Having a purpose in life can strengthen resilience in the face of adversity, research says. This is also the basis of logotherapy, a traditional psychotherapeutic practice. In this article, we look at ...
Viktor Frankl was the founder of the logotherapy concept. He believed that human nature thrives on finding a life purpose. “Logo” is a word that comes from the Greek word "logos," which means "meaning ...
As a trauma-informed (PCTI) therapist, I am heavily influenced by Viktor Frankl, a Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor, psychiatrist, and founder of Logotherapy. Logotherapy is anchored in the belief ...
If we have our own why of life, we shall get along with almost any how. —Nietzsche Vienna has a habit of giving birth to schools of psychiatry and then putting them up for adoption in other countries.
Hope and despair are two different sides of a coin. Hope leads to prosperity and despair may take you to a bridge that leads nowhere. We all are going through a very rough patch of life. Covid 19 has ...
A survivor of the terror and famine of Nazi concentration camps, Dr. Viktor E. Frankl, professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at the University of Vienna, is the ...
This year marks the 70th anniversary of Viktor Frankl’s landmark Holocaust testimony Man’s Search for Meaning. The book inspired millions with its nevertheless-say-yes-to-life attitude as Frankl, who ...