driven by desires but

Holocaust Memorial Museum). Frankl turned his experiences and findings into an extremely powerful novel, Man’s Search for Meaning. He tells his story of living in a concentration camp, while also introducing and explaining his psychological theory of logotherapy. Viktor Frankl, a 20th century psychologist, was born in 1905 in Vienna, Austria. He later attended school at the University of Vienna and received his MD and PhD in psychiatry and neurology, with a focus in depression and suicide (Good Therapy

Introduction The term logotherapy is derived from a Greek word that translates as ”meaning” and therapy, which is defined as treatment of a condition, illness, or maladjustment (GoodTherapy, 2015). Logotherapy is sometimes referred to at the “Third Vienessen School of Psychotherapy”, with Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis being the first, and Alfred Adler’s individual psychology being the second. In contrast to Freud and Aldler thought, Viktor Frankl, with the emergence of logotherapy, maintained that a

I am going to guess that the reader of this essay is not a holocaust survivor. I can almost guarantee it. Although you’re not a survivor of one of the most horrific events in history, it does not mean you will have no feelings about it if you were to hear some stories. I call them stories because most books written of such detail are mere personal experiences and not factual, historical information. Speaking of personal experiences, I took the time to read a book about a man named Viktor Emil Frankl