Viktor Frankl

They were being treated as animals or as if they were owned by the Nazis, which takes away their human qualities, Frankl states that “He thought of himself then as only a part of an enormous mass of people; his existence descended to the level of animal life” showing how insignificant some felt (Man’s Search For Meaning). When the Jews lost their freedom, nothing really…

human beings (Rogers, 1963, 1977). When empathy is absent from one’s life, and when there are no signs of relationships of unconditional positive regard, then there should be reason to believe that the motivational level of the person will be low. Viktor Frankl (1996) maintains that motivation is a function of goals and purposes that are valued by a person. For his logotherapeutic concept of motivation, one needs goals and purposes for the…

never changed is the relationships he forms with the people in his life. Mine meaning is living life to the fullest. Making mistakes on the way but learning from them. Because it’s what you do with those lesson that give meaning to your life. Viktor E. Frankl, book is one of those books that changes your perspective of life, suffering, and character. Two of my favorite quotes from his book were; “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it…

Having a positive attitude is the best response to conflict, especially in time of war. For example, in the story Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, this young girl that came from a Jewish family who inspired many people to never give up in times of crisis; hiding away from the Nazis in Amsterdam. Another true story comes from letters of Japanese American children in the United States’ internment camps during World War II. Some of these children’s letters were gathered and put in the book,…

functioning person” which integrates the “real self” with the “ideal self” (Olson, 2013). Maslow believes that those who are able to self-actualize are more creative, psychologically healthy individuals. Some of these people include Mahatma Gandhi, Viktor Frankl, and Nelson Mandela. For example, Gandhi risked his life to utilize civil disobedience for purposes for freedom or Nelson Mandela constantly keeping a positive outlook on life even while he was imprisoned. I believe these are…

Viktor Frankl's existentialist position, stoicism can be seen as an escape from reality as well as a representation of "fool's paradise." This means that while internal chaos exists within the individual, they present the perfect veneer to the outside world…

light plane crash, and sustained a broken arm never let that be a turn off. All the icy cliffs, sharp slopes to be travelled and being stranded in the desert, she had to prepare herself mentally and physically to make it through to surviving. 4. Viktor Frankl Being paraded to forced labor, having his family tortured, abused and mishandles and all sorts of obstacles that was brought in front of him. He had to turn a blind eye and tend to see the good in bad situations encountered and make it…

Humanity’s past is filled with traumatic, violent events. Wars have been waged, bombs have been dropped, and innocent lives have been caught up in the crossfire. Each of these acts is terrible in their own right, but perhaps the most ruthless of them all are categorized under the term genocide. The systematic purging of an entire ethnic group or nation. Genocide does not simply take lives; its aim is to completely blot out a people’s history and future. The effects of such a campaign are clearly…

Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning gave a vivid picture of his time spent in a concentration camp during World War II. He gives us a look inside of all the indignities he suffered while in a concentration camp, short of being killed. He uses his experience in a concentration camp to provide evidence of his method of therapy, “Logotherapy”, which is a form of existential therapy. Although Nazi soldiers imposed great suffering on him, he continued to believe that they could not control…

first of their time to record, transcribe, and publish their own cases of psychotherapy. One of Roger's main contributions to the counseling field was his person-centered theory. Contrasting Roger's theory is existential psychotherapy, created by Viktor Frankl (a prisoner from a Nazi concentration camp), Rollo May (brought existentialism into the United States), and Irvin Yalom (Seligman et al., 2014). Gestalt therapy had similar attributes to person-centered theory and existential psychotherapy…