Logotherapy is a form of existential therapy developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, founded on the premise that the primary motivational force of individuals is to find meaning in life. Frankl described it as the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy, alongside Freud's psychoanalysis and Alfred Adler's individual psychology. It is based on an existential analysis focusing on Kierkegaard's will to meaning, as opposed to Adler's Nietzschean doctrine of will to power or Freud's will to pleasure. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Central QuestionWhat is the primary motivating force in human life, and how does the search for meaning help people overcome suffering? 1 Founded YearMarks publication of Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, which introduced logotherapy to a broad audience; Frankl developed the underlying ideas earlier in Vienna. Connections
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is a form of existential therapy developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl
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It is founded on the premise that the primary motivational force of individuals is to find meaning in life.
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A short introduction to this system is given in Frankl's most famous book, Man's Search for Meaning (1946), in which he outlines how his theories helped him to survive his Holocaust experience and how that experience further developed and reinforced his theories.
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