by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 20, 2023 | Meaning, Mental Health, Substance Abuse
Part of my clinical work for the past 20 years has been incorporating mental health and logotherapy into theories and practice of substance abuse treatment. This has brought me close to the corrections industry – sometimes more commonly thought of as...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 13, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth, Spirituality
We talk quite a bit about the nöos, or the spirit or soul, in logotherapy. Dr. Frankl was the first theorist to suggest that humankind was more than just mind and body, but that we also had a “defiant human spirit”. In this chat with clinical social...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Mar 6, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, PTSD
Jess Michaels is an Epstein survivor who struggled with the physical symptoms of sexual assault for over 25 years – culminating in Adrenal Fatique Syndrome; until her involvement with the families of Sandy Hook reawakened her trauma and forced her to make...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 27, 2023 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Uncategorized
The question life ask us, and in answering which we can realize the meaning of the present moment, does not only change from hour to hour but also changes from person to person: the question is entirely different in each moment for every individual. What is waiting...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 20, 2023 | Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
I’m just not feeling it this episode. Haven’t been “feelin’ it” for a little while now. But then again, many of us “aren’t feeling it” – are we depressed? Am I depressed? Or, maybe, is it a case of The Winter Blues...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Feb 13, 2023 | Management, Meaning, Mental Health, Military Service, PTSD
Retirement can often lead to the dreaded “Existential Vacuum” if we are not prepared to take meaningful action after the end of the job. Navy Chief Petty Officer (Retired) Joseph Paul and I have been friends for quite a while, so we typically have quite a...
