Tag: Viktor Frankl
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Cicely Saunders and Viktor Frankl
The Relevance of Meaning in Palliative Care Professor Maria Marshall Professor Edward Marshall January 10, 2026 According to a well-known anecdote, the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead was once asked by a group of students, “When did civilization start?” Some speculated that her answer would be along the lines of “When humans learned how to use
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Logotherapy in Palliative Care
Trancript of the Article by Dr. Chritopher Wurm, published with his permission. Originally published in: Wurm, C. S. (1992). Logotherapy in palliative care. Hospress, 6(1), 34-39. By Dr. Christopher S. E. WurmFamily Practice Unit, University of AdelaideGeneral Practice Teaching Unit, Modbury HospitalBehavioural Medicine Clinic, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia Logotherapy and its Foundations
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How to Prevent AI from Making You Redundant
“Humans Don’t Simply Follow” “So verhinderst du, dass KI dich überflüssig macht.” An Interview with Dr. Elisabeth Lukas about Leadership and Meaning by Wilhelm Tupy. December 23, 2025. Transcribed and translated to English by Professor Maria Marshall on January 10, 2026. WT: Imagine what it would be like if 80 to 90 percent of your
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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 recognized the aspects of suffering such as physical, mental,
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Competency-Based Education
Professor Edward Marshall Professor Maria Marshall September 3, 2025 The Ottawa Institute of Logotherapy has adopted a competency-based learning framework across our Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA) program to support students’ 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
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Education 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
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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
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The World is not Well, but it can be Healed
[PASSIONSWEGE] “Stations of the Passion” Radio Talk Veronika Bonelli’s Interview with Alexander Batthyány February 21, 2024 Translated and summarized by Maria Marshall Key points: VB: “The Wo…
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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…
