Logotherapy’s Philosophy & Applications Course

This course is geared towards personal enrichment. It is designed for professionals and non-professionals alike, focusing on the application of Logotherapy in everyday life.

Upon completion of this Course, the student that meets requirements (see page: Diplomate Counsellor of Logotherapy) can proceed directly to the Advanced Level.

A systematic review of research evidence pertaining to logotherapy conducted in 2016 found correlations pertaining to logotherapy in the following areas/conditions of life:

• Correlation between presence of meaning in life, Search for meaning in life, and life satisfaction, happiness
• Lower meaning in life among patients with mental disorders
• Search for meaning and presence of meaning as a resilience factor
• Correlation between meaning in life and suicidal thoughts in cancer patients
• Effectiveness of a logotherapy program for early adolescents with cancer
• Effectiveness of logotherapy on depression in children
• Effectiveness of logotherapy in reducing job burnout, empty nest syndrome
• Correlation with marital satisfaction

Course Context:

• The Three Fundamental Assumptions of Logotherapy:
  Freedom of Will
  Will to Meaning
  Meaning of Life
• Dimensions of Human Existence
• The Noetic Dimension:
• The Noetic Unconscious
• The Intuitive Conscience
• Self-Transcendence
• Responsibility, Meaning & Value
• Ultimate Meaning
• Meaning of the Moment
• The Meaning Triangle: Creativity, Experiences and Attitude Reflections
• Logotherapy’s techniques:
  Self Distancing
  Paradoxical Dereflection
  Socratic Dialogue
  Dereflection
  Which technique do I use?
• Meaningful & Purposeful Goals
• The tragic triad: pain, guilt and loss

Student’s Prerequisites:

• Participation in 100% of the meetings
• Handing in answers to questions on the assigned books
• Oral presentation at last class meeting
• Reading material:
  Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”
  Joseph B. Fabry “The PURSUIT of Meaning”