Existential theory is derived from the existential philosophy movement of the nineteenth century. There were several individuals instrumental in the development of existential therapy including Bugental, Frankl, May, and Yalom. It is not a concise theory but is a loose collection of theories centering on the meaning or purpose of life. However it is applicable to counseling because of its focus...

Leaders of health care organizations are increasingly interested in ways to attract, retain, and gain commitment from their employees. This interest is created in part because high turnover rates and the lack of commitment negatively affect the provision of care and the bottom line in their organizations. In a quality and cost conscious health care environment, health care managers need to find...

Combat-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is often highly debilitating and affects nearly all areas of psychosocial functioning. Veterans with PTSD re-experience their traumas in the form of haunting intrusive memories, nightmares and flashbacks, and have chronic difficulty modulating arousal. As a way to cope with these symptoms, many survivors live isolated and avoidant lives, self...

Abstract This study aimed at examining assumptions from Frankl’s (1946/1998) logotherapy and existential analysis. Using an online questionnaire with N = 891 U.K. residents, meaning in life was associated higher satisfaction, even when controlling for positive negative affect. Furthermore, intensified the effects of family role importance work on satisfaction. Lastly, neutralised combined effec...

The present article sustains the importance and validity that have both meaning of life, as a central concept logotherapy happiness, an emerging topic positive psychology in social scenary COVID-19. Since these constructs can be linked fields clinic psychology, it is necessary to provide revision their theoretical foundations withempiric evidences clarify its characteristics divergencies scient...