by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 22, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
Why the Holidays Can Be Hard on Mental Health—and What Helps For many people, the holidays are supposed to be joyful: warm gatherings, shared meals, traditions passed down through generations. Yet every year, a quieter truth emerges in therapy offices, inboxes, and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 14, 2025 | Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
At the time I am writing this, we still have not reached the Winter Solstice – the shortest day of the year. This day marks the slow, the very slow, return of more sunlight in our days. Warmth, light, brightness…. still months away. And, I don’t...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Dec 7, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
Why We Become So Nostalgic During the Holidays Every year, right on schedule, it happens. It usually starts in my office just a few days before Halloween – if I am conscious enough to start asking the right questions. But, for most of us, it starts less...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 30, 2025 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Wellness
I’ve been writing this blog every week for somewhere around 15 years. Every year, on the Monday after Thanksgiving, I share something about holiday gift giving. I love writing this post every year. A few times, I think I actually listed gifts I thought would...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 23, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Wellness
Last week, I wrote about Meaning – shocker, I know. But from that, came some great discussion in my office. I write about meaning often. I talk about meaning just about every day. I study the idea of meaning all the time. Sometimes I forget, not everybody...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Nov 16, 2025 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Personal Growth, Wellness
Logotherapy—developed by Dr. Viktor Frankl—centers on one core idea: human beings can endure almost any “how” if they have a “why.” Its principles help people build meaning, resilience, and psychological flexibility. Here are practical ways to apply Logotherapy in...
