2. Accomplished psychologist
and neurologist
Holocaust survivor
Lost wife and family
Wrote “mans search for
meaning”
Earned Ph.D in Philosophy
Developed Logotherapy
3.
4. Born in Vienna, Austria on March 26, 1905
1930 earned medical degree
1938 Nazis seized Austria – forced to head Rothschild
Hospital
1942 married first wife, Tilly
9 months later Frankl, wife and family sent to
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Wife, parents and other immediate family members
killed in concentration camp
1946 published “ Man’s Search for Meaning”
5. 1947 married second wife, Eleonore
1959 English version of Logotherapy book published –
Revised in 1963 to “The Doctor and the soul: An
introduction to Logotherapy”
Awarded the American Psychiatric Associations
Prestigious Oskar Pfister Prize
Awarded 29 doctorates from many universities world
wide
6. Life has meaning under
all circumstances, even
the most miserable ones.
Our main motivation for
living is our will to find
meaning in life
We have freedom to find
meaning in what we do
and what we experience.
7. “It is the striving to find a meaning
in one’s life that is the primary,
most powerful motivating and
driving force in humans” – Viktor Frankl
9. Work, Love , Attitude:
Working with other prisoners around him
Love and hope of survival for his wife
Staying positive about the future
(Wong, 2007).
10. "Has all this suffering, all this dying around us, a
meaning? For, if not, then ultimately there is no
meaning to survival” –Viktor Frankl
Not denying grief or rage that come from suffering
Viewing suffering as an experience
Turn life's predicaments into achievements
(Pattakos, 2008).
11. Pattakos , A. (2008). Our Crisis of Meaning. Retrieved from
http://globaldialoguecenter.blogs.com/meaning/
007/12/our-crisis-of-m.html
Wong, P. (2007). International Network on Personal
Meaning. Retrieved from
http://www.meaning.ca/archives/archive/art_log
otherapy_P_Wong.htm
