Transcription of LOGOTHERAPY FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE
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LOGOTHERAPY FOR CLINICAL PRACTICESTEFAN E. SCHULENBERGU niversity of Mississippi, OxfordROBERT R. HUTZELLK noxville, IowaCARRIE NASSIFFort Hays State UniversityJULIUS M. ROGINAD iocese of NevadaLogotherapy is based on the meaning-focused existential philosophy of ViktorE. Frankl (1905 1997). Numerous men-tal health professionals have been in-spired by his most popular book,Man sSearch for Meaning;however, manyare unfamiliar with the depth ofFrankl s work. The purpose of this arti-cle is to discuss the tenets of logoth-erapy, including fundamental concepts,applicability and techniques, roles ofthe therapist, and assessment tools andnew research findings. LOGOTHERAPY canreadily be integrated with techniquesthat mental health professionals fre-quently use, and thus it has much tooffer mental health professionals re-gardless of their theoretical :meaning, purpose in life, LOGOTHERAPY , Viktor Frankl, positivepsychologyLogotherapy is based on the existential con-cepts of Viennese psychiatrist and philosopherViktor E.
Logotherapy is often regarded as a humanistic existential school of thought, but it has much in common with other paradigms. Indeed, McMul-lin (2000) noted that logotherapy is one of the precursors to cognitive therapy (p. 31), and in describing innovative techniques used in cogni-tive restructuring therapy (speci cally perceptual
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