Viktor Frankl—Advocate for Humanity: On his 100th Birthday  

Oleh:

Langle, Alfried ; Sykes, Mary

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Humanistic Psychology vol. 46 no. 1 (2008), page 36-47.
Topik: Viktor Frankl; biography; logotherapy; existential analysis; meaning; psychoanalysis
Fulltext: 36.pdf (100.19KB)

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Viktor Frankl founded the psychotherapeutic school known as Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Frankl was a medical doctor whose interest in the burgeoning field of psychology and psychoanalysis brought him into contact with the theories of Freud and Adler. Frankl’s familiarity with these two schools of psychotherapy combined with his own philosophical approach to human nature became motivating factors in his desire to reduce “reductionism” and promote a more humanistic approach to the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, and medicine. Frankl dedicated both his life and the better part of his career to the topic of meaning. Frankl’s unique contribution to the field of psychology focuses on the effect that meaning, possibility, freedom, and decision have on an individual’s psychological well-being and development. This article aims to illustrate Frankl’s unique contribution to psychology by providing a brief biography and highlighting the contexts in which Logotherapy as a theory emerged.

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