Tag Archives: emotions

Character Identification and Empathy

Posted on August 28, 2011 by logogroup

In his interview on talk sense radio Alex Vesely had said (see Friday’s post) that a movie director is a director of emotions He also said that movies can be used therapeutically by focusing on which characters we identify with … Continue reading →

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Alex Vesely Interview

Posted on August 26, 2011 by logogroup

I had the great pleasure of listening to Alex Vesely on talk sense radio yesterday. I recommend that you listen to the broadcast yourself but here are a few of the snippets that were meaningful to me. “A film director … Continue reading →

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Communal Victims

Posted on August 5, 2011 by logogroup

It’s not healthy to suppress emotions and it’s not healthy to recklessly let them loose either. We need to take stock of what is stimulating them and also what is the will to meaning that has been thwarted. What is … Continue reading →

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Role of emotions in logotherapy

Posted on August 4, 2011 by logogroup

We know that it is helpful for a person seeking therapy to express his or her emotions, including negative ones. How does the logotherapist relate to the client’s expression of emotions? What role do emotions play in the process of … Continue reading →

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Logotherapeutic skills more than it seems

Posted on July 22, 2011 by logogroup

There exists a tension in logotherapy between the need to learn skills and logotherapy being a basic orientation to life. If it is a theoretical therapeutic approach, then like any other approach there are skills to be practiced and concrete … Continue reading →

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Being in the noetic dimension

Posted on July 15, 2011 by logogroup

I could have stayed in the next presentation all day. It was a workshop called Affective and Relational Methods: Under Utilized Tools for Reaching the Noetic Dimension presented by Dr. Michael Winters. He asked us to think about a time … Continue reading →

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Integrated by halacha

Posted on December 19, 2010 by logogroup

(Fifth in a series summarizing the book Halachic Man) In the next section of the book Halachic Man the unifying theme seems to be that halacha integrates halachic man. The split personality that plagues human-kind is absent. There is no … Continue reading →

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