Tag Archives: consciousness

New logotherapy blog

Posted on June 5, 2012 by logogroup

This is a reminder to check out my new logotherapy blog called themeaningseeker.com Instead of announcing that this blog is terminated and sending you to the new blog, I decided to continue this blog as a group blog (with weekly … Continue reading →

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The law of divine providence in human relationships

Posted on February 22, 2012 by logogroup

Viktor Frankl wrote that to be human is to be conscious and to be responsible, and to be conscious that we are responsible. There are things we know without being conscious of this knowledge. For example, we might claim to … Continue reading →

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The Boy Who Pulled My Ponytail

Posted on December 18, 2011 by logogroup

When I was about seven years old the boy in the desk behind me at school used to pull my ponytail. I didn’t like it. But other than jerking my head away I didn’t do anything. What do I think … Continue reading →

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The Tasks of Dis-Ease

Posted on December 13, 2011 by logogroup

As Frankl said there is great therapeutic value in seeing life as a task. The tasks of dis-ease can be broken into four main categories: processing, rediscovery, consciousness and being-in-relationship. Processing Processing meaning taking all the shells and pits of … Continue reading →

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Faith and Discernment

Posted on November 20, 2011 by logogroup

Simplifications are sometimes handy but at the same time run the risk of being oversimplifications. I say this by way of introduction to a handy definition I’d like to put forth on what religiosity means to me. To be religious … Continue reading →

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A New Year

Posted on September 28, 2011 by logogroup

There will be no posts for the next three days. A new year is upon us in the Jewish calendar – Rosh Hashana. In the words of the prayer service it is the day of the birth of creation and … Continue reading →

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Is logotherapy short-term therapy?

Posted on July 29, 2011 by logogroup

Short-term therapy is more in fashion these days. Bodies that are paying for therapy don’t want it to drag on. Clients also don’t want it to drag on. Is logotherapy a short-term therapy? If so, what makes it different from … Continue reading →

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How to develop awareness

Posted on July 24, 2011 by logogroup

What are logotherapeutic skills? How can these skills be practiced and sharpened? To be human, says Frankl is to be conscious. What are humans conscious of? We can divide this in a very general way into awareness of self and … Continue reading →

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Post traumatic growth

Posted on July 13, 2011 by logogroup

In the post “Using logotherapy to treat PTSD” I described a presentation at the World Congress given by Dr. Steven Southwick about PTSD, filling in for a speaker who could not make it. The next day was his regularly scheduled … Continue reading →

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The skill of conscience

Posted on May 22, 2011 by logogroup

This past week I attended a marriage enrichment conference. The overwhelmingly strong message was: People want to learn skills. It gave me something to think about in reflecting on logotherapy’s emphasis on meaning as opposed to skills and techniques. And … Continue reading →

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