Incorporating existential thinking into an integrative approach to psychotherapeutic practice has always been a huge influence for me. An existential approach may have its limitations but there are a number of ideas within the approach, not that the approach is always coherent and uniform, that can be of enormous benefit when seeking to view the whole person […]
In terms of sexuality, what distinguishes us, as humans, from others in the animal kingdom is our capacity for an erotic life. Couples who maintain a happy long term sexual relationship tend to allow each other erotic privacy. Affairs can be an expression of a need for emotional intimacy or to form a connection. This
A major criticism of an existential approach in counselling and psychotherapy (as if it can be seen as a coherent approach) is that it lacks a systematic statement of the principles and practices of therapy. There is an absence of a coherent set of highly developed techniques. The approach can be applied in a haphazard
For the past two weeks we have had lectures on Existential Psychotherapy. This is a philosophical method of therapy that operates on the belief that inner conflict within a person is due to that individual’s confrontation with the givens of existence. However, there is no such uniform body of therapy known as existential psychotherapy. Rather there