The Doctor and the Soul
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 First edition (German) | |
| Author | Viktor E. Frankl |
|---|---|
| Original title | Ärztliche Seelsorge |
| Translator | Richard and Clara Winston |
| Cover artist | Matt Mahurin |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Psychology, logotherapy |
| Publisher | Franz Deuticke (Austrian) Knopf (English) |
Publication date | 1946 (Vienna, Austria) 1955 (United States) |
| Pages | 318 |
| ISBN | 0394743172 |
| Preceded by | Man's Search for Meaning |
| Followed by | The Unconscious God |
The Doctor and the Soul (German: Ärztliche Seelsorge; subtitled From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy in English translations) is a 1946 book by Viktor E. Frankl, the Viennese psychiatrist and founder of logotherapy.[1][2][3][4]
The book explores topics on the meaning of life in general as well as the meaning of specific areas of one's life, such as work and personal relationships.
Frankl took the original manuscript of the book with him into the Nazi concentration camps where he was held. However, it was soon discarded by other inmates. Frankl later reconstructed the manuscript from memory while still in the concentration camps, and published after the end of World War II.[1]: xi
The Doctor and the Soul is divided into five sections:
- From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy
- From Psychoanalysis to Existential Analysis
- Logotherapy as a Psychotherapeutic Technique
- From Secular Confession to Medical Ministry
- Psychotherapy on Its Way to Rehumanization
