Claire Arnold-Baker (New School of Psychotherapy and U Counselling, Simon Wharne (New School of Psychotherapy and UK Counselling), Nancy Hakim Dowek (New School of Psychotherapy and UK Counselling)

Existential Therapy

Responses to Frequently Asked Questions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Existential Therapy: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions, the authors address those questions most frequently asked by potential clients of existential therapy or by people beginning their training or those interested in counselling or psychotherapy.

Produktdetails

• 50 FAQs in Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 127mm x 199mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 200g
• ISBN-13: 9781032409856
• ISBN-10: 1032409851
• Artikelnr.: 68100448

Autorenporträt

Claire Arnold-Baker is a counselling psychologist and existential psychotherapist with a private practice where she specialises in working with mothers. Emmy van Deurzen is an existential psychotherapist and counselling psychologist with a worldwide reputation. Neil Gibson is an existential psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice in Newcastle upon Tyne. Nancy Hakim Dowek is an existential psychotherapist and supervisor in private practice. Jo Molle is a chartered psychologist with a background in mental health research. Simon Wharne is a counselling psychologist and existential psychotherapist with a private practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Existential philosophy: Questions about existential philosophical
ideas 1. What is existentialism? 2. What are the main themes of existential
philosophy? 3. Is existential therapy pessimistic? 4. What is the meaning
of life? 5. Does existential philosophy only focus on the present? 6. Is
existentialism more about individuals than societies? 7. What is an
existential crisis? 8. Can existentialism exist alongside religious
beliefs? 9. Does existential philosophy encompass all aspects of human
existence? 10. Do clients need to know anything about existential
philosophy? Part 2: Existential method and theory: Questions about
existential psychology and psychotherapeutic work 1. Do existential
therapists get you to think about death? 2. Do existential therapists work
with the unconscious? 3. What is phenomenology? 4. What is the role of the
therapist in existential therapy? 5. Do existential therapists believe in
mental illness? 5. What is a mind and how is it seen through an existential
lens? 6. What is Socratic Dialogue and how do existential psychotherapists
use 7. Socratic Dialogue therapeutically? 8. What is the framework of
Existential Psychotherapy? 9. Why have different schools emerged and what
are the main differences? 10. How can philosophy help with emotional and
psychological problems? Part 3: Existential skills and practice: Questions
about the way existential therapists work 1. Are existential therapists
free to work in any way they want? 2. Do existential therapists confront,
ask questions and challenge more than other therapists? 3. Are existential
therapists empathic? 4. Do existential therapists make interpretations? 5.
Do existential therapists work with the past? 6. How do existential
therapists work with dreams? 7. How do existential psychotherapists work
with difference? 8. Is it possible to have short-term existential therapy?
9. What could you expect from an existential therapist in the first
session? 10. What is the difference between existential therapy and
existential coaching? Part 4: Existential applications in different
contexts: Questions about how the existential approach can be used for
different presenting issues and client groups 1. How do you formulate a
case in existential therapy? 2. Is existential therapy helpful for clients
suffering from depression and high levels of anxiety? 3. How does
existential therapy conceptualise trauma? 4. How do existential therapists
work with clients diagnosed with life limiting or terminal illness? 5. What
is the existential view of loss and bereavement? 6. What is the existential
perspective on addiction? 7. How do existential therapists work with
clients with auditory and visual delusions / Psychosis? 8. How do
existential therapists work with suicidal clients? 9. How do therapists
work with chronic pain from an existential approach? 10. Do existential
therapists work with couples or families? Part 5: Existential relevance to
everyday life: Questions about the application of existential ideas to
ordinary everyday living 1. How can we be free when life is full of duties,
chores and obstacles? 2. Can people ever truly love each other, or are they
always more selfish than caring? 3. Is authenticity about being selfish and
doing what we want? 4. What is healthy/unhealthy living from an existential
perspective? 5. What is the point to life if we are all going to die
anyway? 6. Does it matter what meaning system I follow? 7. Will existential
therapy/ideas make me happy? 8. Is it okay to self-harm or kill myself? 9.
If anxiety is inevitable, how do we learn to live with it? 10. Are
existential ideas still relevant to modern life?