Viktor Frankl Audio and Video Library
Edited by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.
Creating Ceremonies Book CoverViktor Frankl, M.D., Ph.D. was the founder of logotherapy, the third Viennese School. A psychiatrist, neurologist, philosopher and author, and the recipient of over 20 honorary doctoral degrees, Frankl inspired millions of readers around the world with such books as Man's Search for Meaning.

He was also a speaker of great integrity and passion. Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc., is proud to be able to distribute Frankl's English-language audios and videos documenting unforgettable presentations by a psychotherapist and investigator of meaning whose career spanned from Freud to Yalom.

What follows are descriptions of the first eight audiotapes in the new Viktor Frankl Audio and Video Library. The tapes are from the Viktor Frankl Archives in Vienna, Austria, and are reviewed and selected by Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D.

Listen in as the late Dr. Frankl describes such Logotherapy techniques as paradoxical intention and dereflection, and explains their application with patients with a range of disturbances, from inner emptiness, or, as he puts it, an existential vacuum, to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, from Sexual Dysfunction to Schizophrenia. And hear firsthand how he articulates such philosophical distinctions as that between values and meaning, and between objective and subjective meaning.

Available Audiotapes
All eight audiotapes are available as a set of eight for $89.95.
Order the complete set and receive a free storage binder.


ISBN: 978-1-891944-66-6 · 8 cassettes · running time approx. 8.5 hours ·
Set Price $89.95


Each of the audiotapes may also be purchased separately at $12.95 per tape.


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Tape 1. Logotherapy as a Psychotherapeutic Technique.
University of Illinois, February 1963

This tape presents an essential explication of the methods of Logotherapy by its founder, Viktor Frankl. Learn to use dereflection and paradoxical intention. Understand the application of these methods with OCD and suicidal patients. Learn about the fundamentals of Logotherapy with schizophrenics. Frankl describes applications and limitations of the methods he founded, and he elucidates them with case reports.

For clinicians of all persuasions and all levels of experience. Lecture and Q&A session.
Excellent audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-58-1 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 80 minutes



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Tape 2. Man's Need and Search for Values.
Religion in Education Foundation, October 1963

Frankl makes preliminary remarks and then is the subject of a scintillating and revealing dialogue with knowledgeable experts who challenge him to reveal the essentials of his philosophy. Frankl distinguishes between values and meaning, elucidating the distinction between objective and subjective meaning. This tape affords an opportunity to experience his passion and scope.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Lecture and Q&A session.
Superb audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-59-8 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 100 minutes


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Tape 3. The Pluralism of Science and the Unity of Man.
University of Vienna, May 1965

We are damned by the limitations of our lenses and redeemed by the depth of our vision. In this wide-ranging lecture, Frankl alerts us to the danger of reductionism in science and psychotherapy. He describes the need for a unitary perspective that encompasses basic human strivings.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Lecture.
Fair audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-60-4· 1 cassette, running time approx. 70 minutes


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Tape 4. The Concept of Man in Logotherapy.
Iowa, November 1965

Here, Frankl offers a profound and articulate of vision of the transcendental nature of man. Inspiring and edifying, Frankl is the poet laureate of meaning. Quoting from the masters, he demonstrates the heights of his existential perspective.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Lecture.
Excellent audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-61-1 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 60 minutes


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Tape 5. Public Lecture.
Neurological Policlinic of Vienna, circa 1960

This tape features two lectures, one of 30 minutes on the philosophy underlying Logotherapy, and one of 20 minutes consisting of a clinical presentation on the "collective neuroses of our time." Together, they bring listeners Frankl at his best. He is clear, erudite, insightful, original and inspiring.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Two lectures. 50 minutes.
Superb audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-62-8 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 50 minutes


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Tape 6. The Meaning of Suffering.
Los Angeles, California, January 1983

Frankl discusses how meaning can be found regardless of age, socioeconomic status, or race. Meaning is possible in spite of suffering: Despair is suffering without meaning. Frankl's case for optimism, or belief in the possibility of meaning even in the worst of circumstances, is explicated.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Two-part lecture and Q&A session.
Good audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-63-5 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 84 minutes


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Tape 7. The Unheard Cry for Meaning.
Public Lecture, Massey Hall, Toronto, June 1977.

Frankl discusses how feelings of meaninglessness and emptiness (the existential vacuum) are related to suicide, and how man will choose to take his life if he feels that life has no meaning. He also touches here on what he has characterized as the mass neurotic triad -- depression, aggression, and addiction -- phenomena which only can be understood, he says, in light of the existential vacuum that underlies them.

For therapists and others interested in the problems of suicide, aggression, and addiction. Lecture.
Good audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-64-2 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 74 minutes


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Tape 8. San Quentin Lecture.
San Quentin Prison, California, May 1966

Frankl discusses how man fulfills meaning and that meaning must be found, it cannot be given. Conscience is the intuitive capacity of man. Frankl also describes three distinct ways of discovering meaning: by doing or creating something, by experiencing something or encountering someone; and by choosing one's attitude toward suffering.

For therapists and those who want to learn Frankl's philosophy. Lecture.
Good audio quality.

ISBN: 978-1-891944-65-9 · 1 cassette, running time approx. 74 minutes

More information

The Frankl Institute of Logotherapy in Vienna, Austria, would be glad to receive copies of any existing audio and videotapes of Viktor Frankl.

For more information, e-mail the Institute of Logotherapy at: franz.vesely@univie.ac.at

In addition, the Frankl Institute is also accepting donations to be used for the work of the media archives, to help save the late Viktor Frankl's lectures and speeches by converting them onto new digital media and so permanently preserving these significant works. If you would like to assist the Frankl Institute, you may make your donation to Bank: Die Erste (bank code 20111) acct. no 31-93268. The Institute greatly appreciates any donation you are able to make.

To visit the Frankl Archives Website, click here: www.viktorfrankl.org

 

See also

Frankl PDF-Audioflyer