This essay sets out to explore Viktor E Frankl and his key concepts of freedom‚ responsibility and meaning in his existential theory and the relevance of these concepts within the counselling setting. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) was born into a Jewish family‚ his experience in the concentration camps during the 2nd world war clearly helped shaped his beliefs and his subsequent approach to methods of counselling and therapy. However‚ prior to the war Frankl was himself an eminent physician and neurologist
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Transcendence Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces depicts how a hero transcends and transforms from ordinary to extraordinary. In the book‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces discusses his theory of the journey of the archetypal hero found in world of mythologies. In relation‚ a hero’s journey is depicted in the story Inanna‚ the queen of heaven and earth. The story follows through as her descent to the underworld‚ with challenges before and after achieving her "Hero" status. Moreover
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culturally and spiritually rich Byzantium‚ is considered to be one of Yeats’ masterpieces. This poem‚ which initially seems like a bitter response of an aging man unable to enjoy the care freeness of youth‚ seems to more accurately embody Man’s transcendence of mortality. Yeats use of dichotomies‚ symbolism‚ and allusions in “Sailing to Byzantium” effectively illustrates the human desire to separate one’s self from nature’s inevitable cycle of life and death in order to avoid becoming an insignificant
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Abraham Maslow (1954) attempted to synthesize a large body of research related to human motivation. Prior to Maslow‚ researchers generally focused separately on such factors as biology‚ achievement‚ or power to explain what energizes‚ directs‚ and sustains human behavior. Maslow posited a hierarchy of human needs based on two groupings: deficiency needs and growth needs. Within the deficiency needs‚ each lower need must be met before moving to the next higher level. Once each of these needs has been
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Biography Viktor Frankl was born in Vienna on March 26‚ 1905. His father‚ Gabriel Frankl‚ was a strong‚ disciplined man from Moravia who worked his way from government stenographer to become the director of the Ministry of Social Service. His mother‚ Elsa Frankl (née Lion)‚ was more tenderhearted‚ a pious woman from Prague. The middle of three children‚ young Viktor was precocious and intensely curious. Even at the tender age of four‚ he already knew that he wanted to be a physician. In high
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Philosophy 2.) Patriotism can be thought of as love of one’s country. Describe love of country using Frankl’s notion of love. What practical obligations does Frankl’s definition of love demand for a patriotic citizen of a democratic nation? Frankl says that love is realizing the potential of the beloved and therefore enabling them to manifest their potential. To love ones country‚ a patriotic individual needs to learn to look past what is and rather at what could and should be. Our founding
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The Western Transcendence Driving through the vast lands in the American West is a humbling experience. The inhospitable terrain in Arizona can envelop you for hours with only the road for company‚ a seemingly unwelcoming and hostile environment to live in. Yet‚ Arizona is one of the fastest growing states in the nation. The idea of the American West transcends borders and even oceans. A concept that was bold in its reach and audacious in its implementation. The relative speed of
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TOPIC: Explain in depth one of Frankl’s primary ideas‚ and discuss in detail how the idea you’ve chosen might be used to change or influence your life. The Meaning of Life Frankl does not use the word "meaning" in the general broad sense such as in "What is the meaning of life?" but rather in a more specific way of "what is the meaning of your life". In Frankl’s words‚ asking the meaning of life is akin to asking the chess champion: "Tell me‚ Master‚ what is the best move in the world?” (pg 131)
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Karim Debbagh 12/19/11 Professor McMorris Degradation and Transcendence Carnival is a public spectacle‚ a celebration in which people are uplifted from their daily struggles. A time where there are no degradations and transcendence occurs for all people. In Earl Lovelace’s Dragon Can’t Dance‚ characters such as Pariag‚ Sylvia‚ and Aldrick are shown with struggle‚ with degradations that they are trying to overcome. Each of these characters is facing different problems and
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is a theory in psychology proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 Paper “A Theory of Human Motivation” Maslow wanted to understand what motivates people. He believed that individuals possess a set of motivation systems unrelated to reward or unconscious desire. Maslow stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulfill the next one‚ and so on. The earliest and most widespread version of Maslow ’s hierarchy of needs includes five motivational
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