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Viktor Frankl

Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist

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Eugen Drewermann

German theologian, psychotherapist, and priest

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George Weinberg

American psychotherapist

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Ludwig Binswanger

Swiss psychiatrist and writer

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Émile Coué

French pharmacist