The modules (one per semester) are as follows:

1) General Philosophical Perspectives on Mental Health:

1. Understanding Ontology, Phenomenology, and Nosology as the Philosophical Basis of Psychotherapy.
2. Comparison of Psychotherapeutic Methods (Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic, Humanistic, Cognitive-Behavioural etc).
3. Frankl’s Philosophy of the Person (contra Freud and Jung) as the Basis of Logotherapy & Existential Analysis.

2)Applied Philosophical Perspectives on Logotherapy and Mental Health:

1. Freud, Adler and Frankl: Will to Pleasure; Will to Power; Will to Meaning.
2. Part 1: Will-to-Meaning, Defiant Power of the Human Spirit, Suffering and Tragic Optimism, Consciousness, Existential Vacuum and the Tragic/Neurotic/Triumphant Triad.
3. Part 2: Self-Transcendence and the Realisation of Values (Experiential, Creative, Attitudinal).
4. Philosophical Influences: Heidegger and the Stoics.

3)Clinical Application of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis:

1. Frankl’s Theory and Therapy of Mental Disorders.
2. DSM and ICD in the Context of Logotherapy.
3. Logotherapy as a Transdiagnostic Therapy.
4. Logotherapeutic Techniques: De-Reflection, Socratic Dialogue, and Paradoxical Intention as Meaning-Centred Applications.
5. Autogenic Training.
6. Medical Ministry
7. Extensive Case-Studies

4)Advanced Clinical Application of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis:

1. Scientific/Evidential Basis for Meaning-Based Psychotherapies.
2. Case Formulation.
3. Use in Treating and Facilitating Recovery in Addictions, Bipolar Disorder, Trauma and Psychosis.
4. As a Stand-Alone Therapy.
5. As a Co-Therapy with Particular Emphasis on EMDR and Trauma.
6. As a Means of Building Resilience.
7. Extensive Case Studies.