Author/Authors :
TAGAY, Özlem Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi - Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , VOLTAN-ACAR, Nilüfer Hacettepe Üniversitesi - Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , NALBANT, Aygül Bozok Üniversitesi - Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Anabilim Dalı, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Practicality of Logotherapy Concepts and Techniques in Turkish Culture
Abstract :
Logotherapy is a meaning-oriented approach to therapy, among humanistic and existentialist schools of thought. Victor E. Frankl, (1905-1997), the founder of logotherapy, was a distinguished Austrian psychiatrist with a world-wide reputation. Frankl emphasized the importance of meaning and value in human life. Psychological Counseling Approaches has developed by the contribution of many European and American psychologists. Researchers have been interested in the impact of culture on individuals for a very long time but more consistent study of culture on individuals has only occurred recently. In this article the concepts such as will to meaning, existential frustration, collective neurosis, existential vacuum, meaning of life, meaning of love, meaning of suffering and super meaning; techniques such as paradoxical intention and de-reflection have been investigated according to the Turkish Culture. It has seen that some concepts and techniques of logotherapy said to be suitable for using in Turkish Culture
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Logotherapy , concepts and techniques of logotherapy , Turkish culture
JournalTitle :
ege journal of education
