Editing Logotherapy (section)

===Authoritarianism===
In 1961 [[Rollo May]] argued that logotherapy is, in essence, [[authoritarian]]. He suggested that Frankl's therapy presents a plain solution to all of life's problems, an assertion that would seem to undermine the complexity of human life itself. May contended that if a patient could not find their own meaning, Frankl would provide a goal for his patient. In effect, this would negate the patient's personal responsibility, thus "diminish[ing] the patient as a person".<ref name="May1969">{{Cite book |last=Rollo May |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWRZHZrR4IYC |title=Existential psychology |publisher=Random House |year=1969 |isbn=9780075535782 |page=42 |access-date=21 May 2012}} (First Edition 1961)</ref>  Frankl explicitly replied to May's arguments through a written dialogue, sparked by Rabbi [[Reuven Bulka]]'s article "Is Logotherapy Authoritarian?".<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bulka |first=Reuven P. |date=Fall 1978 |title=Is Logotherapy Authoritarian? |journal=Journal of Humanistic Psychology |volume=18 |issue=4 |pages=45–54 |doi=10.1177/002216787801800406 |s2cid=220400019}}</ref> Frankl responded that he combined the prescription of medication, if necessary, with logotherapy, to deal with the person's psychological and emotional reaction to the illness, and highlighted areas of freedom and responsibility, where the person is free to search and to find meaning.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frankl |first=Viktor |date=Fall 1979 |title=Reply to Rollo May |journal=Journal of Humanistic Psychology |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=85–86 |doi=10.1177/002216787901900410 |s2cid=145012871}}</ref>