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Invitation to Existential Psychology: A Psychology for the Unique Human Being and Its Applications in Therapy
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Jacobsen, Bo
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-0-47-002897-1
- Doody Core Title Score:
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This introductory text discusses all the main contemporary theories of existential psychology, and illustrates them with case examples.
Practical implications for clinical work are considered, and comparisons with other approaches such as humanistic psychotherapy are made throughout.
Existential psychology tackles the big questions in life: Why are we here? How do we make our lives meaningful? How can we develop important relationships with other people? By exploring such questions, existential psychology helps clients to understand and cope with their anxieties around solitude and emptiness, and to develop their own sense of meaning and purposefulness. It is a deeply humanistic approach that emphasises authentic living.
This book is an invitation to explore the richness and depth of the human being through existential psychology. It employs a direct, vibrant style and is illustrated with thought-provoking case studies. In addition Invitation to Existential Psychology provides the reader with reflective questions to use with clients:
Practical implications for clinical work are considered, and comparisons with other approaches such as humanistic psychotherapy are made throughout.
Existential psychology tackles the big questions in life: Why are we here? How do we make our lives meaningful? How can we develop important relationships with other people? By exploring such questions, existential psychology helps clients to understand and cope with their anxieties around solitude and emptiness, and to develop their own sense of meaning and purposefulness. It is a deeply humanistic approach that emphasises authentic living.
This book is an invitation to explore the richness and depth of the human being through existential psychology. It employs a direct, vibrant style and is illustrated with thought-provoking case studies. In addition Invitation to Existential Psychology provides the reader with reflective questions to use with clients:
- How do I live a meaningful life?
- Is it possible to e
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Jacobsen, Bo
- ISBN:
- 978-0-47-002897-1
- Specialty:
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- Psychotherapy
- Psychology
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 194
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Doody Core Title Score:
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- ()