Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl (26 March 1905 – 2 September 1997) was an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, who founded logotherapy, a school of psychotherapy that describes a search for a life's meaning as the central human motivational force. Logotherapy is part of existential and humanistic psychology theories.
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Frankl in 1965 | |
| Born | Viktor Emil Frankl 26 March 1905 |
| Died | 2 September 1997 (aged 92) Vienna, Austria |
| Resting place | Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Austria, Old Jewish Section |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (MD, 1930; PhD, 1948) |
| Occupation(s) | Neurologist, psychiatrist |
| Known for | Logotherapy Existential analysis |
| Spouse(s) | Tilly Grosser, m. 1941 – c. 1944–1945 (her death) Eleonore Katharina Schwindt, m. 1947 |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Logotherapy was promoted as the third school of Viennese Psychotherapy, after those established by Sigmund Freud, and Alfred Adler.
Frankl published 39 books. The autobiographical Man's Search for Meaning, a best-selling book, is based on his experiences in various Nazi concentration camps.
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