by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | Jun 7, 2020 | Meaning, Mental Health, Personal Growth
When commenting on blaming all Germans, all Nazis, for the atrocities he faced for three years in the concentration camps of WWII, Viktor Frankl wrote in Man’s Search for Meaning, “As for the concept of collective guilt, I personally think that it is totally...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 31, 2020 | Affair Recovery, Anxiety, Depression, Management, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Wellness
Psychotherapy, counseling, and coaching are not always about working with anxiety, depression, and the labels of other mental health issues. My work week is filled with helping people make decisions – we explore a lot of questions in my office (and on Zoom now)....
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 24, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Meaning, Mental Health, Military Service, Personal Growth
I’ve always had a special appreciation for Memorial Day. As a kid, of course it meant the end of school and the beginning of summer. We would often have family cook-outs with my cousins, aunts, and uncles – the adults would enjoy a day of barbecuing and...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health
Pain, Guilt, Death – we can’t escape them. They are as much a part of human life as breathing. In Logotherapy, they are considered the “Tragic Triad” – those forms of suffering that are inescapable in our human existence. Many people...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Marriage, Meaning, Mental Health
“Freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast.” – Viktor Frankl...
by Dr. Daniel A. Franz | May 3, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, Grief, Marriage, Mental Health, Parenting, Personal Growth, Relationships
You may have heard me say this before, but “normal” is not a point along a spectrum with a defined set of criteria. No, “normal” is the spectrum itself. There is a wide range of “normal” that is considered to be within acceptable...
