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"Can you tell me in one sentence what is meant by logotherapy?" he asked. "At least, what is the difference between psychoanalysis and logotherapy?" … - Viktor Frankl
"Can you tell me in one sentence what is meant by logotherapy?" he asked. "At least, what is the difference between psychoanalysis and logotherapy?" "Yes," I said, "but in the first place, can you tell me in one sentence what you think the essence of psychoanalysis is?" This was his answer: "During psychoanalysis, the patient must lie down on a couch and tell you things which sometimes are very disagreeable to tell." Whereupon I immediately retorted with the following improvisation: "Now, in logotherapy the patient may remain sitting erect but he must hear things which sometimes are very disagreeable to hear."
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About Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of existential analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy". His best-selling book Man's Search for Meaning chronicles his experiences as a concentration camp inmate which led him to discover the importance of finding meaning in all forms of existence, even the most sordid ones, and thus, a reason to continue living. Frankl became one of the key figures in existential therapy and a prominent source of inspiration for humanistic psychologists.
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Norbert Lebrument
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Viktor Emil Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
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"ينبغي ألا يسأل الانسان عن معنى حياته وانما على الفرد أن يدرك أنه هو الذي يوجه السؤال اليه. وباختصار, فان كل انسان يجري سؤاله بواسطة الحياة نفسها, وأنه لا يستطيع أن يجيب الا الى الحياة وذلك عن طريق الاجابة في حياته ذاتها, فهو يستطيع أن يستجيب الى الحياة عن طريق الافصاح عن مسؤوليته والتعبير عنها. وهكذا فان العلاج بالمعنى يرى في "الالتزام بالمسؤولية" الجوهر الحقيقي للوجود الانساني."
To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' Once the reason is found, however, one becomes happy automatically. As we see, a human being is not one in pursuit of happiness but rather in search of a reason to become happy, last but not least, through actualizing the potential meaning inherent and dormant in a given situation.
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