Positive Psychology: The Will-to-Meaning: Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy

Sunday, November 27, 2022

The Will-to-Meaning: Viktor Frankl and Logotherapy

https://youtu.be/asZcSJWCBPk

Nov 14, 2011This video was created for a graduate-level Theories of Counseling Psychology course at The University of Texas at Austin. I hope that it gives you some insight into Viktor Frankl's life and his theory of Logotherapy.

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."