Self-knowledge
Truly knowing who you are: a unique being, with capacities and limits. Knowing yourself supports self-esteem and clarifies what you want and how to live it.
The approach
Logotherapy
“If you cannot change a situation that causes you pain, you can always choose the attitude with which you face that suffering.”
What is Logotherapy?
As the third Viennese school of psychotherapy, Logotherapy is a method centered on "meaning" — the significance of human existence — rooted in the spiritual dimension of the person.
It is a relational therapy: it helps you become aware of what you most deeply long for, discovering meaning by bringing your values to life in the everyday.
Viktor E. Frankl, its founder, places human motivation in the discovery of "a meaning for one's life," in contrast to Freud's will to pleasure and Adler's will to power.
Areas of work
The capacity to choose
We are always choosing; even not choosing is a choice. What matters is being aware that we always have alternatives.
Values
Each person's hierarchy of values shapes their choices and conduct. Clarity about our values is essential to living with meaning.
Freedom and responsibility
Freedom is the capacity to choose and act even amid uncertainty and risk. Every choice carries a responsibility and a consequence.
Self-transcendence
The ability to reach beyond oneself: to love others and embrace causes as our own. In giving ourselves, we reach the very meaning of our existence.
I can choose how to live.