Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy
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The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy is an existential and humanistic therapeutic movement centered on logotherapy, emphasizing the human search for meaning as the primary motivational force in life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existential psychotherapy approach
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psychological movement ⓘ school of psychotherapy ⓘ |
| addresses |
existential vacuum
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loss of meaning ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
clinical psychotherapy
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counseling ⓘ palliative care ⓘ pastoral care ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Viktor Frankl
ⓘ
logotherapy practitioners ⓘ |
| basedOn | logotherapy ⓘ |
| cityOfOrigin | Vienna ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
ⓘ
surface form:
First Viennese School of Psychotherapy
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology ⓘ
surface form:
Second Viennese School of Psychotherapy
|
| coreConcept |
existential meaning
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freedom of will ⓘ logotherapy ⓘ responsibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| distinguishesFrom |
drive-centered psychoanalysis
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power-centered individual psychology ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
human search for meaning
ⓘ
meaning as primary motivational force in life ⓘ |
| field |
existential psychology
ⓘ
humanistic psychology ⓘ psychotherapy ⓘ |
| focusesOn | will to meaning ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Viktor Frankl ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalOrientation |
existentialism
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humanism ⓘ |
| historicalPosition | follows psychoanalysis and individual psychology in Vienna ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Viktor Frankl's Holocaust experience
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existential philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| keyText | Man's Search for Meaning ⓘ |
| originatedInContextOf | post-World War II Vienna ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
ⓘ
surface form:
First Viennese School of Psychotherapy
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology ⓘ
surface form:
Second Viennese School of Psychotherapy
|
| recognizes | spiritual dimension of human existence ⓘ |
| therapeuticGoal |
help clients discover meaning in life
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support clients in assuming responsibility ⓘ |
| therapeuticMethod |
Socratic method
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surface form:
Socratic dialogue
attitude modification ⓘ dereflection ⓘ paradoxical intention ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| viewsHumanBeingAs |
free and responsible
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meaning-oriented ⓘ |
| viewsSufferingAs | potential source of meaning ⓘ |