ABSTRACT
Speaking of the connection between psychotherapy and philosophy, Alice Holzhey-Kunz emphasizes that the definition of psychotherapy depends on how one understands human mental suffering: the philosophical understanding of human suffering and psychopathology is prior to the understanding of psychotherapy. The idea of studying the reference points of therapeutic work arose from a simple observation which can be made by every supervisor: there is a great difference between a beginner and an experienced therapist. In every unique therapeutic situation, therapists of the Birštonas School choose freely their methods of therapeutic interaction, but in general they are not inclined to apply ready-to-use techniques. An important and interesting aspect, formulated as one of the themes, allows us to say that existential therapists do constant assessment work during the whole therapy process and see this work as care for their clients and therapeutic relationship.
