ALL ALIGNED HEALING
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Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl was an existential psychologist. He studied and worked in Vienna in the1930s.
He developed Logotherapy.
What is Logotherapy?
Developed by Viktor Frankl, the theory is founded on the belief that human nature is
motivated by the search for a life purpose; logotherapy is the pursuit of that meaning forone’s
life.
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, ALL ALIGNED HEALING
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You can read about his struggle in the camps in Man’s Search for Meaning. You can read it
for free online at archive.org. It is easy, entertaining and inspiring.
Given that we are may well be facing a global catastrophe due to climate change and ecological collapse, it
may well be worthwhile to learn from a thinker who tried and tested his psychotherapythrough terrible
experiences, and used it to greatly help himself and others .
Practice Questions – Guess first!
QUESTION 6
Frankl believed that youngsters often do not reach optimal levels of development because they
1. (a) are given responsibilities at a time when they need to have fun.
2. (b) want to live only for today, without any goals or visions for the future.
3. (c) so easily capitulate to peer and other outside pressures.
4. (d) live in an existential vacuum, with too few challenges and goals.
The correct answer is:
1. (1) (a) and (c)
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