Tag: Meaning
-
The Courage to Suffer
A Logotherapeutic Alternative to Toxic Positivity Professor Maria Marshall January 6, 2026 Addressing suffering is central in Viktor Frankl’s work. It is at the heart of his theory and therapy, Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Following the conceptualization of the human being as a three-dimensional entity, Frankl recognised the aspects of suffering such as physical, mental,
-
The Human Dimension of Spirit: A Necessity for Peace
Professor Edward Marshall December 16, 2025 While the world continues to reel from the impact of multiple armed conflicts, peace efforts—particularly in Ukraine—remain elusive. It is difficult to comprehend that, after centuries of historical lessons on the futility and devastation of war, Europe once again finds itself on the brink of calamity. Nonetheless, human beings
-
Competency-Based Education
Professor Edward Marshall Professor Maria Marshall Semptmeber 3, 2025 The Ottawa Institute of Logotherapy has adopted a competency-based learning framework across our Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA) program to support student’s growth in clarity, confidence, and real-world readiness. This approach focuses on how one applies key skills, insights, and professional standards in practice. We have
-
Eduaction with Meaning
An Overview Professor Maria Marshall Professor Edward Marshall June 30, 2025 “Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow.” (Swedish proverb) For the past twenty years, we have been providing meaning-oriented education and psychotherapy according to the principles of Viktor E. Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Our approach to psychotherapy contains a logo-educational
-
Ambassadors of Hope
Four Keys from the Perspective of Viktor E. Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis Professor Maria Marshall Professor Edward Marshall June 2, 2025 Introduction: Dr. Frankl once remarked that “…If we wanted to build a bridge from person to person—and this also applies to a bridge of reconciliation and understanding, the bridgeheads must not be the
-
Pastoral Care during Life Transitions
Presented by: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Lukas Location: Catholic Private University, Linz, Austria Organized by: Prof. Dr. Klara-Antonia Csiszar Abstract: Viktoria Puchner (KU-Linz) Transcribed and trans…
-
The Meaning of Logotherapy in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The Meaning of logotherapy in psychiatry and psychotherapy. Presentation by Dr. Cvijeta Pahljina (1943 – 2022), Psychiatrist, at The Future of Logotherapy Congress, Vienna, 2016. Translated b…
-
Logotherapy and Existential Analysis for Burnout and Moral Injury
Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA) can be helpful to prevent burnout as well as to manage the effects of moral injury. Burnout and moral injury are two different entities. …
-
Logotherapy and Existential Analysis for Moral Injury validated by Science
Logotherapy and Existential Analysis for the Management of Moral Injury. Edward Marshall, Maria Marshall, Ottawa Institute of Logotherapy, 2021.
-
Choosing the Path of Meaning
The current war in Ukraine rests on a fundamental error and faulty attitudes that lead to a vicious cycle of destruction and self-harm. While the implications of this harm to the self, in addition to others, may not immediately perceptible, its consequences are far reaching and deeper than physical wounds.