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Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy based on the model of human nature and experience developed by the existential tradition of European philosophy. It focuses on the psychological experience revolving around universal human truths of existence such as death, freedom, isolation and the search for the meaning of life. [1]
Rollo Reece May (April 21, 1909 – October 22, 1994) was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy.
Logotherapy is a form of existential therapy developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. [1] It is founded on the premise that the primary motivational force of individuals is to find meaning in life. [2]
Techniques in Adlerian Psychology. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135893958. Nelson-Jones, Richard (2010). "Existential Therapy". Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy. SAGE. ISBN 9781446259511. Rosenthal, Edward C. (2006). The Era of Choice: The Ability to Choose and Its Transformation of Contemporary Life. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262250245.
This is the goal of existential therapy. Existential therapy is in turn philosophically associated with phenomenology. [80] [81] Person-centered therapy, also known as client-centered, focuses on the therapist showing openness, empathy and "unconditional positive regard", to help clients express and develop their own self. [82]
Existential Psychotherapy is a book about existential psychotherapy by the American psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom, in which the author, addressing clinical practitioners, offers a brief and pragmatic introduction to European existential philosophy, as well as to existential approaches to psychotherapy.