ABSTRACT

Existential Therapy: Distinctive Features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method. Written by two practicing existential psychotherapists, with many years’ experience, it provides an accessible, bitesize overview of this increasingly used psychological therapy. Using the popular Distinctive Features format, this book describes 15 theoretical features and 15 practical techniques of Existential Therapy.

Existential Therapy will be a valuable source for for psychotherapists, clinical, health and counselling psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists, and all who wish to know more about the existential approach.

part 1|65 pages

Theoretical Features

chapter 6|5 pages

Intentionality

Understanding the intentional nature of our actions and reactions

chapter 8|4 pages

Death, anxiety and Angst

chapter 9|3 pages

Existential guilt

chapter 10|3 pages

Paradox and the tension of existence

chapter 11|4 pages

Notion of the dynamic self

chapter 12|3 pages

Authenticity and inauthenticity

chapter 13|4 pages

Finding purpose and meaning

The original project

chapter 14|3 pages

Values and human worth

chapter 15|4 pages

A well-lived life

part 2|65 pages

Practical Features

chapter 16|4 pages

Developing a phenomenological attitude

chapter 17|3 pages

The quality of the therapeutic relationship

I-Thou

chapter 18|4 pages

A descriptive exploration

chapter 20|4 pages

Getting the bigger picture

Four dimensions of existence

chapter 21|3 pages

Living in the world physically

chapter 2294|4 pages

Living in the world socially

chapter 23|4 pages

Living in the world personally

chapter 24|4 pages

Living in the world spiritually

chapter 25|5 pages

The emotional world of the client

chapter 26|4 pages

Embodiment

chapter 27|4 pages

Examining the paradoxes of life

chapter 28|4 pages

Revisiting values and beliefs

chapter 29|5 pages

Making meaning and discovering purpose

chapter 30|4 pages

Finding freedom