rIc_6g Interview with Dr. Viktor Frankl part I

Logotherapy Logotherapy was developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. It is considered the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy" [1] after Freud's psychoanalysis and Adler's individual psychology.neurologistpsychiatristViktor FranklPsychotherapy [1] Freud'spsychoanalysisAdler'sindividual psychology It is a type of existentialist analysis that focuses on a will to meaning as opposed to Adler's Nietzschean doctrine of will to power or Freud's will to pleasure.will to meaningNietzscheanwill to powerwill to pleasure Rather than power or pleasure, logotherapy is founded upon the belief that it is the striving to find a meaning in one's life that is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.humans A short introduction to this system is given in Frankl's most famous book, Man's Search for Meaning, in which he outlines how his theories helped him to survive his Holocaust experience and how that experience further developed and reinforced his theories. Man's Search for MeaningHolocaust

will to power & pleasure The will to power (German: "der Wille zur Macht") is a prominent concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche. The will to power describes what Nietzsche believed to be the main driving force in man; achievement, ambition, the striving to reach the highest possible position in life, these are all manifestations of the will to power.Germanphilosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche man The pleasure principle is a psychoanalytic concept, originated by Sigmund Freud. The pleasure principle states that people seek pleasure and avoid pain, i.e., people seek to satisfy biological and psychological needs. [1] The counterpart is the reality principle, which defers gratification when necessary.psychoanalyticSigmund Freudpleasurepain [1]reality principle

Logotherapy: will to meaning The following list of tenets represents Frankl's basic principles of Logotherapy: – Life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most miserable ones. – Our main motivation for living is our will to find meaning in life. – We have freedom to find meaning in what we do, and what we experience, or at least in the stand we take when faced with a situation of unchangeable suffering. We can find meaning in life in three different ways: – by creating a work or doing a deed; – by experiencing something or encountering someone; by experiencing a value – nature, a work of art, another person, i.e., love; – by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering

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