because he is basing his theories off of his personal experiences in the holocaust where he had been held in an extermination camp where he experienced the most extreme of human conditions and came out of it with his teaching of therapy known as logotherapy. While in the camps Frankl studied the lives of the SS (German guards)‚ the capos (Jewish guards)‚ and the prisoners. From this study Frankl learned many basic things about life. Frankl while in the camps saw that all of the different groups
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Man’s Search for Meaning written by Viktor Frankl has two parts to it. The first section describes Frankl’s experience in a concentration camp and the second section describes his view and opinion on logotherapy. Frankl talks a lot about existentialism in this book‚ such as his sections on the existential vacuum and the existentialist idea that you must find your own meaning‚ however he also uses a lot of buddhist principles. The buddhist principles that Frankl talks about in his book‚ Man’s Search
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Man’s Search for Meaning was about a man who survived in a concentration camp and is now known as a famous psychiatrist. Frankl discusses exactly what happens in camp and how camp impacted him in vivid detail. He also discusses how he developed logotherapy‚ which is the proposition that the human person is motivated by a “will to meaning‚” an inner feeling to find a meaning in life. Something that caught my attention is how sane Frankl seemed to be while he was in the concentration camp. Most other
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responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast” Logotherapy was created with the Greek word logos ("wisdom"). Frankl’s concept is based on the ideas that the primary motivation of a human being is to find a meaning in life. In the reading it is noted that Logotherapy can be broken down into three distinct parts. The first point is life has meaning under all circumstances. Secondly‚ our main motivation for
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References: Villar‚ I. (2009). Implementing a Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program in the Philippines. Makati City: Aligned Transformations Publications From “Logo Therapy Basic Principles” by Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logotherapy From “Foundation of Healing; Sample Chapter” by dharma-haven.org http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/healing-power-of-mind.htm
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In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl describes his revolutionary type of psychotherapy. He calls this therapy‚ logotherapy‚ from the Greek word "logos"‚ which denotes meaning. This is centered on man’s primary motivation of his search for meaning. To Frankl‚ finding meaning in life is a stronger force than any subconscious drive. He draws from his own experiences in a Nazi concentration camp to create and support this philosophy of man’s existence. Frankl endured much suffering during
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Existentialism: A Theoretical Orientation Jared Smith Nevada State College In the mental health profession‚ there are many theoretical approaches available to therapists to help them in understanding their clients. These theoretical approaches‚ “provide a frame work for conceptualizing client problems and determining a course of action in counseling” (Erford‚ 2010). Existentialism is one of many theoretical orientations of the mental health profession within the human services industry available
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concentration camps. Later‚ while in Auschwitz‚ to give himself a sense of purpose‚ he observed his fellow prisoners and their individual experiences. Once returning home after being freed‚ he developed an entirely new method of therapy called Logotherapy. He wrote A Man’s Search For Meaning in order to explain how the theory came about as well as to add a different perspective to the many books being written about the reality of the Nazi concentration camps. It is a difficult task to summarize
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In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl‚ a Jewish psychiatrist‚ reflects on his experiences in a German concentration camp during the Holocaust. In the book‚ Frankl shows how one might find hope in light of adversity and meaning despite despair. In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ one can find a response to the problem of evil in the world‚ and embrace the Jesuitical ideal of vocation Frankl organizes a prisoner’s experience in a concentration camp into three separate phases of mental reactions‚ "The
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the Amazon forest! At first‚ I needed to find out who was Victor Frankl; I needed to look in depth who was this person. After numerous searches‚ I found out he was born in 1905 and died in 1997; he was a neurologist‚ psychiatrist‚ founder of logotherapy‚ and existential analysis. And most importantly‚ he was an Auschwitz survivor. Dr Frankl authored thirty two books that were published in no less than 29 languages. The book I was supposed to review‚
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