Defiant Power Solutions

New Course Offerings in Mental Health First Aid

2013-06-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

Defiant Power Solutions is pleased to announce that we are now offering courses in Mental Health First Aid and Youth Mental Health First Aid. These courses, approved by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare, are groundbreaking public education programs that help the public identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.

Please see our "Courses" page for more information.

2012-12-14T17:12:00.000-08:00

Defiant Power Solutions

is pleased to announce that we have partnered with the

to offer

Logotherapy and Existential Analysis:

An Introduction to the Theory and Therapy of Viktor Frankl

This introductory 5 CE course is designed to give mental health practitioners a basic understanding of Dr. Viktor E. Frankl's theory and therapy, known as Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA). This course will include its view of the human person, its underlying principles, its historical placement within psychiatry and psychology, and its application and use today.

Logotherapy and Existential Analysis (LTEA) is known as the "Third School of Viennese Psychiatry" after Freud's psychoanalysis and Adler's individual psychology. Frankl viewed Freud's "pleasure principle," which he termed the will to pleasure, and Adler's "superiority drive," which he called the will to power, as inferior expressions of the "will to meaning." For Frankl, the will to meaning – a basic human desire to live a life of meaning and purpose – is the primary human motivation. LTEA is based on this understanding of the human person.

LTEA teaches that meaning may be discovered through three categorical values. The creative value is actualized by work, doing good deeds, or any other creative pursuit. The experiential value is realized by loving relationships and expressions of truth and beauty found in the world around us, or in the arts. The final, and most important, way in which meaning may be discovered is through the attitudinal value. This is the stand one chooses to take against a situation one cannot change.

The first set of materials introduces the student to the theory of LTEA. Key concepts covered include Frankl's "dimensional ontology" that explains the relationship among body, mind, and spirit as viewed by LTEA. The sense of meaninglessness in life is explored along with Frankl's understanding of the ways in which meaning may be discovered. The second set of materials looks at LTEA within historical context including its relationship both to other schools of psychotherapy and to philosophy. Frankl's historic diagnostic categories are reviewed along with what he saw as the clinical indications for the use of LTEA. The third set of materials examines the specific techniques of logotherapy as they are in use today. In addition, the relationship between LTEA and today's positive psychology movement is examined. The fourth unit provides a summary and review.

Defiant Power Solutions is now a Continuing Education Provider

2011-12-08T17:00:00.000-08:00

Defiant Power Solutions is pleased to announce that it is now a pre-approved provider of continuing education credits. Defiant Power Solutions is approved by the State of Kansas Behavioral Services Regulatory Board. Please check with your local licensing boards to discover if Kansas CEUs are accepted in your area.

More information on new course offerings will be available soon!

Talk Sense Radio Interview

2011-07-28T16:53:00.001-07:00

Please join Mary Cimiluca and Alexander Vesely, Executive Producer and Director of Viktor & I, An Alexander Vesely Film, as they graciously interview me about logotherapy and related topics on Talk Sense Radio - The Meaning Connection, streaming live to the world this Friday at 3:00 PM (1500) US Eastern Time.

Talk Sense Radio - The Meaning Connection

Direct Download Link for
Talk Sense Radio 07-29-2011 with Marshall Lewis, Logotherapist and Clinical Psychotherapist

Wise Counsel Interview on Logotherapy

2011-06-14T20:13:00.000-07:00

Earlier today, MentalHelp.Net, a website devoted to current topics in psychology and mental health, posted the latest Wise Counsel Podcast. Join Dr. David Van Nuys as he graciously interviews me about Logotherapy on The Wise Counsel Podcast as part of a series on various types of therapy.

Dr. Dave also hosts the world's premier psychology podcast Shrink Rap Radio - All the psychology you need to know and just enough to make you dangerous.

Click here for a direct link to the Wise Counsel interview on Logotherapy.

Click here for The Wise Counsel Podcast.

Click here for Shrink Rap Radio.

Defiant Power Solutions is Open!

2011-01-16T12:04:00.000-08:00

To celebrate, we are giving away a free ebook explaining Viktor Frankl's theory.

Click here to download your free copy!

DEFIANT POWER:

AN OVERVIEW OF VIKTOR FRANKL'S

LOGOTHERAPY AND EXISTENTIAL ANALYSIS

by Marshall H. Lewis, M. A.

This complementary ebook provides a detailed overview of the theory of logotherapy and existential analysis as seen by the author. It also discusses logotherapy's place within the fields of psychology and psychiatry.