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According to Pyszczynski et al. (2010), Frankl dealt with these questions consciously, by relating to the works of Yalom (1980), Greenberg et al. (2004), and Koole et al. (2006). Throughout his whole life, Frankl lived according to his ideas of life’s meaning as well as suprameaning.
- 1.1 Religion and Spirituality
- 1.2 What Kind of “Ministry”: Frankl’s Approach on Religion
- 1.3 “A World Void of Intrinsic Meaning…”
- 1.4 Religion and Well-Being: Some Research Data
Initially closely linked to each other, in the late twentieth century, spirituality and religion became disconnected from each other. Together with declining membership in religious institutions, spirituality became more and more oriented on subjective experience of developing the “true self,” potentially in combination with reference to Eastern sp...
In one of his major works, Frankl (2000) elaborated on meaning and content of “ministry,” challenging the reductionism of the mainstream therapeutic professions regarding values. Again, his considerations for medical professions can well be extended to coaching and training services in the workplace: “That aspect of logotherapy which I call medical...
In 1985, Viktor Frankl had been awarded the Oskar Pfister Prize (Frankl 2000) for important contributions in the field of religion and psychiatry. In 2000, the American Psychiatric Association awarded their Oskar Pfister Prize to psychiatrist and psychotherapist Irvin Yalom. In his acceptance speech, Yalom (2000) reports on the initial dialogue wit...
Research on any links between religious orientation and well-being noted that there needs to be a basic differentiation between: (i) Agnostic persons, (ii) spiritually oriented persons with no religious affiliation, (iii) nonreligiously affiliated persons, (iv) persons religiously affiliated who practice their religion, and (v) persons religiously ...
- Beate von Devivere
- 2018
Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, and the founder of logotherapy, has left an indelible mark on the landscape of psychotherapy. Through his profound experiences and insights, Frankl reshaped the way we understand human suffering, resilience, and the quest for meaning.
- Success, happiness, and pleasure ensue, they should not be pursued. In the intro, Frankl writes, “Again and again, I therefore admonish my students both in Europe and in America: “Don’t aim at success-the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
- You always have free will. Frankl believes you always have some degree of freedom, and you can use this freedom to discover meaning for your life.
- Your primary motivation is the will to meaning; you are not merely a pleasure or power seeking organism (Logotherapy and antireductionism). Frankl believes the main concern of humans is to fulfill meaning and actualize values.
- Meaning of Life 1: Creating. Before exploring the first meaning of life, let me say that Frankl does not believe the meaning of life can be answered in general terms.
Feb 22, 2019 · Frankl suggested that a “ will to meaning,” exists in all of us and impacts our behavior and mental health. Our having it means that what we really want in life is to give a meaning to what we...
May 17, 2020 · That selfsame year, the young Viennese neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl (March 26, 1905–September 2, 1997) was taken to Auschwitz along with more than a million human beings robbed of the basic right to answer this question for themselves, instead deemed unworthy of living.
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Mar 26, 2013 · For Frankl, meaning came from three possible sources: purposeful work, love, and courage in the face of difficulty. In examining the “intensification of inner life” that helped prisoners stay alive, he considers the transcendental power of love: Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved.
