Sources

The entries of Logoterapia.wiki are based on the works of Viktor E. Frankl and his continuators, philosophical and psychotherapeutic literature, and reliable online sources. Below is the full bibliography, followed by sources assigned to individual entries.

Dzieła Viktora E. Frankla

  • Człowiek w poszukiwaniu sensu (Ein Psychologe erlebt das Konzentrationslager, 1946; ang. Man's Search for Meaning) - wraz z posłowiem „Argumenty na rzecz tragicznego optymizmu” (1984) i przedmową z 1992 r.
  • Lekarz i dusza. Wprowadzenie do logoterapii i analizy egzystencjalnej (Ärztliche Seelsorge, 1946)
  • Bóg ukryty (Der unbewusste Gott, 1948)
  • Homo patiens (1950)
  • Teoria i terapia nerwic (Theorie und Therapie der Neurosen, 1956)
  • Wola sensu (The Will to Meaning, 1969)
  • Recollections. An Autobiography (Was nicht in meinen Büchern steht, 1995)
  • Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997)

Uczniowie i kontynuatorzy Frankla

  • E. Lukas, H. Schönfeld, Psychoterapia z godnością, Krakowski Instytut Logoterapii
  • E. Lukas, Odkryj sens, zmienisz życie
  • E. Lukas, prace o praktyce logoterapii (modulacja postaw, patoplastyczność, Logo-Test)
  • K. Popielski, Noetyczny wymiar osobowości, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 1994
  • K. Popielski (red.), Człowiek - pytanie otwarte. Studia z logoteorii i logoterapii, Lublin 1987
  • J. C. Crumbaugh, L. T. Maholick, An experimental study in existentialism: The psychometric approach to Frankl's concept of noogenic neurosis, „Journal of Clinical Psychology” 1964

Filozofia i psychoterapia egzystencjalna

  • A. Adler, Sens życia
  • M. Scheler, Formalizm w etyce a materialna etyka wartości
  • K. Wojtyła, Ocena możliwości zbudowania etyki chrześcijańskiej przy założeniach systemu Maksa Schelera
  • K. Jaspers, Krytyka psychoterapii (w: Filozofia egzystencji)
  • R. May, Miłość i wola
  • I. D. Yalom, Psychoterapia egzystencjalna
  • A. Camus, Mit Syzyfa
  • K. Dąbrowski, Dezintegracja pozytywna
  • M. Żelazny, Filozofia i psychologia egzystencjalna
  • S. Kratochvil, Psychoterapia
  • Platon, dialogi sokratejskie (metoda majeutyczna)

Opracowania i artykuły

Czasopisma naukowe

Strony internetowe

Zdjęcia i grafiki

Sources by entry

Alfried Längle
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1985); existenzanalyse.org.
Existential analysis
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1939, 1985); existenzanalyse.org; Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Noo-psychic antagonism
V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens; The Doctor and the Soul; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography.
The Unconscious God (Der unbewusste Gott)
V. E. Frankl, The Unconscious God; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1948).
Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic credo
V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens; The Doctor and the Soul; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography.
Scientific journals on logotherapy
Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy - viktorfranklinstitute.org/journals; vfia.org; Springer - Logotherapy and Existential Analysis; meaning.ca (INPM); Studia z Historii Filozofii; czasopisma.tnkul.pl (as of 11.10.2026).
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1946, 1959, 1991); Wikipedia: Man's Search for Meaning.
Dereflection
V. E. Frankl, Theory and Therapy of Neuroses; The Will to Meaning; Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Socratic dialogue
E. Lukas, works on logotherapeutic practice; Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Existentially significant experience
K. Dąbrowski, Positive Disintegration; I. D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy; E. Lukas, works on logotherapeutic practice.
Elisabeth Lukas
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1986); Wikipedia; E. Lukas, H. Schönfeld, Psychotherapy with Dignity; E. Lukas, works on logotherapeutic practice.
Existential frustration
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; Wikipedia: Noogenic neurosis.
Hyper-intention and hyper-reflection
Wikipedia: Logotherapy; V. E. Frankl, Theory and Therapy of Neuroses.
Homo patiens - the suffering human
V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens (1950).
Paradoxical intention
V. E. Frankl, Theory and Therapy of Neuroses; Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Kazimierz Popielski
Roczniki Psychologiczne and Roczniki Filozoficzne, Learned Society of KUL; K. Popielski (ed.), Człowiek - pytanie otwarte (1987).
Logodrama
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Doctor and the Soul.
Logotherapy
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; Man's Search for Meaning; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien; Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Logotherapy in Poland
Roczniki Psychologiczne, Learned Society of KUL; ojs.tnkul.pl; K. Popielski, Noetyczny wymiar osobowości (1994); logoterapia-polska.pl.
Logotherapy at work and in leadership
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; The Doctor and the Soul; Plato, Socratic dialogues (maieutic method); E. Lukas, H. Schönfeld, Psychotherapy with Dignity.
Logotherapy in the broad and narrow sense
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; Homo patiens; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien.
Attitude modulation (modification of attitudes)
E. Lukas, works on logotherapeutic practice; V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; Homo patiens; Wikipedia: Logotherapy (Ecce homo).
Ultimate meaning
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning (1997).
Frankl's main works
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - bibliography and biography; Wikipedia (de, en).
Noodynamic tension (noodynamics)
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Will to Meaning; K. Popielski, Noetyczny wymiar osobowości (1994).
Sunday neurosis
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning.
Noogenic neurosis
Wikipedia: Noogenic neurosis; Logotherapy; J. Crumbaugh, L. Maholick, An experimental study in existentialism (1964).
Responsibility
V. E. Frankl, The Doctor and the Soul; Man's Search for Meaning.
Dimensional ontology and the noetic dimension
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; Homo patiens; R. May, Love and Will; K. Popielski, Noetyczny wymiar osobowości (1994); Wikipedia: Noogenic neurosis.
Pathoplasticity and alternating diagnosis
E. Lukas, H. Schönfeld, Psychotherapy with Dignity; E. Lukas, works on logotherapeutic practice; V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens.
Polish Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (PTLiAE)
Polish Society for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis - logoterapia-polska.pl (home page, About the Society, Certification and training, Partners; as of 11.10.2026).
Defiant power of the spirit
V. E. Frankl, The Doctor and the Soul; Homo patiens.
Existential vacuum
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Will to Meaning.
Reductionisms and nihilism
V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens; K. Jaspers, Critique of Psychotherapy (in: Philosophy of Existence); R. May, Love and Will; S. Kratochvil, Psychotherapy.
Self-distancing
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Will to Meaning.
Self-transcendence
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; Man's Search for Meaning (postscript).
Meaning of life
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Doctor and the Soul (Ärztliche Seelsorge); A. Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus; I. D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy.
Conscience - the organ of meaning
V. E. Frankl, The Unconscious God (Der unbewusste Gott); The Will to Meaning.
Noo-Dynamics Test (Popielski)
K. Popielski, Noetyczny wymiar osobowości (KUL 1994); Roczniki Psychologiczne, Learned Society of KUL.
PIL test (Purpose in Life)
Wikipedia: Logotherapy; Noogenic neurosis; J. Crumbaugh, L. Maholick (1964).
Logo Przestrzeń Sense of Meaning Test
Logo Przestrzeń workshop materials (logoprzestrzen.pl).
Tragic triad
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning - postscript “The Case for a Tragic Optimism” (1984).
Tragic optimism
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning (postscript, 1984); Wikipedia: Logotherapy.
Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1948); V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning.
Three paths to meaning (values)
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Doctor and the Soul.
Viktor Emil Frankl
Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (viktorfrankl.org/biography.html); Encyclopaedia Britannica; Wikipedia (de, en, pl); P. Hornik, Biografistyka Pedagogiczna (2025).
Attitudinal values
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; Homo patiens.
Experiential values
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; The Doctor and the Soul.
Creative values
V. E. Frankl, The Doctor and the Soul; Man's Search for Meaning.
Will to meaning
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning (1969); Man's Search for Meaning.
Freedom of will
V. E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien - biography (1961).
Requirements for the logotherapist
V. E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning; Recollections. An Autobiography (Was nicht in meinen Büchern steht); I. D. Yalom, Existential Psychotherapy.
Sources and inspirations of logotherapy
V. E. Frankl, Homo patiens; A. Adler, What Life Could Mean to You; M. Scheler, Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Values; K. Wojtyła, study on Max Scheler's ethics; M. Żelazny, Filozofia i psychologia egzystencjalna; Viktor Frankl Institut Wien.