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CHAP'IER FOUR
. AN EVALUATION OF TIIE GENERAL USES OFLOGOTHERAPY
4. Introduction
In the previous chapters attention and an evaluation were given ofthe maintechni­
ques and tests ofthis psychotherapeutic method. This chapter wants to expose the
reader to different researchers/scholars and/or authors who fruitfully have made used
oflogotherapy and/or its principles in different areas. These remarks inter alia show
the present applicability oflogotherapy all around the globe.
Since the sixties ofthe previous century logotherapy has gained worldwide recogni-
'nition
(Fabry 1981 :3-11). A few important questions come to the fore. How was
logotherapy used in the past and for whom? Where was it used? How is it used
today, and what is its future? Will it still exist and survive beyond the year 2000?
These are mejudice some ofthe questions that need to be addressed in this chapter.
4.1 Logotherapy and clientslpatients
What is the relationship between logotherapy and the clientele? To put it differently.
What benefits do clients/patients get from this therapy? Although every individual
certainly will testify and say what he/she is gaining (or not) from this therapy, it
seems safe to say that logotherapy basically does not deal primarily with the "sick"
but with those who have lost faith and hope. To use an image; logotherapy is there
for those who are drifting on the ocean, for those drifting like a ship without a steer,
for those without hope.
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