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Logotherapy and Existential Analysis

Proceedings of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna, Volume 2

Charles McLafferty, Jr. and Jay Levinson (Eds.)

Frankl’s legacy, suffering and hope,
case studies and empirical measures,
education, youth and the workplace.

  • Edited by Charles McLafferty, Jr. and Jay Levinson
  • Published by Springer Cham
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Hardcover $199.99, softcover $139.99. McLafferty’s own chapters can be requested from the contents below.

Published2024
Pages418
ISBN978-3-031-48924-2
ISBN, hardcover978-3-031-48921-1
DOI10.1007/978-3-031-48922-8
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About this book

The second volume in the series presents ground-breaking advances of Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy and existential analysis, with emphasis on the discovery of meaning as central to coping, resilience, and growth. Noted contributors from around the world present empirical and case study evidence for the importance of meaning in diverse populations and settings, as well as theoretical and philosophical perspectives on Frankl’s body of thought.

  • Case studies using logotherapy in diverse settings
  • Meaning-centered programs and interventions in the workplace
  • Innovative approaches to finding meaning with at-risk children and young adults
  • Applications of logotherapy in military and childhood PTSD
  • Cross-disciplinary collaboration of logotherapy with rational-emotive therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, positive psychology and Theravāda Buddhism
  • Philosophical applications and extensions of logotheory
  • Empirical studies on processes and measures of logotherapy

Contents

Front and back matter

  1. PrefacevCharles McLafferty, Jr., Jay LevinsonRequest a copy
  2. AcknowledgementsixCharles McLafferty, Jr., Jay Levinson

I. Viktor Frankl’s Legacy

  1. “For the Person Is Always at Work”: Viktor Frankl’s Path to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis3Alexander Batthyány
  2. So Much to Learn: Keynote Address at the Third Future of Logotherapy World Congress, Vienna, Austria25Jay Levinson
  3. Building the Viktor Frankl Archives49Alexander Vesely

II. Prevention and Amelioration of Suffering, Fostering Hope

  1. Human Suffering57Patricia L. Starck
  2. Management of Moral Injury in Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contribution of Viktor E. Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis77Edward Marshall, Maria Marshall
  3. The Suffering Hypothesis: Viktor Frankl’s Spiritual Remedies and Recent Developments93Paul Wong, Don Laird
  4. Writing Therapy and the Search for Meaning: A Case History111Daniele Bruzzone
  5. On Tragedy and Transformation: A Logotherapeutic Autoethnography119Benjamin D. Aiken
  6. Finding Meaning in Life in a Changing World133Rachel Bolaji Asagba
  7. International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution: Hope, Optimism, and Meaning Through Logotherapy-Enhanced Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy139Matti Ameli, Pninit Russo-Netzer, Clara Benacerraf

III. Research in Logotherapy: Case Studies

  1. Examples of Applications of Logotherapy159Robert R. Hutzell
  2. Suicide Prevention in the Work of Viktor Frankl169Élison Silva Santos, Andrés Eduardo Aguirre Antúnez
  3. When the Angel Turns into a Demon: The Pathology of Psychopathology187Teria Shantall
  4. Truth, Meaning, and Attachment in Healing Combat Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder205Robert S. Brown Sr., Charles McLafferty, Jr.Request a copy

IV. Research in Logotherapy: Empirical Studies

  1. The Ontological Perception of Time Scale: Assessing Meaning in Life from a Temporal Perspective217Thiago A. Avellar de Aquino, Valdiney V. Gouveia, Pablo Lincoln Sherlock de Aquino, Aureliano Pacciolla
  2. The Noëtic Orientations Test (NOT): A Multiscale Russian Modification of the Purpose-in-Life Test229Dmitry A. Leontiev, Evgeny N. Osin
  3. Life Meaning Versus Intelligence: An Analysis of Three Qualities of Meaning Among Gifted Adults241Bernadette Vötter, Tatjana Schnell
  4. Altruism, Motivation to Serve, and Purpose in Life Among College Students259William F. Evans, Lindsey Umstead, Cynthia M. Evans
  5. Re-Examining Altruism, Service Motivation, and Life Purpose Among Undergraduate and Graduate Students267William F. Evans, Cynthia M. Evans

V. Practical Applications of Logotherapy: Education, Youth, and the Workplace

  1. It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Logotherapist! Using Superheroes in Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy279Jared Bishop
  2. Logotherapy: Educating Students to Search for Meaning291Cynthia Wimberly
  3. New Work: How Important Is the Orientation of Meaning? Reflections on the Basis of Frankl’s Dimensional Ontology305Bernd Ahrendt
  4. Meaning-Centered Job Crafting: A Way to (Re-)Discover Meaning at Work313Sabine Indinger
  5. Nominal Socratic Dialogue or Finding the Basic ID: An Existential Analytical Tool for Finding Meaning325Willem Maas
  6. Logo-CareerSkills: A Logotherapeutic Intervention for Resilient Career Development in Youth335Memduh Nezih Ozmert

VI. Theory and Philosophy of Logotherapy

  1. Logotherapy and Mindfulness: An Anthropological Perspective345David Srakar
  2. Nature, Nurture, and the Noëtic: Addressing Flawed Assumptions of Galton’s Paradigm371Charles McLafferty, Jr.Request a copy
  3. From Meaning to Purpose: Finding the Heart of a Living Logotherapy379Charles McLafferty, Jr.Request a copy
  4. How Values Motivate Actions397Daniel von Wachter

VII. Book Reviews

  1. Book Review: Viktor Frankl and the Book of Job: A Search for Meaning by Marshall Lewis407Pninit Russo-Netzer
  2. Book Review: Viktor E. Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis: Theory and Practice by Maria Marshall and Edward Marshall411Andreas Schreiber

Contributors

Editors 2 editors
  • Charles McLafferty, Jr. Charles McLafferty, Jr., Ph.D. has served on the faculties of the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in which he integrated the principles of logotherapy and existential psychology. He has served as a reviewer for eight academic journals, and authored or coauthored articles in medical, psychological, educational, and business journals. Invited to speak internationally, his presentations put forth innovative and creative extensions of theories such as logotherapy, psychosynthesis, and perennial philosophy. As the founder and President of Purpose Research, he has edited and published more than a dozen books by authors who focus on logotherapy and existential analysis; ten of them edited or authored by Paul and Lilian Wong, Elisabeth Lukas, and Joseph Fabry. His long-term interest is in establishing the fact of the soul (noëtic dimension) in education, psychology, and human living.
  • Jay Levinson Jay Levinson, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland. He has lectured internationally and served on the faculties of both the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is the only person to publish research integrating the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl (meaning in life) and Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (meaning in death). He was privileged to serve as a special assistant, colleague, and friend to Dr. Frankl for over 20 years and edited his last book, Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning. In addition, Existential Psychotherapy of Meaning, co-edited by Dr. Alexander Batthyány and Dr. Levinson, is a compilation of the next generation of work in logotherapy. Dr. Levinson was recently honored by the Vienna Institute of Logotherapy with its Lifetime Achievement Award and was made an Honorary Member of the Austrian Medical Society. In an effort to give back to his community, he has served on boards of several charitable foundations including the Vienna Institute of Logotherapy and was a founder of the Baltimore Ronald McDonald House.

About Charles McLafferty, Jr.

Charles McLafferty, Jr., Ph.D., is the founder and president of Purpose Research. He co-edited volume 2 of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna proceedings with Jay Levinson.

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