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Logotherapy: Finding Meaning Through Viktor Frankl's Lens
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Logotherapy: Finding Meaning Through Viktor Frankl's Lens

Discover how meaning, not happiness, drives life. Learn Viktor Frankl's logotherapy to overcome suffering
Created byC seshu
Last updated 7/2025
English
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What you'll learn

  • Understand the origins and philosophy of Logotherapy.
  • Explain Viktor Frankl's concept of the “will to meaning.”
  • Apply the three values—creative, experiential, and attitudinal—to daily life.
  • Use logotherapy techniques like dereflection and paradoxical intention.
  • Identify how meaning-making supports healing from suffering and trauma.
  • Explore real-life applications of Frankl's approach in modern therapy.

Course content

3 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 10m total length

  • Introduction2:26

    Explore logotherapy and Viktor Frankl's idea that freedom to choose attitude remains in any circumstance. Learn the techniques, uses, benefits, criticisms, and practical applications of logotherapy to discover life's meaning.

  • Meaning3:27

    Explore logotherapy, derived from logos, a treatment seeking meaning in life. Learn how Frankl's theory, shaped by suffering, helps you discover your life's purpose.

  • who is victor frankl?3:27

    Explore Viktor Frankl's life, experiences in a Nazi concentration camp, and the development of logotherapy. Understand how the will to meaning motivates people to endure suffering.

  • Definition7:51

    Explore logotherapy's foundations and Frankl's will to meaning to discover purpose and resilience amid suffering. Learn how personal values and freedom of choice illuminate meaning in daily life and therapy.

  • Why logotheraphy matters?2:45

    Reframe the existential vacuum as an opportunity to seek and create meaning, even in routine work, and explore personal values and goals through Logotherapy.

  • How to apply logotheraphy in real life situation?1:38

    Explore how logotherapy finds meaning by helping others cope with grief. See how mentoring, volunteering, and raising awareness turn health and career challenges into purpose.

  • Tools of logotheraphy.2:22

    Explore de-reflection, a tool of logotherapy that redirects attention from self-doubt to relationships, values, and purposeful tasks, reducing stress and anxiety while increasing meaningful engagement.

  • socratic dialogue3:03

    Explore how logotherapy uses Socratic dialogue, where a therapist asks probing questions to clarify thoughts, values, and beliefs, uncover limitations, contradictions, and authentic meaning.

  • Attitude modification2:12

    Explore attitude modification in logotherapy by embracing the freedom to choose one’s attitude toward any situation, fostering hope, resilience, and meaningful responses to life’s challenges.

  • Paradoxical intentions2:48

    Apply paradoxical intentions in logotherapy to reduce avoidance and anticipatory anxiety by deliberately facing fear, reducing phobias, with examples including insomnia, public speaking, and OCD.

  • finding meaning in sufferings1:48

    Discover how logotherapy finds meaning in unavoidable suffering, turns pain into transformation, and creates a meaningful legacy through writing, recording messages, and sharing wisdom in palliative care contexts.

  • Goal setting1:30

    Logotherapy emphasizes goal setting to form meaningful goals aligned with your values, creating purpose and direction through volunteering, career changes, or retirement projects.

  • Reflective excersices2:40

    Practice reflective exercises to explore meaning and sense of purpose, overcome existential vacuum and challenges, and boost resilience and well-being through Socratic dialogue and paradoxical techniques; set a meaningful goal.

Requirements

  • No prior knowledge is required

Description

This course introduces you to Logotherapy , the powerful, meaning-centered approach to psychotherapy developed by Viktor Frankl , a Holocaust survivor, neurologist, and psychiatrist. Logotherapy teaches that the will to meaning —the desire to find purpose in life—is the most fundamental human motivation.

You'll begin with an exploration of Frankl's life, including his harrowing experience in Nazi concentration camps, where he developed the foundational ideas of Logotherapy. Drawing from real-life suffering, Frankl discovered that those who could find meaning in pain were more likely to endure it with resilience and hope.

We'll unpack the core concepts of Logotherapy , including its three pillars:

  1. Creative values (through work and achievement),

  2. Experiential values (through love and experiences), and

  3. Attitudinal values (adopting a meaningful response to suffering).

You'll also explore the techniques of Logotherapy , including dereflection , paradoxical intention , and Socratic dialogue —each offering practical tools for overcoming issues like grief, guilt, depression, addiction, trauma, and anxiety.

Alongside theory, the course includes real-life examples , reflective exercises , and guided meaning-making prompts to help you integrate this philosophy into your everyday life.

This course is ideal for psychology students, therapists, counselors, life coaches , or anyone seeking a deeper purpose in life. With Frankl's timeless philosophy, you'll discover how meaning can be found not just in success, but in love, creativity, and even unavoidable suffering—offering a transformative path to resilience, fulfillment, and personal growth.

Who this course is for:

  • intended Coaches with no experience of coaching

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