#89 Keynote Address by Dr. Steven Southwick

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LogoTalk Radio #89
Keynote Address by Dr. Steven Southwick

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Dr. Steven Southwick received an MD from George Washington Medical School in 1980. He completed his psychiatry residency at Yale University School of Medicine. He is the Glenn H. Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry, PTSD, and Resilience at Yale University Medical School and Yale Child Study Center, Medical Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Diversion of the Veterans Affairs National Center for PTSD, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine. His interests include the psychology and neurobiology of psychological trauma, PTSD, and resilience to stress. He has worked with a wide range of trauma survivors including combat veterans, civilian children and adults with PTSD, and very high functioning stress resilient former prisoners of war and active duty Special Forces soldiers and Navy Seals.

Along with coauthor Dr. Dennis S. Charney, Dr. Southwick’s latest book, Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges, has recently been published. 

https://www.amazon.com/Resilience-Science-Mastering-Greatest-Challenges-dp-1108441661/dp/1108441661/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1584809762

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resilience-steven-m-southwick/1110768134

Most of us at some point in our lives will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, assault, or a natural disaster (including the current global pandemic). Resilience refers to the ability to 'bounce back' after encountering difficulty. This book provides a guide to building emotional, mental, and physical resilience by presenting ten factors to help anyone become more resilient to life's challenges. Specific resilience factors such as facing fear, optimism, and social support are described through the experiences and personal reflections of highly resilient survivors. These survivors also describe real-life methods for practicing and benefiting from the resilience factors. As resilience is the complex product of genetic, psychological, biological, social, and spiritual factors, the authors investigate resilience from multiple scientific perspectives. They synthesize the latest literature on the topic, describe their own research on resilience, and quote from their interviews with highly resilient people.

Dr. Southwick delivered the keynote address to the 22nd World Congress on Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, held in June 2019 in Dallas, and gave LogoTalk Radio his kind permission to record and present his remarks.

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Viktor Frankl and the Book for Job: A Search for Meaning by Marshall H. Lewis with foreword by Alexander Batthyány is now available from Pickwick Publications.

“A bold and ambitious reading that respects the text of Job as much as it does the texts of Frankl, the book uses Frankl to construct a new hermeneutic of reading.”

— C. Fred Alford, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, College Park, and author of After the Holocaust: The Book of Job, Primo Levi, and the Path to Affliction.

“It is destined to become a classic both due to its original line of thought and the rarely found blend of sensitivity and knowledge so impressively present throughout its chapters.”

— Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány, Endowed Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology, Liechtenstein.

Cover Design: Shannon Carter

Amazon (hardcover):
https://www.amazon.com/Viktor-Frankl-Book-Marshall-Lewis/dp/1532659148/

Amazon (softcover):
https://www.amazon.com/dp/153265913X/

Amazon (Kindle):
https://www.amazon.com/Viktor-Frankl-Marshall-H-Lewis-ebook/dp/B07SX66CC3/

Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job-marshall-h-lewis/1131606480?ean=9781532659133

Morning Star Publishing
https://morningstarpublishing.net.au/product/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job/

Wipf and Stock Publishers:
https://wipfandstock.com/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job.html

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#88: Interview with Dr. Anja Elfrida Hald

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LogoTalk Radio #88
Interview with Dr. Anja Elfrida Hald

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"Imagine discovering meaning and values every day that enrich and support employees, leaders and companies to make a healthier workplace. We are the leading global partners working with new concepts of finding meaning and values in modern workplaces of the twenty-first century." Learn more from Dr. Anja Hald on LogoTalk Radio!

Dr. Anja Hald holds a Master of Public Administration degree and earned her PhD with A Field Analysis of Skills Development and Job Positions in the Labor Market. She earned the advanced diploma in Meaning-Centered Therapy (logotherapy) from the Viktor Frankl Institute Australia. She is the Co-founder of Meaning-at-work.com, an international non-profit organization, and Founder of the Center for Meaning in Denmark. She is Senior Project Manager for MedTech Innovation Consortium and has wide experience in C-suite corporate and university environments.

Links from this episode:

Center for Meaning by Dr. Anja Elfrida Hald: 

http://center-for-meaning.com

Meaning at Work by Anja & Conny:

https://meaning-at-work.com

EAP Institut by Dr. Conny Martens:  

https://eap-institut.at

Lifechange by Dr. Paul McQuillan:

https://www.lifechange.net.au

By Dr. Harald Pichler: 

https://sinnmachterfolg.at

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Viktor Frankl and the Book for Job: A Search for Meaning by Marshall H. Lewis with foreword by Alexander Batthyány is now available from Pickwick Publications.

“A bold and ambitious reading that respects the text of Job as much as it does the texts of Frankl, the book uses Frankl to construct a new hermeneutic of reading.”

— C. Fred Alford, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland, College Park, and author of After the Holocaust: The Book of Job, Primo Levi, and the Path to Affliction.

“It is destined to become a classic both due to its original line of thought and the rarely found blend of sensitivity and knowledge so impressively present throughout its chapters.”

— Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány, Endowed Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology, Liechtenstein.

Cover Design: Shannon Carter

Pickwick Publications: https://wipfandstock.com/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job.html

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/153265913X/

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job-marshall-h-lewis/1131606480?ean=9781532659133

Morning Star Publishing: https://morningstarpublishing.net.au/product/viktor-frankl-and-the-book-of-job/

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#76: Feeling Good vs. Being Good for Something: Logotherapy and Its Relation to Positive and Existential Psychology with Dr. Alexander Batthyány

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Feeling Good vs. Being Good for Something:
Logotherapy and Its Relation to Positive and Existential Psychology
with Dr. Alexander Batthyány

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On Monday, March 9, 2015, Dr. Alexander Batthyány gave the following keynote address to the First International Congress of Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy in Israel, held in Haifa. With his usual grace, Dr. Batthyány has given his kind permission for us to share the address with you.

Alexander Batthyány is President of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna and Director of the Viktor Frankl Archives. He is Professor and Academic Director of the Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology at the University of the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein. This chair was established by Dr. Viktor Frankl himself and represents the world’s first and only Ph.D. program in logotherapy and logotherapy-related interdisciplinary studies at a fully accredited institution of higher learning. Dr. Batthyány is also Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vienna, Vienna Medical School.

He is widely published in the areas of the philosophy of science, logotherapy, and consciousness studies with over 50 citations to his credit. These include five monographs, six edited anthologies, and ten edited volumes the most recent being Meaning in Existential and Positive Psychology, edited with Pninit Russo-Netzer. Forthcoming works include Conscious Selves: An Argument for Brain‐Mind‐Interactionism; To Cope, To Strive, To Understand: Existential Questions in Psychology. He is Head of the Editorial Board and First Editor of the 14‐Volumes of The Collected Works of Viktor Frankl, of which the first five volumes have been published. The complete set is expected to be finished around the year 2020.

Links to Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology edited by Alexander Batthyány and Pninit Russo-Netzer:

Springer link

Amazon link

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Additional links from this month's podcast:

The Logotherapy Association in Israel

Jubilee Twentieth World Congress on Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy: Humanity's Search for Peace and Purpose with keynote speaker Dr. Arun Gandhi

Dr. Arun Gandhi

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#72: Clinical Efficacy of Logotherapy: An Updated Research Overview with Alexander Batthyány and Michael Thir

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Clinical Efficacy of Logotherapy:
An Updated Research Overview
with Alexander Batthyány and Michael Thir

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Alexander Batthyány is President of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna and Director of the Viktor Frankl Archives. He is Professor and Academic Director of the Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology at the University of the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein. This chair was established by Dr. Viktor Frankl himself and represents the world’s first and only Ph.D. program in logotherapy and logotherapy-related interdisciplinary studies at a fully accredited institution of higher learning. Dr. Batthyány is also Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vienna, Vienna Medical School.

He is widely published in the areas of the philosophy of science, logotherapy, and consciousness studies with over 50 citations to his credit. These include five monographs, six edited anthologies, and ten edited volumes the most recent being Meaning in Existential and Positive Psychology, edited with Pninit Russo-Netzer. Forthcoming works include Conscious Selves: An Argument for Brain‐Mind‐Interactionism; To Cope, To Strive, To Understand: Existential Questions in Psychology. He is Head of the Editorial Board and First Editor of the 14‐Volumes of The Collected Works of Viktor Frankl, of which the first five volumes have been published. The complete set is expected to be finished around the year 2020.

Michael Thir is a clinical psychologist who was a student of Alexander Batthyány and is a principle organizer of The Future of Logotherapy conferences in Vienna.  He is working closely with Dr. Batthyány on the upcoming Annual Review of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis. Recently, he has completed a research report for the Austrian Ministry of Health reconfirming the clinical efficacy of logotherapy and existential analysis.

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#69: A Practitioner’s Review of the Logotherapy Evidence Base

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A Practitioner’s Review of the Logotherapy Evidence Base
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This presentation was delivered by Dr. Marshall H. Lewis at the Vienna Medical Society's historic Billrothhaus on May 17, 2014 during the Second Future of Logotherapy Conference. Dr. Lewis compares the published empirical evidence for the efficacy of logotherapy to the evidence-based practice guidelines of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA) in the United States. Therapists gain a working knowledge of the evidence base of logotherapy and come to understand how that body of research compares to a leading standard for the determination of psychotherapy effectiveness. Suggestions are made on how logotherapists can provide practice-based evidence, including participation in a Kansas Global Initiative for Meaningful Health.

Links from this month's podcast:

The Kansas (Global) Initiative for Meaningful Health

Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Treatment Manual

Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Treatment Manual

Rockets into Roses

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#64 Congress Vienna 2012: The Great Positive Psychology Debate

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Congress Vienna 2012: The Great Positive Psychology Debate

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Dmitry A. Leontiev, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., and Marshall H. Lewis, Ph.D., speak on logotherapy and positive psychology at Congress Vienna 2012: The Future of Logotherapy on March 16, 2012.  A third speaker, Rabbi Leo Abrami, also spoke on this topic, but his presentation is not available.  

An extended version of Rabbi Abrami's paper, however, is available at the link below.  For those wishing to experience the full discussion in the original order, it is recommended that Rabbi Abrami's paper be read before listening to the podcast, as the final speaker, in particular, responds to it in several ways.  Marshall Lewis's paper is also linked below.  In the actual presentation, Dr. Lewis deviated from the prepared comments to avoid duplicating the points made by Rabbi Abrami.

The Importance of Meaning in Logotherapy and Positive Psychology by Leo Abrami

Logotherapy and Positive Psychology by Marshall H. Lewis

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Dmitry A. Leontiev, Ph.D., Dr.Sc., is Professor of Psychology at Moscow State University and President of the Institute of Existential Psychology and Life Enhancement based in Moscow.  He is Vice-President of the Moscow branch of the Russian Psychological Society.  He serves on numerous boards including the International Society for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy and the European Network for Positive Psychology.  He is associate editor of the Journal of Positive Psychology.

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Marshall H. Lewis, Ph.D., is Clinical Director at Southwest Guidance Center, part of the community mental health network in the State of Kansas. He is a faculty member and board member of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy USA and is the assistant editor of the International Forum for Logotherapy.  He serves on the science committee and editorial board at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna.

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#62: Interview with Matti Ameli, MS on Logotherapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

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Interview with Matti Ameli, MS

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Matti Ameli, MS, holds masters degrees in clinical psychology and in differential and social psychology, with a post-masters specialization in human factors.  She is also a certified professional coach.  She has studied and worked in France, the United States, and Spain. She has a strong international background in psychology (having practiced for over 15 years) and in professional coaching (having practiced for over 10 years).  Matti is an accredited member of the International Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna.

As a therapist and coach, her approach is practical, action-oriented, and solution-focused. Her goal is to help individuals and corporations not only to function at a ´´healthy level´´ but also to add creativity, meaning, and passion to their life (or corporate) philosophy.  Most recently, Matti published an article on logotherapy and cognitive therapy in Psychotherapy, a journal of the American Psychological Association.

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The paper discussed on this month's podcast is:

Ameli, M. and Dattilio, F. (2013). Enhancing cognitive behavior therapy with logotherapy: Techniques for clinical practice. Psychotherapy 50(3), 387-391.

It is available from PsycNET at the following link:
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pst/50/3/387/

Abstract: Logotherapy is a meaning-centered approach to psychotherapy, which is compatible with cognitive behavior therapy. Its basic tenets have the potential to increase both the efficacy and effectiveness of the therapeutic process. This article describes the main techniques of logotherapy and provides specific and practical examples of how they may be incorporated into a cognitive behavior framework. The article concludes with a proposal for future research to validate integrative treatment protocols, and to provide an empirical base for logotherapy-enhanced cognitive behavior therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

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#55: The Cognitive Neurosciences and Logotherapy: New Experimental Findings and Their Implications – Keynote Address by Professor Alexander Batthyány, Ph.D.

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The Cognitive Neurosciences and Logotherapy:
New Experimental Findings and Their Implications
Keynote Address by Professor Alexander Batthyány, Ph.D.

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This podcast shares the keynote address delivered by Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány at the Nineteenth World Congress on Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy held in Dallas, Texas on June 20, 2013.  This address is, in my opinion, a watershed in the history of logotherapy and existential analysis.  In it, Dr. Batthyány explains Viktor Frankl’s publications in historical context and outlines the contemporary challenge that logotherapy must face.  Its cause is no longer a philosophical issue, but rather an empirical question with testable hypotheses derived from logotherapy.  I believe that all future work in the theory and practice of logotherapy will be judged by how well that work responds to the questions and challenges raised in this lecture.

Dr. Batthyány is President of the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna and director of the Viktor Frankl Archives.  He is Professor and Academic Director of the Viktor Frankl Chair for Philosophy and Psychology at the University of the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein.  This chair was established by Dr. Viktor Frankl himself and represents the world’s first and only Ph.D. program in logotherapy and logotherapy-related interdisciplinary studies at a fully accredited institution of higher learning.  Dr. Batthyány is also Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vienna, Vienna Medical School.

He is widely published in the areas of the philosophy of science, logotherapy, and consciousness studies with over 50 citations to his credit.  These including five monographs, six edited anthologies, and nine edited volumes.  Forthcoming works include Conscious Selves: An Argument for Brain‐Mind‐Interactionism; To Cope, To Strive, To Understand: Existential Questions in Psychology; and Meaning in Existential and Positive Psychology.  He is Head of the Editorial Board and First Editor of the 14‐Volumes of the Collected Works of Viktor Frankl, of which the first five volumes have been published.  The complete set is expected to be finished around the year 2020.

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Links from this month's podcast:

Ph.D. Program in Logotherapy and Logotherapy-related Studies.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Batthyány

Upcoming conferences:

• August 22-24, 2013 in Buenos Aires
• October 3-6, 2013 in Lima
• May 15-18, 2014 in Vienna -- The Future of Logotherapy 2014
• October 19-23, 2014 in Israel
• June 17-21, 2015 in Dallas

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#18 Logotherapy and American Health Care Reform

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The Affordable Health Care Act of 2010 passed the United States Congress on March 21, 2010.  The act provides for full parity between mental health services and general medical services.  This means that the provisions of the new law directly impact your local psychotherapeutic practice.  Most provisions of the new law do not go into effect until January 1, 2014.

Background:  The new law is designed to reform two main problems with American healthcare:  The overuse of high cost interventions and the underuse of prevention strategies.  To that end, national health reform has four goals, or "pillars," of which the new law primarily addresses the first two.

Four Pillars of Healthcare Reform

1. Insurance Reform
2. Coverage Expansion
3. Delivery System Redesign
4. Payment Reform

Coverage Expansion and Insurance Reform

According to the National Mental Health Association, 83.1% of Americans currently have some type of insurance coverage.  After the provisions of the new law go into effect, this number will rise to 93%.  These numbers represent 30 million Americans.  Sixty-six percent of the increase will come through an expansion of Medicaid, while the remainder will come from insurance reform and the creation of state insurance exchanges.  Medicaid expansion will be accomplished by making the only requirement for coverage set at a household income of 133% of the federal poverty level.

Delivery System Redesign

Previous studies have shown that 29% of those receiving Medicaid had a mental health problem.  A new study, based on data gathered about medications prescribed and not based on providers seen, suggests that 49% of those receiving Medicaid have a mental health issue.  This means that those extra 20% are receiving psychiatric medications, but are not being seen by a psychiatric specialist.

The new law calls for a closer integration of mental health and general medical services.  It remains unclear what this new integration will look like.  It may mean local mental health centers entering into contractual relationships with existing medical practitioners, or it could mean local medical clinics hiring mental health staff and local mental health centers hiring general medical staff.

Such a redesigned community mental health center may come to be known as a "federally-qualified behavioral healthcare center."  This represents the greatest redesign of public mental health services since the passage of the Community Mental Health Act of 1963 that originally established community mental health centers.

Payment Reform

The fee-for-service model is moving toward extinction with the new law.  It is being replaced by a "case rate" model.  That is, a federally-qualified behavioral healthcare center would receive funds from a payor, say Medicaid, based on the number of Medicaid consumers seen.  Moreover, centers with better outcomes would be paid more than centers with worse outcomes, adjusted for number of patients.

For example:  Assume the ABC Center for Logotherapy has 200 Medicaid clients in 2014, and the XYZ Center for Logotherapy has 200 Medicaid clients in 2014.  If the clients of the ABC Center show more improvement than those of the XYZ Center, then the ABC Center would receive more Medicaid dollars than the XYZ Center, though serving the same number of clients.

Opinion:  Opportunities and Challenges for Logotherapy

With an additional 30 million people receiving health care coverage, and with conservative estimates that more than 10 million of them will required mental health treatment, a demand for therapists of all kinds will increase.  If we use Frankl's numbers that about 20% of clinical cases are noogenic in origin and suitable for logotherapy, then we have an increase of at least 2 million people likely to respond to logotherapy.  How many more logotherapists do we need to treat those 2 millon people?

A closer integration of mental health and general medical care will provide more settings in which logotherapists could be employed.  Frankl's concept of a Medical Ministry may become more fully realized, if logotherapists start positioning themselves for it now.

Evidence Based Practices and outcome data will tie into reimbursement.  Logotherapy simply must develop more hard data.   I encourage you to download and listen to the podcast on Logotherapy and Evidence Based Practices for more information in this area,

There are currently about 4 or 5 outcome measures on the market that are positioning themselves to take advantage of payment redesign.  Logotherapy, with its special emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, could and should get on the forefront of that developing research.

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#13 Logotherapy and Evidence Based Practices

Today's topic is the thorny question of Logotherapy and Evidence Based Practices. When I started to practice, any professional therapist was expected to keep up to date with the latest scientific findings in the field. Of course, therapists ethically remain responsible for the techniques they use in their practices.

However, during the 1990’s, we saw the development of managed care. Third party payors became assertive in stating what forms of therapy they would and would not pay for. In the last decade, this has developed into the concept of evidence based practices, or EBPs. The idea is that a payor source, an insurance company, for example, will not pay for a form of therapy unless there is scientific evidence that it works. Different payors maintain their own lists of EBPs and the lists are not the same.

The US Federal government list is the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices maintained by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the US Dept. of Health and Human Services. The list is at:

http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/

Another list is maintained by the Society of Clinical Psychology, which is Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. Their website is at:

http://www.PsychologicalTreatments.org

Logotherapy has yet to appear as an evidence based treatment in any of the lists, despite the fact that research is continually ongoing in logotherapy and among logotherapists. A list of scientific journals on logotherapy is maintained by the Scientific Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna at:

http://www.viktorfrankl.org/e/periodicals.html

On the other side of the debate, another body of research stresses the therapeutic factors related to outcome. Consistent findings over many years demonstrate that differences among the various therapy models do not translate into differences in therapy outcomes. In fact, the preponderance of the evidence suggests that no meaningful differences exist among the various schools and forms of therapy.

Division 29, the Division of Psychotherapy, of the American Psychological Association has an interesting article presently posted on its website at:

http://www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org/wampold-2006/

The importance of the therapeutic relationship can be illustrated by this clinical example cited by Viktor Frankl at the First World Congress of Logotherapy:

"An American girl, a student of music, came to see me in Vienna for analysis. Since she spoke a terrible slang of which I could not understand a word, I tried to turn her over to an American physician in order to have him find out for me what had motivated her to seek my advice. She did not consult him, however, and when we happened to meet each other on the street, she explained: "See, Doctor, as soon as I had spoken to you of my problem, I felt such a relief that I didn't need help any longer." So I do not know even now for what reason she had come to me. This was an extreme example when human encounter, without any technique, was therapeutic."

In 1992, M.J. Lambert found 4 factors were responsible for psychotherapy outcome.

1. Extratherapeutic factors account for 40% of the positive change. These are factors not directly related to therapy at all. They include the strengths and resources of the client as well as random, chance happenings.

2. The therapeutic relationship accounts for 30% of the positive change. This refers to the quality of the relationship between the therapist and the client. Therapist factors include qualities such as empathy, respect and genuineness. Client factors include readiness for change, goals for therapy and the client's view of the quality of the relationship (not the therapist's view).

3. Specific therapeutic techniques account for 15% of the positive change.

4. Some combination of hope and the placebo effect account for the remaining 15% of change.

So what are we to make of this for logotherapy? Recently, I have started to speculate that the effectiveness we see with logotherapy is not because of the effect logotherapy has on the client, but on the effect logotherapy has on the therapist. Simply put, I believe that studying logotherapy makes us better therapists!

Bibliography

Lambert, M. J. (1992). Implications of outcome research for psychotherapy integration. In J. C. Norcross and M. R. Goldfriend (Eds.), Handbook of psychotherapy integration. New York: Basic

Wampold, B. E. (2006). Three ways to improve our effectiveness. In News you can use. Washington: APA Division 29. Online: http://www.divisionofpsychotherapy.org/wampold-2006/

See also:

Miller, S. D., Duncan, B. L., & Hubble, M. A. (1997). Escape from babel: Toward a unifying language for psychotherapy practice. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.

Norcross, J. C. (Ed.). (2002). Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wampold, B. E. (2001). The great psychotherapy debate: Model, methods, and findings. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

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