All our professional development courses are offered online, consisting of five Units with readings, one hour of tutoring via Zoom and a written assignment of 500 words per Unit. They are offered individually and can be started at any time with a flexible schedule.
For each individual professional development course a certificate of completion for 30 continuing education hours will be awarded to successful participants.
Our introductory course to Logotherapy and Existential Analysis is:
Anthropological Basis of Logotherapy
Unit 1: The life of Viktor E. Frankl
Explores the autobiographical method used by Viktor E. Frankl in his book Man’s Search for Meaning and in his autobiography Recollections.
Unit 2: Basic principles of logotherapy
Introduces Viktor Frankl’s dimensional ontology: Body, mind and spirit. The three pillars of logotherapy: Freedom of will, the will to meaning and meaning in life The three avenues to find meaning: Creative, experiential and attitudinal values. The capacities the human spirit for self-distancing and self-transcendence. The logotherapy methods of paradoxical intention, dereflection and modification of attitudes.
Unit 3: The human spirit in logotherapy
Describes the existential dynamics of the human spirit and the application of logotherapy principles in situations of existential vacuum, existential distress and existential frustration.
Unit 4: The meaning of suffering
Discusses how to apply logotherapy and existential analysis in the tragic triad of suffering (pain, guilt and loss) to help find meaning in suffering.
Unit 5: The future of logotherapy
Talks about the need for the search for meaning in the world today and the empirical research in logotherapy and existential analysis.
The textbook for this course is:
Other courses available:
Logotherapy and Health Promotion
Logotherapy and Existential Suffering
Logotherapy and Clinical Supervision
Logotherapy and Existential Coaching
Logotherapy and Spiritual Direction
For more information and to register for any of our courses, please contact us.