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DrSPunjabi.com Viktor Frankl- D = S – M, Logo Therapy Logo therapy is a form of existentialist analysis created by psychiatrist Viktor Frankl in the mid 1930s. It centers around the belief that the search for meaning is the single driving force in a person's life, and assumes that each individual person has the resources available to cope with any situation that arises. Logo therapy is assisting the person in finding these resources hidden within themselves. The word logo therapy comes from the Greek word logos, which literally means “meaning.”©

BrainCoachLLC.com Logo therapy as a Technique Paradoxical Intention w/ 2 aspects 1. fear brings up the very thing which a person is afraid of 2. Hyper-tension makes it impossible get over the fear This technique allows people to be okay with their fears by making fun of themselves (paradoxical wish and paradoxical intention and Self-detachment- which is innate in sense of humor) Learning to laugh at oneself leaders to self-management ©

BrainCoachLLC.com “Re-Purpose” © trauma San Antonio VA: Callus and Blisters- Where a callus formed now the skin is thicker. Where the skin is thicker is now a strength, an asset, a possible gift for the world. Idea that in the pain we used some method to overcome it, what was that skill that emerged? How did we survive? What did it mean about me? How can I build on that strength? Strengths based leadership- Business and corporate trend © Do Exercise

BrainCoachLLC.com Division of Clinical Preventive Medicine, Niigate Gradate School of Medical School Score on Purpose in Life Test was negatively correlated with scores on anxiety which was measured by Cornell Medical Index. (Ryff, 1985, 1989 and before that (Bühler, 1935; Bühler & Massarik, 1968; Erikson, 1959; Neugarten, 1968, 1973), - developmental tasks and challenges that individuals confront at different life stages serve as “conceptual” guides for the model of psychological well-being.

BrainCoachLLC.com In addition, ideas from existential and humanistic psychology (Allport, 1961; Frankl & Lasch, 1959/1992; Maslow, l968, Rogers, 1962) were used to distil the importance of finding meaning and purpose in a life that is sometimes horrific. “Formulations from clinical psychology that attempted to define mental health in positive terms (Jahoda, 1958; Jung, 1933) rather than as the absence of dysfunction were helpful in delineating key components of well-being”: Looking at what is working rather than what is not working or what the person does not have creates feelings of well-being

2014 Journal of Psychology: Meaning helps individuals exposed to stressors such as unemployment, poverty and relationship difficulties deal better thus preventing or decreasing the affect of potential stresses related to circumstances University of California: Depression, self-Deprecation, substance Use and suicide Ideation is connected to a lack of purposes in Life Michigan School of Professional Psychology: Resilience and Meaning Making: The findings of the study reveal that the process of finding meaning through traumatic experiences can increase ability to be resilient: demonstrating that individuals have the ability to adapt and are not defined by their past.

2009, Medical College of Wisconsin, study with 79 Veterans living with Spinal Cord Injury found that perceived loss of physical abilities and the generation of meaning and purpose in life allowed for positive adaption following spinal cord injury

Not limited to trauma: 2006, Journal of Religion and Health: Making Sense of Suffering and death is how health care providers construct meaning in a Intensive care unit. Helping Older Adults find meaning and purpose through Storytelling. 650 adults showed reverse of brain degeneration when engaged in story telling activities. Study done in Nevada, California, Wisconsin. Government assisted living facility for individual ages 57-76

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