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written on these charts. Patientsare thenhelped by these charts to move from the
automatic to the authentic self and from the psychobiological to the noeticdimension.
Itfacilitates patientsmaturation, so that they become able to fimction in a responsi­
bleway.
It is clearthat thistechnique forces the client/patient in a more "visible"way, by
seeing in written form what the chart says, to deliberately make a cognitive choice
thatwill assisthim/her to be healed. This healing comes into existence the moment
he/sheorientates himselt7herselfto "meaning" - that is, to something whichis mean­
ingful, or something/someone to whom he/she can attach meaning. This acquiring of
"meaning" is directly connected withthe client's/patient's ability to transcendhim­
selt7herself
Froman objectrelations personologist point ofview, the term"significant others"
evokesthe idea that logotherapists are moving in the same direction as those that
strongly propose the object relations theory likeKemberg(1976) and Mahler, Pine
andBergman (1975). This theory,whichdeveloped from withinpsychodynamic
circles, deemphasizes impersonal forces and counterforces and rather focuses on the
interpersonal relationships that originate basically from infancy.
It is especially the mother-child relationship that plays a very important role in form­
ingand shaping the child's and later the adult's behavior. The child's early interac­
tions withhismother, father, immediate other, the wider extendedfamily and also
those outside the family who act as significant "objects" "outside" the client/patient.
This/these relationship(s) does/donot get enough attentionwhen the logochartis
used.
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