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    Biographical Sketch Viktor E. Frankl was born in Vienna in 1905 and lived to be 92. He was a neurologist‚ psychiatrist‚ and a professor at Vienna Medical School. Frankl founded “logotherapy” which is the existential psychotherapy focusing on the importance of meaning. He was married twice‚ his first wife died in 1945 and then he married Eleonore in 1947. Together they had a daughter named Gabriele. He spent 3 years in concentration camps during World War II. When he was forced into the first concentration

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    Advance course on Logotherapy Logotask 1 (as specified in tutorial letter 103/2012) Name: Wessels‚ Nicolaas Johannes Student no: 7294-232-0 Course code: LOGO 01-8 Academic Qualifications: B Comm (Marketing) UP; B Comm (Marketing) (Hons) Unisa; MBL Unisa Occupation: Business Leadership Coach Postal address: PO Box 786411‚ Sandton‚ 2146 Tel: 011 783 4155 (H); 011 253 9919 (O); 082 554 4614 (M) e-mail: klasie@streetschool.co.za “As much as it was a point of utter determination‚ it was

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    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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    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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    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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    got out. For example‚ he was set on completing his manuscript on logotherapy which also symbolized his hope for the future. He was able to find this meaning and live his life to the best he could‚ even though he knew that he might not have anyone to go home to. The life in the concentration camps was not only brutal‚ but meaningless‚ which made it hard to pass the hours while suffering so greatly. Overall‚ Frankl’s concept of logotherapy is when all external desires are gone‚ and a human is in a state

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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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    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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