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    concentration camps. Later‚ while in Auschwitz‚ to give himself a sense of purpose‚ he observed his fellow prisoners and their individual experiences. Once returning home after being freed‚ he developed an entirely new method of therapy called Logotherapy. He wrote A Man’s Search For Meaning in order to explain how the theory came about as well as to add a different perspective to the many books being written about the reality of the Nazi concentration camps. It is a difficult task to summarize

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    In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ Viktor Frankl‚ a Jewish psychiatrist‚ reflects on his experiences in a German concentration camp during the Holocaust. In the book‚ Frankl shows how one might find hope in light of adversity and meaning despite despair. In Man’s Search for Meaning‚ one can find a response to the problem of evil in the world‚ and embrace the Jesuitical ideal of vocation Frankl organizes a prisoner’s experience in a concentration camp into three separate phases of mental reactions‚ "The

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    behaviors and actions. As a part of resilience building‚ there are appraisal focused‚ problem focused or emotion focused forms of coping. Viktor Frankl is a neurologist and psychiatrist who created logotherapy‚ a therapy that seeks to heal through access to meaning and purpose in spiritual terms. Logotherapy has great impact on the

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    the Amazon forest! At first‚ I needed to find out who was Victor Frankl; I needed to look in depth who was this person. After numerous searches‚ I found out he was born in 1905 and died in 1997; he was a neurologist‚ psychiatrist‚ founder of logotherapy‚ and existential analysis. And most importantly‚ he was an Auschwitz survivor. Dr Frankl authored thirty two books that were published in no less than 29 languages. The book I was supposed to review‚

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    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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    Cambridge University Press‚ 1998)‚ p.15 4 7. J. P Sartre‚ Being and Nothingness‚ (London: Routledge Classics‚ 2003)‚ pp 73-105 BIBLIOGRAPHY ACHEBE C.‚ The Trouble with Nigeria‚ Enugu: Fourth Dimension Publishing Co.‚ Ltd‚ 1983 ASAGBA R.‚ Logotherapy and Cultural Development‚ Ibadan: Spectrum Books Ltd‚ 2006. BAGGINI J.‚ What’s It All About? Philosophy and The Meaning of Life‚ London: Granta Books‚ 2004 BAILEY V. (ed.)‚ Perspectives on values‚ America: La Sierra University Press

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    My Personal Search for a Meaningful Existence I am the representative embodiment of my nihilistic culture. I am narcissistic‚ insatiable‚ petty‚ apathetic and I am above all an emotional invalid. Yet‚ up until very recently‚ I was not consciously aware that I was guilty of having any of these wholly pejorative attributes‚ because I had unconsciously suppressed my inherent will to attain a meaningful existence‚ in favor of the comfort and security that complacency and futility provide. There

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    “How do you sustain a journey‚ a path toward truth‚ the way to truth?” Cornel West‚ a Philosophy professor at Princeton University‚ challenged this question in his documentary titled “The Examined Life.” Many famous philosophers have asked the question- what is the human condition? Notably‚ the human condition requires you to have courage to desire the truth‚ and desire the reasoning behind that truth. The human condition is conflict‚ growth‚ and aspiration throughout a lifetime. Conflict in someone’s

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    In Viktor Frankl’s novel‚ A Man’s Search for Meaning‚ he starts by describing the stages he stages he noticed the prisoners go through while in the camps. Eventually he gets to the complete and utter apathy that one experiences when they are faced with traumatic things everyday. In DeSpelder and Strickland’s‚ The Last Dance‚ they describe different attitudes towards death and how many cultures view death as “not as a means to an end but as a change of status” and in Frankl’s story I feel as though

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    The Office (especially the British version‚ with Ricky Gervais instead of Steve Carell). Great – because that’s Willy Loman in a nutshell. He’s delusional‚ thinks everyone loves him‚ and is depressing in an "I’m manifesting everyone’s fears about obsession with material success" kind of way. But now that we’ve gotten a flashy pop culture reference out of the way‚ let’s get to the bigger picture. Death of a Salesman is often considered an attack on the American Dream. Sound familiar? In 2004‚

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