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Logotherapy: A Tri-Dimensional Ontology

Logotherapy looks at all the three dimensions of an individual:

Psychological: Using paradoxical intention and de-reflection techniques to handle phobias, anxiety and compulsive disorders
Physiological: Coping with suffering and physical pain or loss.
Spiritual: Answer to people with an existential vacuum, manifested in boredom, emptiness and depression.

It is an effective therapy for PTSD, acute stress, alcohol and drug treatment, anxiety, depression and group behaviour/dynamics.

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Logotherapy: Viktor Frankl's Theory of Meaning

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"It doesn’t really matter what we expected from life, but what life expected from us."

Viktor Frankl

The Techniques Of Logotherapy

De-reflection: Individuals distance themselves from the negative aspects, obstacles and problems, and shift their focus onto something positive.
Paradoxical Intention: Eradication or reduction in fear using humor, ridicule, and imagination.

The Meaning Of Life Using Logotherapy

Logotherapy originated in the 1930s as a counter-response to the prevalent theories of the time, and examines the physical, psychological and spiritual aspects of individuals. .

The Basic Tenets Of Logotherapy

Freedom Of Will: Human beings can freely choose their response to the outward circumstance.
Will To Meaning: Human beings are completely free to achieve their goals and purposes in life, with the search for meaning being the primary motive, even fo...

The Spiritual Dimension of Meaning

Humans normally function on primal reactions like negative self-talk, emotional outbursts and irrational actions based on outside events and circumstances. The lost ‘spiritual’ dimension of meaning is brought forward by Logotherapy.