by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 16, 2024 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. If I were to sum up the entirety of Dr. Viktor Frankl’s works, as I have come to understand them, and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 9, 2024 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Psychedelic Therapy
Over two decades ago, when I first started in the industry working in adolescent substance abuse treatment, Ketamine was only a street-drug to me. A substance used in the medical field, that addicts would find illegally – often stealing in it from physicians...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Sep 2, 2024 | Mental Health, Personal Growth, Uncategorized, Work / Career
In this episode, Dr. Dan discusses the meaning of work and how it relates to finding purpose and fulfillment in life. He explores the ideas of Viktor Frankl and Joseph Fabry, both pioneers in logotherapy, and highlights the importance of finding meaning in creative...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Aug 5, 2024 | Anxiety, Depression, Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health, Uncategorized, Wellness
Although my phone says I used it 2 hours less this week, I think I’ve been spending too much time in media – social and otherwise. Maybe it’s having the Olympics on, or maybe it’s coming back to the “real world” after vacation. ...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 29, 2024 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love. I understood how a man who has nothing left in this world still may know bliss, be it only for a brief...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jul 22, 2024 | Logotherapy, Meaning, Mental Health
Last week, I visited a concentration camp. It was not the first time I had visited this particular one. But it was the first time I visited it after studying Viktor Frankl, Logotherapy, and Man’s Search for Meaning. In that concentration camp, I was reminded...
