Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy

Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy

• Viktor Frankl was a leading European psychiatrist and modern thinker who developed Logotherapy, a revolutionary approach to psychotherapy.
• Logotherapy focuses on helping patients find personal meaning in life, despite their circumstances.
• Frankl believed that man's primary motivational force is the search for meaning.

Franklian Philosophy

• The belief in a healthy core is the basis of Franklian Psychotherapy.
• The goal is to help individuals become aware of their healthy core and utilize its resources.
• Life offers meaning, purposeful work, love, and courage in the face of difficulty.

Basic Concepts of Franklian Psychology

• Life has meaning under all circumstances.
• The main motivation for living is the will to find meaning in life.
• Freedom to find meaning is essential.

Assumptions of Franklian Psychology

• The human being consists of body, mind, and spirit.
• Life has meaning under all circumstances, even in miserable conditions.
• People have a will to meaning and the freedom to find it.
• Life has a demand quality that requires a response to make decisions meaningful.
• Each individual is unique.

Concepts of Soul and Spirit

• The idea of a soul permeates human consciousness, with evidence of its concept dating back to pre-historic times.
• In ancient Greece, Socrates and Plato believed the soul survives the death of the body and is the real self.
• Different ethnic groups in the Philippines have their own concepts of soul, such as Aminism, which believes souls are quasi-physical and can exist outside the body.

Babaylan and Spiritual Self

• Babaylan women serve as intermediaries between spiritual and material worlds in their communities.
• An individual's spiritual belief and practice create a pattern in their lives and set the standard for morality.
• The strength of the spiritual self is determined by the depth of that person's belief.

Christianity and Buddhism/Hinduism

• For Christians, the spiritual self is tied to the belief in God as the all-knowing, all-good, Alpha and Omega.
• Buddhists and Hindus aim to reach Nirvana, the removal of desires and sufferings.