Viktor Frankl's existential psychotherapy positing that the primary human motivation is the search for meaning — and that existential neurosis arises from a failure to find meaning.
Will to meaning (against Freud's will to pleasure and Adler's will to power): the primary motivating force in humans is the search for meaning. Existential vacuum: modern life produces a widespread experience of emptiness when meaning is lacking. Noogenic neurosis: a class of neuroses arising not from psychological conflict but from existential frustration. Dereflection and paradoxical intention: therapeutic techniques. Frankl's validation: his own survival of Auschwitz confirmed his theory — those who had a 'why to live' could bear almost any 'how.'
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