"Frankl himself would live and die for his principles and ideals. His experiences as a prisoner at Auschwitz showed him that "everything can be taken from a man, but one - the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." It was something he had to go through alone, without any help, and it inspired him for the rest of his life."
Proposed and practised widely by Viktor Frankl, logotherapy is a school of psychology which helps you find reasons to live. In this, the patient consciously discovers his life's purpose and this fuels motivation in them, ready to break the chains of their neuroses.
The algorithm of logotherapy is purely of psychoanalytic flow, and it is different from Morita therapy in that the patient exercises free will throughout the course of logotherapy, which is impossible in the former.
The person, our patient, feels anxious and frustrated. The logotherapist shows him that his feelings are primarily directed towards the desire to have a meaningful life. Then, the patient slowly discovers his life's purpose, and of his own free will, he decides to accept or reject that destiny. A new passion for life stems from these observations, and this helps him overcome hurdles and sorrows.
The primary features of logotherapy include:
1. The idea of logotherapy involves a spiritual dimension.
2. Logotherapy is compatible with faith.
3. Its main objective is to find purpose and meaning of life.
4. The therapist listens to the patient, and is non-judgmental.
5. Most importantly, logotherapy isn't even a bit retrospective - it focuses on making the future better than the past and the present. To reiterate, logotherapy gives you reasons to live.
The book presents a few case studies of patients in whom logotherapy was successful. The central idea of logotherapy is that if the person has anything meaningful to accomplish in his life, and he is aware of that "purpose," then come what may, he is directed towards the goal and eventually, treads the path in the search for life's meaning.
Man is originally characterized by his "search for meaning" rather than his "search for himself." The more he forgets himself - giving himself to a cause or another person - the more human he is.
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