The Will To Meaning

Logotherapy was born out of the fires of the holocaust, where, as Frankl puts it, whenever there was an opportunity for psychotherapeutic intervention, it was always a “lifesaving procedure” (Frankl, 2020, pp. 87) as there were stringent laws within the camps prohibiting anyone from saving a man should he choose to commit suicide.

Suicidality within any given individual can be linked with a multiplicity of potential factors such as physical illness, mental illness, hopelessness, and substance abuse (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2020). Among the multiplicity of potential variables that may serve to lead an individual to suicide, there are just as many preventative and protective factors.