The concept of logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl as a possibility of healing with meaning Cover Image

Koncepcja logoterapii Viktora E. Frankla jako możliwość leczenia sensem
The concept of logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl as a possibility of healing with meaning

Author(s): Agnieszka Rydz
Subject(s): History of Psychology, Clinical psychology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: logotherapy; Frankl; sense; education;

Summary/Abstract: Viktor Emil Frankl (1905-1997) is the founder of the third school of Viennese psychiatry, after the psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud and the individual psychology of Alfred Adler. His method of psychotherapy – logotherapy – is healing through meaning. It helps to discover meaning in life. Frankl lists three basic ways to discover the meaning of existence: work, love, acceptance of fate regardless of the circumstances of life. The aim of the article The concept of logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl as a possibility of healing with meaning is to introduce the creator of logotherapy and its assumptions.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 67-80
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish