Existential Therapy Ch6

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Key Figures
Existential Therapy

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Victor Frankl
Rollo May
Irvin Yalom
and
James Bugental

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Existential Therapy

Central Concerns of a Person's Existence

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death
freedom
existential isolation
and
meaninglessness

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Focus of Existential Therapy

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exploring themes of choice, freedom, anxiety, mortality as how they relate to the current struggle

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"we have the capacity for self-awareness" is one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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"because we are basically free beings we must accept the responsibility that accompanies our freedom." is one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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"we have a concern to preserve our uniqueness and identity; we come to know ourselves in relation to knowing and interacting with others"s one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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"The significance of our existence and the meaning of our life are never fixed once and for all; instead we re-create ourselves through our projects" is one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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"anxiety is part of the human condition" is one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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"death is also a basic human condition and awareness of it gives significance to living" is one of six _________.

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Key Proposition of Existential therapy

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Existential Therapy

Therapeutic relationship

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a collaborative relationship that does not prize therapeutic objectivity or professional distance.

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I/THOU

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used in the therapeutic relationship

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Techniques in Existential Therapy

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Basically, there are none.
a therapist's work is guided by the philosophical framework of what it means to be human

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Applications of Existential Therapy

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Appropriate for those seeking personal growth;
brief therapy may help clients become maximally involved in their sessions;
existential group therapy

Limited applicabiliy to lower-functioning clients, clients in extreme crisis who need direction, clients who are mostly concerned about meeting basic needs and those who lack verbal skills

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Existential Therapy
Multicultural Considerations

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Because it is based on universal human themes, it is widely applicable

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Existential Therapy
Limitations

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lacks statement of principles and practices of therapy;

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phenomenology

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a method of exploration that uses human subjective experiences as its focus

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Logotherapy (Frankl)

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healing through reason

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Existentialists view anxiety as

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a part of the human condition

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Rollo May was the main ___________ spokesperson of _____________ existential thinking as it applied to psychotherapy

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American; European