The Meaning Project: Logotherapy & The Psychology of Meaning
How to use Logotherapy to improve depression, anxiety, and overall mental health
Can one idea alleviate depression, relieve anxiety, reduce stress, heal relationships, improve your career, help decision making, reconnect marriages and families, and guide you towards overall mental health?
I like to think so.
Viktor Frankl was a world renowned neurologist, psychiatrist, and psychotherapist who specialized in the psychology of Meaning.
His theories were tested and proven during the three years he spent in the tortuous Nazi concentration camps of WWII. He survived those camps and went on the continue to write and lecture on his Logotherapy - the psychology of Meaning.
We all struggle. Suffering is part of being human - it cannot be avoided.
But it doesn’t mean you are “ill” or “broken”.
Suffering can be turned into triumph. Healing what is broken can make it stronger.
The Meaning Project is the culmination of over two decades of research, study, and practice in in the fields of psychology, counseling, coaching, and Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy.
This course discusses the foundational concepts of Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy and offers ways to help yourself and others through life's most difficult struggles in a way that encourages the discovery of new meaning and the healing of the human spirit.
The course contains several hours of audio and video lecture - as well as exercises to explore your own suffering and meaning. In addition - the comments section serves as a forum to discuss your thoughts on the course and interact with the instructor - think of it like having your own personal coach, Logotherapist, and like-minded community with you whenever you need!
Are you struggling with anxiety or depression?
Do you feel disconnected and down – out of touch with happiness and meaning in your life?
Do you feel the “existential vacuum” of modern society sucking the joy out of life?
Has your marriage or relationship disintegrated or disconnected?
Are you trying to rebuild trust or recover from betrayal?
Do you suffer from substance abuse or addiction? Has gambling, spending, pornography, sex, internet or smartphone use become an obsession?
Has work grown meaningless? Does your career cause “Sunday neurosis” – anger or sadness at the idea of going back to work Monday morning? Do you fantasize about “a better job” or more meaningful career?
THE MEANING PROJECT CAN HELP
These ideas - this course - can help you discover new meaning through the suffering - it can help you, or those you care about, find strength in what was once broken.
Want to know more? Learn a little more about me, my style, and the course in the intro video Who is Dr. Dan?
I've also included some quick tips and ideas in the free bonus video Other Stories - enjoy!
Your Instructor
Hello! I am "Dr. Dan" - I spend most of my days helping others as a licensed mental health counselor and clinical addictions counselor in private practice. When I am not helping individuals, families and small businesses, I enjoy instructing graduate courses in psychology & counseling at several universities. I wrote this course in order to share my knowledge, experience, and research with you to help you discover a happier, healthier, more meaningful life.
"Logotherapy and life coaching with Dr. Dan has inspired me to change my attitude towards the challenges we all face in this broken world. Dr. Dan’s depth of understanding & knowledge on Viktor Frankl’s teachings enabled me to apply those same principles. His guidance has encouraged me to find meaning and purpose during some of the most difficult & darkest moments of my life”
- "Perpetual Realist"
"The meaning project is an amazing online resource. Dr Dan first shares his own personal story and then offers the tools and support to learn about yourself, others, and find meaning in all aspects of life. The discussion forum gives an opportunity to gain support from others who follow the program. I have tried other therapy providers but have never had such positive results as I have from working with Dr. Dan Franz."
- M.M.
Course Curriculum
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StartYour Meaning Map
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StartMeaning Map 1 - Developing Optimism in the Face of Tragedy & Illness (39:30)
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StartMeaning Map 2 - The Will to Meaning & The Three Pillars of Logotherapy (25:53)
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StartMeaning Map 3 - Discovering Ultimate Meaning & Meaning in Every Moment (29:52)
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StartMeaning Map 4 - Self-Guided Methods for Personal Discovery (19:01)
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StartLogotherapy Lecture 1 - Logotherapy & Positive Psychology Basics
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StartLogotherapy Lecture 2 - Meaningful World View or “Weltanschaung”
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StartLogotherapy Lecture 3 - On the Topic of Ultimate Meaning
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StartLogotherapy Lecture 4 - Spirituality & Religion, and their Impact on Meaning
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StartLogotherapy Lecture 5 - Using Tragic Optimism to Ignite the Defiant Power of the Human Spirit