Logotherapeutic conversation practice
The core focus of this week's discussion is training in the Socratic questioning method, which is a fundamental aspect of applying logotherapy in practice.
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Logotherapy Practice Module
In the center of a large circle, two chairs face each other, with one for the simulated patient and the other for the simulated therapist. This setup provides a practice arena where making mistakes is not only allowed but encouraged – because it’s through errors that we learn best.
Together, we engage in role-playing therapy conversations for various scenarios. One of the 5 days is specifically dedicated to practicing couples therapy following Lukas‘ method.
Granted, it can be daunting initially to take a seat in those chairs – but very quickly, any nervousness fades away, and the group becomes a familiar and supportive circle, collectively exploring logotherapy in practical terms.
Our practical units, supervision and conversation training, are available only after successfully completing at least four semesters of foundational theoretical studies. This ensures that students have the necessary theoretical foundation to fully benefit from hands-on practice.
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Anne
(not real name)
If I hadn’t attended the part on “Medical Ministry”, I would never have met these enriching people, and I wouldn’t have been able to accompany my aunt—who is gradually saying goodbye to life—so well. Together, we lovingly revisited the high points of her life.“Alpenglow“ in old age, so to speak. Since she is the last person of her generation in my family, we were just able to discuss many things from the past—things only she knew—at the very last moment. From sexual abuse and suicide to my brother’s schizophrenia, everything was brought to light, discussed, and ultimately accepted. Without your wonderful introduction to the tragic triad of suffering, death, and guilt, these conversations with my aunt could not have taken place in this way. Yet through these talks, I sense that a bit of peace is returning to our family. And the coming generations may no longer have to inherit this burden. My sincere thanks, dear Dr. Schönfeld, for your generosity and for your passion for logotherapy, which is already spreading more and more.
I am deeply grateful to you both for running this wonderful course now also in English. Semester V. - Medical Ministry - was deeply profound and stimulating from the first minute to the last.
I kept on returning to the contents, the videos and the recommended books, and each time I felt their 'lifting power'.
I hope that one day I will become proficient at applying Logotherapy wherever my life will take me. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a student of Logotherapy wholeheartedly.
Constanze Ochs
Psychological psychotherapist
The online academy for logotherapy offers the great opportunity to watch the various online videos of the further training - regardless of time and location, as well as repeatedly - which is an enormous support in internalizing the logotherapy content. Frankl impresses with his intellectual depth, his dignified view of humanity, as well as his suggestions for the “answer” to the task nature of life: “How can people freely - and at the same time take a responsible position - take a position on fateful circumstances?” “What are possibilities that are worth realizing of the facultative ego?”; “How can a healthy arc be drawn between is and should with a view to a fulfilled life?”; “How can a person still say yes to life?” At a time when existential questions of all kinds permeate society, the “answers” of logotherapy prove their timeless validity. As a participant in the further training, I particularly appreciate the structured nature of Dr. Schönfeld, her clear presentation style, her loyalty to original logotherapy and the well-thought-out literature recommendations on the topic discussed. Thank you very much!
Patrick Leidner
Federal official
Especially for me as a working, young father, the online offer is a great addition to the seminar. Miss Dr. Schönfeld gets to the heart of the material with the necessary brevity.
