ABSTRACT
We have long been influenced by the great concepts of existentialism that we see as underlying much of modern counseling. Yet they are concepts that were not always the accepted points of view that they are today: That persons can change, and that change comes through new experiences and meaning made of new experiences. Every passing moment of life offers opportunities. This influence in our thought comes from having studied existential therapy (Yalom & Josselson, 2011), as well as having studied just a bit of philosophy, as well as having experienced the loss of loved ones at critical ages, thus learning albeit sometimes the hard way, the beauty and value of existence, and feeling the strong drive, within an existence that we know is finite, to make the most that we possibly can of our time.
