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4. Related/previous research
Attention will be givento Frankl's therapeutic methodswhich originatedespecially
betweenthe fifties and seventies of the twentiethcentury, as well as to those techni­
ques that developed later. Special attention will also be givento morerecent logo­
therapeutic approaches and publications, especiallyto those that came into being du­
ringthe eighties and nineties ofthis century. A surnmaIy ofthe different techniques
in the lightofpresent researchand recent findings will providethe necessary frame­
workin order to evaluatethese important techniques or methods.
A discussion ofthe different and presentmethodsused in logotherapy, as well as pre­
sent researchin this field, will be given later in this study. It seems more logical to
'mention
and to give a more elaborate discussion ofeach logotherapeutic technique or
methodwhenit will be discussedin the next chapters. References to where logothe­
rapeutictechniques and/or principles are possiblyused will also be given in order to
put the presentuse oflogotherapy in more proper perspective. The work ofDavid
Guttmann (1996), from a social work perspective,in pointingout the present uses of
logotherapy all aroundthe globe, needs recognition. This study has fruitfully made
use ofhis contributions in promotinglogotherapy.
5. HyPOthesis
Because this study has to do with an evaluationoflogotherapeutic techniques, a
theoretical-evaluative discussion is given, instead offormulating a research
hypothesis.
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