Meaning Therapy: Assessments And Interventions
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https://doi.org/10.65828/bhp2ng16Keywords:
Meaning, purpose, existential anxiety, understanding, responsibility, authenticity, values, beliefs, worldview, meaning-seeking, self-transcendence, spirituality, freedom, death, autonomy, courage, logotherapy, Viktor FranklAbstract
This paper introduces meaning therapy (MT) as a recent extension of Viktor Frankl's logotherapy with several important new features, such as being integrative, empirical, and positive. With meaning as a holistic, central construct, MT is inherently integrative. With its emphasis on contemporary meaning research, MT has firm empirical support. With respect to its positive orientation, MT distinguishes itself from most existential therapies by virtue of its focus on meaning-seeking and meaning-making as a positive value for a worthwhile life. This paper also introduces several instruments and meaning-based interventions developed by Wong.
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