Logotherapy is designed to help clients find meaning in life. Anxiety as a Condition of Living Anxiety is a part of the human condition and a potential growth source. Neurotic anxiety tends to immobilize people. Normal anxiety is felt when an event is being faced. Normal anxiety comes from when people feel freedom and the consequences of accepting or rejecting the choices.
Death is a part of living and awareness of death gives life significance.
Death is not negative, but it is a motivating factor for the living. If people commit themselves to a full life, then they can be at peace nearing its end. Existential therapy is an invitation to clients to recognize the ways in which they are not living full, authentic lives. It helps one in making choices that will lead to one's realization of what they are able to become. An Existential therapist shares their reactions to clients with genuine empathy.