“Frankl’s concept of ‘logotherapy’ stands out as a particularly powerful idea in ‘Man’s Search for Meaning.’ He argues that ‘man’s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life’ (Frankl, 1946). This assertion resonated deeply w...
Logotherapy proposes that meaning in life can be discovered in three distinct ways: By creating a work or doing a deed. By experiencing something or encountering someone. By the attitude that we take toward unavoidable suffering. So, what does all this have to do with teaching, ELT, education...
I reread Viktor Frankl’s bookMan’s Search For Meaningduring these difficult months. Frankl’s time in Auschwitz led to his development of logotherapy in his psychiatry practice, but the book delves into his theories of why certain people managed to survive the Nazi camps. Frankl saw life as ...
A close ally of indigenous Chinese psychology (Wong, 2015b) is existential psychology, especially the variety with a focus on future-orientation and life affirmation, like Frankl’s logotherapy. Hence, I call it existential positive psychology. Existential psychology provides the common ground f...
Wong, P. T. P. (2016a).Meaning-seeking, self-transcendence, and well-being.In A. Batthyany (Ed.),Logotherapy and existential analysis: Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute(Vol. 1; pp. 311-322). Cham, CH: Springer. Wong, P. T. P. (2016b, July).Self-transcendence: A parado...
According to logotherapy, this striving to find meaning in one’s life is the primary motivational force in man… This meaning is unique and specific in that it must and can be fulfilled by him alone; only then does it achieve a significance which will satisfy his own will to meaning.” ...
sure, some of my students are well-versed in the classics, but for others it's a new discovery. Given that this same session also explores Buddhist thought via the work of Pema Chödrön as well as Viktor Frankl's philosophy of Logotherapy, I cover Stoicism through "What Would Seneca ...