Geriatric Logotherapy: Exploring the Psychotherapeutics of Memory in Treating the Elderly
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Morgan, John H.
Abstract / Description
Geriatric Logotherapy is an analytical approach designed to address issues uniquely confronted in the counseling encounter with the elderly and is an adaptation of the psychotherapeutic school of thought known as Logotherapy. Logotherapy is a type of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment which focuses on a will to meaning, founded upon the belief that striving to find meaning in one's life is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force within the human experience. Sometimes called existential analysis, logotherapy grew out of the psychiatric research and personal experience of Viktor Frankl, M.D., based on his internment experience in Germany. Known as the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy (Freud and Adler being the founders of the First and Second Schools), logotherapy as a school of thought emphasizes existential reflection rather than psychoanalytic repression, focusing upon the concept and centrality of “meaning” in one’s life rather than Freud’s “pleasure principle” and Adler’s “will to power.” This article explores, then, the application of this school of psychotherapeutic theory and practice to the psychological care and treatment of the elderly, emphasizing the “existential efficacy of the good memory” as an analytical tool for emotional nurture with emphasis upon “immediacy” rather than “longevity” of care and treatment.
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logotherapy geriatrics psychotherapy elderlyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2012-10-31
Journal title
Psychological Thought
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5
Issue
2
Page numbers
99–105
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Morgan, J. H. (2012). Geriatric Logotherapy: Exploring the Psychotherapeutics of Memory in Treating the Elderly. Psychological Thought, 5(2), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v5i2.39
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Morgan, John H.
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Date of first publication2012-10-31
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Abstract / DescriptionGeriatric Logotherapy is an analytical approach designed to address issues uniquely confronted in the counseling encounter with the elderly and is an adaptation of the psychotherapeutic school of thought known as Logotherapy. Logotherapy is a type of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment which focuses on a will to meaning, founded upon the belief that striving to find meaning in one's life is the primary, most powerful motivating and driving force within the human experience. Sometimes called existential analysis, logotherapy grew out of the psychiatric research and personal experience of Viktor Frankl, M.D., based on his internment experience in Germany. Known as the Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy (Freud and Adler being the founders of the First and Second Schools), logotherapy as a school of thought emphasizes existential reflection rather than psychoanalytic repression, focusing upon the concept and centrality of “meaning” in one’s life rather than Freud’s “pleasure principle” and Adler’s “will to power.” This article explores, then, the application of this school of psychotherapeutic theory and practice to the psychological care and treatment of the elderly, emphasizing the “existential efficacy of the good memory” as an analytical tool for emotional nurture with emphasis upon “immediacy” rather than “longevity” of care and treatment.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationMorgan, J. H. (2012). Geriatric Logotherapy: Exploring the Psychotherapeutics of Memory in Treating the Elderly. Psychological Thought, 5(2), 99–105. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v5i2.39en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1544
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1910
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v5i2.39
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Keyword(s)logotherapyen_US
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Keyword(s)geriatricsen_US
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Keyword(s)psychotherapyen_US
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Keyword(s)elderlyen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleGeriatric Logotherapy: Exploring the Psychotherapeutics of Memory in Treating the Elderlyen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue2
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers99–105
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Volume5
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