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1 online resource |
Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE Can I rely on my feelings?; CHAPTER TWO Meaning and happiness: on the vital significance of meaning; CHAPTER THREE Spirituality in psychotherapy? The relationship of immanence and transcendence in existential analysis; CHAPTER FOUR The dimension of time as a challenge to truthful existence; CHAPTER FIVE Steps towards meaning: the method of grasping meaning; CHAPTER SIX Crisis: threat and opportunity; CHAPTER SEVEN Fear: the royal road to existence-what hides behind fundamental fear and anticipatory anxiety? |
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN Encountering a disabled person: attitude and experience of the therapistAFTERWORD Living beginnings; USEFUL WEBSITES; INDEX |
Summary |
This multi-author anthology is a short introduction to the world of existential psychotherapy, and specifically Existential Analysis. It gives concrete answers and demonstrates a way to apply this thinking in practice, providing outlines of its theoretical background, including Alfried Langle's four fundamental motivations. The main themes of the book are: working with emotionality and subjective experience and its importance for a fulfilling life; meaning and happiness; and spirituality and temporality. It covers psychological disorders and their treatment in adults and children, and also deals with disability and handicap |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Existential psychotherapy.
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Existentialism.
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Existentialism
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Psychotherapy -- methods
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existentialism.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
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MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Diseases.
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MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
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Existential psychotherapy
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Existentialism
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Laengle, Silvia, editor
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Wurm, Christopher, editor
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ISBN |
9781782414360 |
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1782414363 |
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1781815682 |
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9781781815687 |
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