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  2. Viktor Frankl - Wikipedia

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    Viktor and Elly Frankl had one daughter, Gabriele, who went on to become a child psychologist. [2] [4] [57] Frankl's grandson, Alexander Vesely, is a licensed psychotherapist, producer and documentary film director, who co-founded the Viktor Frankl Institute of America. [58] Alexander Vesely produced, filmed, and edited the documentary "Viktor ...

  3. Logotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Purpose in life and meaning in life constructs appeared in Frankl's logotherapy writings with relation to existential vacuum and will to meaning, as well as others who have theorized about and defined positive psychological functioning. Frankl observed that it may be psychologically damaging when a person's search for meaning is blocked.

  4. Meaning (existential) - Wikipedia

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    Frankl also noted the barriers to humanity's quest for meaning in life. He warns against "...affluence, hedonism, [and] materialism..." in the search for meaning. [6] The following list of tenets represents Frankl's basic principles of Logotherapy: Life has meaning under all circumstances, even the most miserable ones.

  5. Meaning-making - Wikipedia

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    Psychiatrist and holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl, founder of logotherapy in the 1940s, posited in his 1946 book Man's Search for Meaning that the primary motivation of a person is to discover meaning in life. [6] Frankl insisted that meaning can be discovered under all circumstances, even in the most miserable experiences of loss and tragedy.

  6. Man's Search for Meaning - Wikipedia

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    Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose to each person's life through one of three ways: the completion of tasks, caring for another person, or finding meaning by facing suffering with dignity.

  7. Existential crisis - Wikipedia

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    [24] [3] In Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, for example, the term existential vacuum is used to describe this state of mind. [25] [4] Many forms of existentialist psychotherapy aim to resolve existential crises by assisting the patient in rediscovering meaning in their life. [3] [5] [4] Closely related to meaninglessness is the loss of personal ...

  8. The Doctor and the Soul - Wikipedia

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    The Doctor and the Soul is a book by Viktor E. Frankl, the Viennese psychiatrist and founder of logotherapy. [1] [2] [3] [4]The book explores topics on the meaning of life in general as well as the meaning of specific areas of one's life, such as work and personal relationships.

  9. Depression (mood) - Wikipedia

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    Austrian existential psychiatrist Viktor Frankl connected depression to feelings of futility and meaninglessness. [87] Frankl's logotherapy addressed the filling of an "existential vacuum" associated with such feelings, and may be particularly useful for depressed adolescents. [88] [89]