Mental Health and Social Inclusion
What Viktor Frankl did for me: a personal appreciation
Purpose This paper aims to examine the influence of Viktor Frankl’s work on the author’s lived experience of childhood trauma, mental illness, addiction and long-term recovery. It explores how Frankl’s central concepts illuminate the psychological, relational and spiritual processes through which individuals reconstruct identity and purpose following profound adversity. The paper positions Frankl’s work as a conceptual bridge between existential theory, lived experience and contemporary recovery-oriented practice. …