"The Doctor and the Soul"
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"The Doctor and the Soul" is a seminal book by Viktor Frankl that explores his logotherapy approach, emphasizing the human search for meaning as central to psychological healing and existential fulfillment.
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book
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existentialist work → non-fiction book → psychology book → |
| addresses |
ethical questions in medical practice
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existential crises → meaning in life and death → relationship between psychiatry and religion → |
| arguesThat |
human beings remain free to choose their attitude
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meaning is central to psychological healing → spiritual concerns are legitimate topics for psychotherapy → suffering can be given meaning → |
| author |
Viktor Frankl
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| countryOfOrigin |
Austria
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| focusesOn |
ethical responsibility of the physician
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existential frustration → human search for meaning → noögenic neuroses → relationship between medicine and spirituality → role of meaning in mental health → |
| genre |
clinical psychology
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existential psychology → philosophy of psychiatry → |
| hasKeyConcept |
existential vacuum
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noödynamics → will to meaning → |
| influencedField |
counseling
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existential analysis → pastoral care → psychotherapy → |
| intendedAudience |
pastoral counselors
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physicians → psychotherapists → students of psychology → |
| mainSubject |
existential analysis
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freedom of will → logotherapy → psychotherapy → responsibility → search for meaning → spiritual dimension of human life → suffering and meaning → |
| originalLanguage |
German
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| originalTitle |
Ärztliche Seelsorge
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| philosophicalTradition |
existentialism
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| psychologicalApproach |
logotherapy
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| psychologicalSchool |
humanistic psychology
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| publicationCentury |
20th century
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| relatedWork |
Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor Frankl
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Viktor Frankl ("The Doctor and the Soul") → |
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