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Nov 6, 2017 · Despite different emphases, existential perspectives see the human essence as characterized by three qualities: (1) the uniqueness of the human species and the individual; (2) the indissolubility of the person and the situation; and (3) the ubiquity of freedom and threat in human experience.
Oct 17, 2020 · Abstract. The “evidence-based practice” movement frames counselling and psychotherapy as causal processes, something the therapist does to the client. The value of what it is that is done is measured by interpreting mental and emotional distress as an abnormal behaviour, by giving this “symptom” a numerical score, before and after ...
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- 2021
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Oct 25, 2018 · For example, Otto Rank was one of the first theorists to propose an existential perspective to understand human behavior by arguing for the existence of both life and death fears in human development and in persons’ relations with others (see Rank 1936, cited under Close Relationships ).
Apr 13, 2023 · Abstract. Background: Existential philosophy and psychotherapy focuses on the “givens” of human experience, including feelings of meaninglessness, isolation, death anxiety, and concerns surrounding identity and freedom.
Nov 1, 2023 · This article aims to give an overview of the empirical literature on existential therapies. This article will be divided into four parts: empirical research on existential practices, key concepts, critical therapeutic competences, and outcomes of existential therapies.
Aug 12, 2022 · The focus is existential thinking about the problems around our existence – the problems of being – and how different existentialists have dealt with the ethical, social, and ontological issues around the idea that we are thrown into a world without any absolute meaning, value, or truth besides the one’s we humans have created.
Jan 1, 2020 · Introduction. Existential psychology focuses on core aspects of human existence, such as death, isolation, and meaninglessness. Existential psychologists aim to reconstruct the inner world of human experience while exploring the more abstract issues associated with humanity’s place in the universe.
