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In this article the author outlines how art can be used in Logotherapy and Existenzanalyse to help the client uncover, discover, and make use of the meaning and spiritual potentials in his or her life. In Logotherapy and Existenzanalyse art can be used to help over-come fear of verbal communication, to help overcome fear of the spiritual and meaning potentials in the client's life, and to help the client gain awareness and contact with the “unconscious God.”
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Lantz, J. Art, logotherapy, and the unconscious God. J Relig Health 32, 179–187 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00995651
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