Empirical Research in Logotherapy and Meaning-Oriented Psychotherapy: An Annotated Bibliography by Alexander Batthyany

by Alexander Batthyány

An ambitious project, this book offers an organized, comprehensive, and invaluable compilation of relevant research material regarding meaning in life -- the central axis of logotherapy. For those who are interested specifically in the work of Viktor Frankl, the book’s place in the libraryshould be easily accessible because it will be pulled from the shelf again and again. For those who are not as familiar with his truly expansive perspective, the book will clarify Frankl’s place in the field of contemporary psychotherapy and his enduring influence around the world. Batthyany and Guttmann have divided their presentation into three parts. In the first, readers will find studies on the scope, depth, and sources of meaning in everyday life, as well as across a variety of situations. The second part introduces findings related to logotherapy and psychopathology, and the entries in the third section consider the validity, reliability, and structure of logotherapeutic test instruments, or deal on some level withmeta-research on logotherapy. A relevant resource for the classroom or the private study, Empirical Research in Logotherapy and Meaning-Oriented An Annotated Bibliography celebrates the most profound aspects of psychotherapeutic exploration.

Hardcover

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány is Director the Research Institute for Theoretical Psychology and Personalist Studies at Pázmány Péter University, Budapest and is faculty Professor for Existential Psychotherapy at the Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis. He is Director of the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna. He is author or editor of more than 15 books. His academic work has been translated into 10 languages. He has been invited to give lectures around the world. Batthyány divides his time between Vienna and the Hungarian countryside, where he and his wife and daughters are developing an alternative intentional community.