I feel like these four areas capsulate the fundamental bones of what existential therapy is about. The counselor seeks to make each intervention unique to each client and the four areas give a counselor something to build about.
When using existential approach, it does not have techniques for the counselors to use. Counselors are allowed to use techniques from other theories, nonetheless the main focus should be on making sure that you can “understand the subjective world of the client” (Corey, 2013, p. 157). In this sense the theory is very philosophical in its nature. Since it does not have techniques, the counselor has to be very creative in how they seek to treat their clients or draw on other theories to fill in the gaps. If you do not have a philosophical mindset, it might be very hard to be a counselor of this type of therapy.
I find the biggest strengths of this therapy is that there is no expert in the relationship therefore you are on an adventure together. Throughout chapter about existential therapy, it talks about how the relationship between the client and counselor is a journey to be taken together (Corey, 2013). The client-counselor relationship is a big factor in the strengths for myself. Counselor seek to have that connection with their clients, and being distance from them is not …show more content…
Our world likes to view trauma as either really big traumas or small traumas when in reality I believe trauma is the same no matter what. How my body responses to trauma is the same no matter the “size” it is. If we are able to work through the traumas of our lives than we are on the path of having meaning in our lives once again. I prefer to believe that there is a reason for the trauma I am suffering and it is up to me to take the responsibility to figure that out. Once I start to accept the responsibility of my life, I can see how my own actions are affecting how I view what has happened to
When using existential approach, it does not have techniques for the counselors to use. Counselors are allowed to use techniques from other theories, nonetheless the main focus should be on making sure that you can “understand the subjective world of the client” (Corey, 2013, p. 157). In this sense the theory is very philosophical in its nature. Since it does not have techniques, the counselor has to be very creative in how they seek to treat their clients or draw on other theories to fill in the gaps. If you do not have a philosophical mindset, it might be very hard to be a counselor of this type of therapy.
I find the biggest strengths of this therapy is that there is no expert in the relationship therefore you are on an adventure together. Throughout chapter about existential therapy, it talks about how the relationship between the client and counselor is a journey to be taken together (Corey, 2013). The client-counselor relationship is a big factor in the strengths for myself. Counselor seek to have that connection with their clients, and being distance from them is not …show more content…
Our world likes to view trauma as either really big traumas or small traumas when in reality I believe trauma is the same no matter what. How my body responses to trauma is the same no matter the “size” it is. If we are able to work through the traumas of our lives than we are on the path of having meaning in our lives once again. I prefer to believe that there is a reason for the trauma I am suffering and it is up to me to take the responsibility to figure that out. Once I start to accept the responsibility of my life, I can see how my own actions are affecting how I view what has happened to