Logotherapy

Life was consumed by constant orders, labor, malnutrition, disease, and murder in the concentration camps. Yet somehow the human psyche in many individuals was able to endure throughout these imprisonments. Men and women were almost completely dehumanized during this genocide, but their psyche survived it. People had to find little things to keep themselves content and to nurture their psyche. “Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation” (63). Humor allows a person

camp in the Holocaust greatly influenced and shaped his discovery of logotherapy; a therapeutic approach onto the ‘pre-reflective ontological self-understanding’, this aspect is acquired through all human beings. During Frankl’s time in the Nazi concentration camp, he discovered that those who had not lost their sense of purpose and life’s reason survived longer than those who had given up all together. Frankl based his logotherapy on the idea that all human beings are motivated to find their “life

It always begins with a promise. A promise for better living conditions, higher wage, more opportunities, etc. This is when hope is established within an hard working individual. In the video, “New England cotton mills” and the reading, “Life in the Iron Mills”, there are similarities in regards to working conditions, solidarity among workers, and owner attitudes. Both mills show identifiable occasions of mistreatment of workers, although there are clear differences in quality and benefits offered

Here he outlines a theory of Logotherapy as a psychological technique for helping people. In this section, Frankl discusses the basics of this approach to therapy and supports it by referring to some work with patients and again his own experiences in the concentration camps. The writing is less an autobiographical account and more a detailed presentation of psychological terms and concepts associated with logotherapy. Through an examination of logotherapy, Frankl contrasts its approach with

Frankl’s work though widely appreciated has also garnered some criticism from various philosophers . The first one comes from Ken Niemann who argues that the name “Logotherapy” is anthetical to Frankl’s core beliefs (http://www.recoverytoday.net/articles/342-on-the-philosophy-of-recovery-reason-meaning-and-logotherapy). According to Niemann, the word Logos was first found in the writings of Heraclitus, a greek philospher, who claimed the logos can be used to describe the fabric of universe which

Man’s Search for Life’s Purpose Through Logotherapy “For the meaning of life differs from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment…the meaning of life always changes, but…it never ceases to be” (108,111). Victor Frankl, through his own struggle inside concentration camps, explains the belief that mankind is driven by the incessant search of meaning to their lives, even through the direst of

Elie Wiesel’s [holocaust survivor] book night is one with some non visible but hidden ideas. Elie makes some more obvious than others. There are two sides/ outlooks to this idea from his book. There's a selfish outlook and there a selfless outlook. Evidence of this are all throughout his book. Not wasting any more time let's get into our first side of his hidden idea. Elie says and believes it’s more important to help one another rather to be selfish and fend for oneself. Elie and his father have

Ph.D. from the University of Vienna. He has published over 30 books on psychology and has also lectured at Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Stanford and many other institutions. Frankl’s theory was one that contradicted Sigmund Freud’s. Logotherapy is the belief that the nature of humans is motivated by a search for a life purpose. Frankl was a survivor of the Holocaust, therefore can provide first-hand accounts of the experiences that people had to endure. He wrote the book to show, even

A Reflection of Viktor Frankl’s Man 's Search for Meaning. In this paper I will be analysing/ reflecting on Viktor Frankl’s Man 's Search for Meaning. In my reflection I will compare the main philosophical message of frankl 's experience and try to compare its meaning to my very own life experience. In order to do this I must give you some personal background while growing up I was born with some challenging complications due to a lack of oxygen at birth I was diagnosed with ataxic cerebral

A survivor and a psychiatrist by the name of Victor Frankl wrote the essay of “ Tragic Optimism” explaining that they're are components of human existence that are unavoidable. Every human no matter their gender, race nor age will be faced with an obstacle in their own way during the duration of their lifetime. These components construct what is otherwise known as the tragic triad - pain, guilt and death- which all coexist to create a blockage that one must learn to overcome. By adapting, we learn