Episode 56: Writing Your Story with God, w/ Dr. Gerard McNicholas

Jan 11, 2022

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Discussed in this episode:

The responsibility of mental health clinicians to talk about God;
Being co-authors of our story with God;
The meaning, beauty and redemption that can come from suffering;
Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning, and Logotherapy;
Frankl’s three core values on the pathway to meaning;
Parallels between Viktor Frankl and Pope St. John Paul II;
The necessity of spirituality to human flourishing

Resources mentioned or relevant:

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Doctor and the Soul: From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy by Viktor Frankl
Article: Viktor Frankl at Ninety: An Interview
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