Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and writer 20th century, author of the seminal Man’s Search for Meaning and founder of logotherapy. A Holocaust survivor who endured Auschwitz and other camps, he developed a school of psychotherapy centered on the search for meaning. His ideas deeply influenced 20th-century psychology and remain vital in therapy and philosophy today.
✨ Published his first psychology paper on life’s meaning at just 16. 📚 Man’s Search for Meaning has been translated into over 30 languages and sold millions. 🏥 Worked under Freud and Adler before founding his own approach, logotherapy. ⚡ In the camps, he counselled fellow prisoners, practising a form of “field psychotherapy.” 🎓 Founded the Vienna Institute of Logotherapy, attracting students worldwide. 🌍 Delivered lectures in over 30 countries to tens of thousands of listeners. 💡 Believed that the will to meaning can save lives in the harshest conditions. 📖 Wrote more than 30 books, some autobiographical. 🎤 Known for mixing scholarship with humour, making his talks engaging. 😅 Funny fact: joked in Auschwitz he’d one day write about “camp psychology” – and he did. 🤔 Curious detail: reconstructed from memory a manuscript destroyed by the Nazis.