logotherapy

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Logotherapy is an existential form of psychotherapy that focuses on helping individuals find meaning and purpose in life as the primary driver of psychological well-being.

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instanceOf existential psychotherapy
meaning-centered therapy
psychotherapeutic approach
addresses feelings of emptiness and boredom
aimsTo enhance psychological well-being through meaning
appliesTo anxiety
depression
existential crises
loss and grief
substance use problems
associatedWith existential analysis
assumes humans are meaning-seeking beings
meaning can be found in all circumstances
basedIn existential philosophy
contrastsWith The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology
surface form: "Adlerian psychotherapy"

psychoanalysis
coreConcept freedom of will
noögenic neurosis
responsibility
search for meaning
will to meaning
developedBy Viktor Frankl
documentedIn Man's Search for Meaning
emphasizes human capacity to choose one’s attitude
meaning as primary motivational force
responsible decision-making
transcendence of self
focusesOn existential fulfillment
helping individuals find meaning in life
purpose in life
influencedBy existentialism
phenomenology
originatedIn 20th century
Vienna
partOf third Viennese school of psychotherapy
recognizes existential vacuum
therapeuticGoal help clients discover unique life tasks
promote resilience through meaning
strengthen sense of purpose
usedIn group therapy
individual psychotherapy
palliative care
pastoral counseling
usesTechnique Socratic dialogue
attitude modification
dereflection
paradoxical intention
viewsHumanBeingAs bio-psycho-spiritual unity
viewsSufferingAs potential source of meaning

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Viktor Frankl founded logotherapy
subject surface form: "Man's Search for Meaning"
this entity surface form: "Logotherapy in a Nutshell"

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