Logoterapide Kullanılan Kavramların ve Tekniklerin Türk Kültürü’nde Uygulanabilirliği

Abstract

Logotherapy is a meaning-oriented approach to therapy, among humanistic and existentialist schools of thought. Victor E. Frankl, (1905-1997, the founder of logotherapy, was a distinguished Austrian psychiatrist with a world-wide reputation. Frankl emphasized the importance of meaning and value in human life. Psychological Counseling Approaches has developed by the contribution of many European and American psychologists. Researchers have been interested in the impact of culture on individuals for a very long time but more consistent study of culture on individuals has only occurred recently. In this article the concepts such as will to meaning, existential frustration, collective neurosis, existential vacuum, meaning of life, meaning of love, meaning of suffering and super meaning; techniques such as paradoxical intention and de-reflection have been investigated according to the Turkish Culture. It has seen that some concepts and techniques of logotherapy said to be suitable for using in Turkish Culture.

Examination of the Relationship between Post-Traumatic Growth and Perceived Social Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Post-traumatic growth can be thought of as depending on the severity of the trauma and the weakness of precautions to not get harmed from it and also depending on the individual's experience of the trauma tragically and living in deep isolation and inadequacy. Since Turkish culture has a collectivist nature (Tagay, Voltan-Acar & Nalbant, 2016), it is thought that when becoming face to face with a traumatic experience, Turkish people continue to evaluate themselves not completely independently from other people who are surrounding them so they don't feel all alone in front of COVID-19 pandemic's threats but within the existing social support systems so they cannot produce higher degrees of PTG. Similarly, the finding of the current study also indicated that young adult individuals who reported high levels of negative emotions and thoughts related to COVID-19 and took precautions against the virus experienced low levels of post-traumatic growth.…”

Evaluation of Stories of the Prophets in the Holy Qur'an Based on Existential Therapy

“…It is stated that within the framework of the abandonment and teachings given to the individual by the environment, the individual's living within the framework of the standards determined by others and the society will prevent the existence of the individual. We can say that existential blocking is the channeling of the individual to a life frame created outside of the person's tradition, custom and himself (Tagay et al, 2016).…”

“…Collective neurosis emerges as an ongoing problem in the struggle for life. Collective neurosis manifests itself in four different ways (Tagay et al, 2016):…”

“…• Attribution of matters beyond one's own control that arise in one's life to fate • Abandonment of personal responsibility as a member of the group. • As a group member, exhibiting a negative and rigid attitude towards people outside the group (Tagay et al, 2016).…”