Ann Allison Akin, MEd, LPC

02/22/2026

01/19/2026

Today we celebrate and reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with these words from APA President Dr. Wendi Williams.

10/22/2025

They took everything from him.
His home.
His books.
His patients.
Even his name.
On the prison documents, there was only a number: 119104.
But Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist from Vienna, continued doing the one thing no wall could stop — he healed the human soul.
He was deported first to Theresienstadt, then to Auschwitz, and finally to Dachau.
Every day he saw men dying not just from hunger — but from the loss of meaning.
And there, in the heart of hell, he discovered a truth that would change modern psychology forever:
Even when everything is taken from us, one final freedom remains — the freedom to choose our attitude towards fate.
Frankl began speaking to the prisoners around him — not as a doctor, but as a fellow human.
He reminded them of reasons to live:
A son waiting to be seen again.
A love to be found.
A dream to be fulfilled.
A purpose still worth fighting for.
Many survived because of that invisible spark.
Others perished, but with a peace no guard could ever steal.
By the end of the war, Viktor Frankl weighed barely 40 kilograms.
He had lost his family, his wife, and everything he owned —
except for the manuscript he had memorized in secret:
the foundation of a new therapy born amidst barbed wire and despair.
He called it Logotherapy — "healing through meaning."
He taught the world that medicine alone cannot cure — only purpose can.
In 1946, he published "Man's Search for Meaning," a book that has since been translated into dozens of languages.
It carries a single, timeless message:
"He who has a why to live can bear almost any how."
Words born in a death camp — yet still healing those who are lost in life today.
Because as long as a person can find meaning, even darkness cannot destroy them.

10/13/2025

If you are going through a struggle, please read and remember this.

07/11/2025

Such important words. If you need help seeing yourself in a different way, please contact me. @gmail.com

06/01/2025

To what extent are you willing to expand your mind before fear or risk tells you to go back and stay safe?

-Ann Akin

04/18/2025

Ted Dotts was my mentor and spiritual director for 23 years. Here is an article he wrote that is appropriate for this day:

03/26/2025

03/07/2025

Many churches all over the world are observing the season of Lent. It is a time of self-reflection. Are you living the life you were created to live? - Ann