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Logotherapy: Counselling Theory

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Logotherapy
Andrew Roper
ShuoTzu Pan
Mizusa Ushiroda
Tran Thanh Phuong Phan
Camosun College

Authors Note
This paper was prepared for Psyc 256, section 001, taught by Professor Pelling

LOGOTHERAPY
Logotherapy is a counselling theory which centers on the meaning of human existence as well as on man’s search for a meaning. The most important motivational force in man is the striving to find a meaning in one 's life. Logotherapy focuses on helping the client find meaning in their life, whatever their circumstances. Logotherapy is a term derived from “logos,” a Greek word that translates as “meaning” (Calabrese, 1974).
Viktor Emil Frankl (1905 – 199) was born in Vienna, Australia. In high school, Frankl was passionate about philosophy, …show more content…

Frankl 's theories were heavily influenced by his personal experiences of suffering and loss in Nazi concentration camps (Ameli & Dattilio, 2013). In World War II, during the time staying in Nazi concentration camps, he observed that those who were able to survive the experience typically found some meaning in it. Especially, his new bride, his mother, father, and brother, were arrested in Vienna and taken to a concentration camp in Bohemia and then all his family were murdered. It was events that led the young doctor - to realize the significance of meaningfulness in life (“Logotherapy,” 2017). Logotherapy is considered to be the third school of Viennese psychotherapy, along with Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and Alfred Adler’s individual psychology. In contrast with Freud’s “will to pleasure” and Adler’s “will to power,” Frankl’s theory is based on the premise that human beings are motivated by a “will to meaning,” an inner pull to discover meaning in life (Ameli & Dattilio, 2013). In 1946, he published Man’s Search for Meaning, outlining his experiences in the concentration camps as well as the basic tenets and techniques of logotherapy (“Logotherapy,” …show more content…

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