Viktor Frankl

horrors Viktor Frankl experienced at concentration camps but rather a way to find a meaning for suffering. He used various scenarios he was put in and tried to grasp it in a mindful way where he can find a purpose in it. The dignity of a human person was often ridiculed and suppressed throughout the camp life so giving up and losing hope became the norm of most prisoners. Merely being referred to by a number and not a name by the guards was enough to disgrace a person’s dignity. However, Viktor…

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E Frankl is one of the most impressive works of psychiatric based books since Freud and his book on his theories. This book that came out in 1946 gives a first-hand point of view of the Frankl's experiences while being a prisoner in a concentration camp. He gives a detailed account of the psychoanalysis he uses on himself and theories he used that gave him reason and the will to live. Frankl’s whole reason behind this book was to answer the questions of how he…

but rather to see a meaning in his life” (Frankl, 1992). This powerful statement by Viktor Frankl is among the fundamental concepts upon which the theory of meaning was developed by Patricia L. Starck. Starck, (2014) describes her 20 year professional relationship with Viktor Frankl and her extensive involvement with Frankl’s logotherapy as being great influences on the development of the theory of meaning (Smith & Liehr, 2014). Viktor Frankl Viktor Frankl was an Austrian Neurologist and…

find it and that reflects on their current life situations. She uses Viktor Frankl’s, a Jewish psychiatrist, experience inside of a concentration camp and what he found once he released to prove her viewpoint. The author uses Smith writes using rhetorical devices pathos, ethos, and perspective to persuade readers that there is more to life than the pursuit of happiness. Summary In the article, Smith gives the example of Viktor Frankl who was once a Nazi Camp prisoner. In the camp he realized…

For the first section of the book, Frankl gives a valid argument. He explains each stage thoroughly, and not only gives examples of his fellow prisoners, but things he saw in himself. The images he gave were vivid and helped get his point across, for if the reader could not understand how vulgar the camps were, they would not understand the extent of their psychological reaction. Describing things such as the work, the beatings, and the conditions in which they lived, help us have a greater…

Viktor Frankl’s personal narrative, “Experiences in a Concentration Camp” and Art Spiegelman's Maus I and II explore the psychological toll of life during and after concentration camps, including the unanticipated difficulties survivors faced after liberation. Frankl shows us that you must find meaning in suffering to psychologically survive through the camps. Anja, Vladek's wife, acted as his main means of survival, and his overall sense of purpose. When Anja commits suicide Vladek’s one…

in a concentration camp. This is meant to reference his credibility as well as appeal to the readers emotions. Frankl talks about how both his parents and his expecting wife perished in the camp and how he struggled to find meaning there. He also talks about his two suicidal inmates there as well and how he tried to help them find the motivation and meaning to go on, which they did. Frankl writes in his book: “everything can be taken from a man but one thing, the last of the human freedoms—to…

horrendous things because of their attitude. Viktor E. Frankl was a victim of the Holocaust, but he survived thanks to luck and his attitude. The main theme of his popular memoir Man’s Search for Meaning is that you have the freedom to control your attitude to any given situation, and if you choose the right attitude it can lead you to a more successful life. I believe that anyone can take something from his memoir and apply it to their own life. Viktor E. Frankl has met many people in the…

Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl’s memoir and logotherapy novel Man’s Search for Meaning is a hugely successful, influential book for modern psychology and to all readers. The haunting recounting of Frankl’s life inside Nazi concentration camps, his explanation and support of the practice along with the benefits of logotherapy, and because of his Case for Tragic Optimism makes this book truly a genre of its own between memoir and psychology. This novel has been counted as one of the top…

Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl and Letters To A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke are the two books that I read which helped me in the understanding of the counselling process through the association that I felt by reading how the authors offer numerous ways to the path of darkness. My goal in this paper is to relate and show how the Counselling process is integrated with the themes in the two books and reflect the myriad ways in which these authors offered a path to darkness. Viktor E. Frankl wrote…