Who is considered the founder of logotherapy?

• A. Viktor Frankl
• B. Sigmund Freud
• C. Carl Jung
• D. Albert Ellis

Answer: (A)

Logotherapy centers on the idea that the primary human drive is the search for meaning, and it was developed by Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust. He argued that life can have meaning in any circumstance and that therapy should help people discover that meaning. Frankl described the will to meaning as a core motivation and outlined pathways to meaning through what we do, what we experience (including love), and our attitude toward unavoidable suffering. This emphasis on meaning differentiates logotherapy from other theories. The other figures—Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Albert Ellis—contributed foundational approaches (psychoanalysis, analytical psychology, and rational-emotive behavior therapy, respectively) but did not establish logotherapy.