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2. The problem and reason for this study
Most scholars probablyknow Frankl forhis two logotherapeutic methods called
paradoxical intention and dereflection. At the time ofits appearancethe first method
specifically focused on anxietyand phobic disorders (Kendall& Hammen 1995:187).
Although a lot ofattentionalready has been paid in the past to these two methods,
there are also other rather unknownlogotherapeutic techniques.
These include: (i) modification ofattitudes, (ii) the logoanchortechnique, (iii) the
appealing technique, (iv)the Socratic dialogue(logotherapy's maintool in helping
seekers' searchfor meaning), (v) the symbolic growth experience(SGE), (vi) the
logochart, and (vii) logotherapeutic dream analysis or interpretation.
Thesetechniques, as well as the differenttests that are used in logotherapy, like the
Purposein Life Test (PlL), the SeekingofNoetic Goals Tests (the SONG test), the
LOGOtest, and theMeaningin Suffering Test (the MIST test), are not known to
everyone. Exposureto these aspects oflogotherapy will acquaint scholars more with
these therapeutic methodsand aids. Because there is relativelylittle that is known
aboutthe presentresearch that is goingon in logotherapeutic circles, this study also
wants to make scholarsmore aware ofpossible logotherapeutic contributions
to the psychological field. An evaluation ofthe present state ofaffairs will be done.
Book analyses, focusing on the textbooks published on personality theories, do not
reveal muchabout Frankland his adherents. This underlines the tendency that he did
not get enoughattentionin the past (Hjelle& Ziegler 1992:ix-xiii). Because there is
basically no systematised and evaluative discussionon all the different logotb.erapeu­
tic techniques that are used by logotherapists, this study wants to address this need.
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