Existential Therapies

Second Edition
Mick Cooper - University of Roehampton, UK
Existential Therapies
October 2016 | 232 pages | Sage UK
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Description

What does it mean to practice therapy in an existential way? What are the different existential approaches? What are their strengths and limitations?

 

Focusing on practical, face-to-face work with clients, the book introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, and discusses key figures and their contributions, including Yalom, van Deurzen, Spinelli, Frankl and Laing. It outlines the critical perspectives and key debates, and presents implications for practice, reflection and further reading.

 

Fully updated to reflect current issues, this book now includes:

 

·         Sections presenting research evidence for each approach

·         An extended case study running through the book, demonstrating how different therapies might approach the same case

·         Chapter overviews, questions for reflection, and additional case studies of actual existential practice.

Contents

Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential Therapies

Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential Therapies

Existential Philosophy: The Meaning of Being

Existential Philosophy: The Meaning of Being

Daseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential Therapy

Daseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential Therapy

Meaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Life

Meaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Life

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to Life

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to Life

R. D. Laing: Meeting without Masks

R. D. Laing: Meeting without Masks

Existential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of Existence

Existential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of Existence

Dimensions of Existential Therapeutic Practice

Dimensions of Existential Therapeutic Practice

Discussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

Discussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

Description

What does it mean to practice therapy in an existential way? What are the different existential approaches? What are their strengths and limitations?

 

Focusing on practical, face-to-face work with clients, the book introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, and discusses key figures and their contributions, including Yalom, van Deurzen, Spinelli, Frankl and Laing. It outlines the critical perspectives and key debates, and presents implications for practice, reflection and further reading.

 

Fully updated to reflect current issues, this book now includes:

 

·         Sections presenting research evidence for each approach

·         An extended case study running through the book, demonstrating how different therapies might approach the same case

·         Chapter overviews, questions for reflection, and additional case studies of actual existential practice.

Contents

Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential Therapies

Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential Therapies

Existential Philosophy: The Meaning of Being

Existential Philosophy: The Meaning of Being

Daseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential Therapy

Daseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential Therapy

Meaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Life

Meaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Life

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to Life

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to Life

R. D. Laing: Meeting without Masks

R. D. Laing: Meeting without Masks

Existential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of Existence

Existential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of Existence

Dimensions of Existential Therapeutic Practice

Dimensions of Existential Therapeutic Practice

Discussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

Discussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

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Existential Therapies


October 2016 | 232 pages | Sage UK

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What does it mean to practice therapy in an existential way? What are the different existential approaches? What are their strengths and limitations?

 

Focusing on practical, face-to-face work with clients, the book introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, and discusses key figures and their contributions, including Yalom, van Deurzen, Spinelli, Frankl and Laing. It outlines the critical perspectives and key debates, and presents implications for practice, reflection and further reading.

 

Fully updated to reflect current issues, this book now includes:

 

·         Sections presenting research evidence for each approach

·         An extended case study running through the book, demonstrating how different therapies might approach the same case

·         Chapter overviews, questions for reflection, and additional case studies of actual existential practice.


Table Of Contents:

  • Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential Therapies
  • Existential Philosophy: The Meaning of Being
  • Daseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential Therapy
  • Meaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in Life
  • Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to Life
  • R. D. Laing: Meeting without Masks
  • Existential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of Existence
  • Dimensions of Existential Therapeutic Practice
  • Discussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

Recent Product Reviews:

This is a great book for students and practitioners, informative and accessible
Mrs Imelda Hatton-Yeo, School of Public health & Clinical Sci, University of Central Lancashire
As always with Mick's work this is a wonderfully clear, accessible and engaging book, and an excellent starting point for anyone who is interested in existential therapy. As well as providing historical context and an overview of the existential approach and how it can be applied to therapy, this second edition expertly weaves in newer developments in the field including the existential-phenomenological approach, and time-limited existential therapy. Existential therapies are also brought to life with a case study that runs the whole way through the book. Overall, a superb introduction and an important contribution to the field. The second edition of Existential Therapies represents an important update of this important text. Mick Cooper respectfully examines the differences and similarities of the various major approaches to existential therapy. This should be required reading for all student and scholars in existential psychology. Louis Hoffman, Saybrook University Sympathetic, personal and modern writing with a firm guiding hand leading through the complex diversity of existential therapies. The second edition brings a good adjustment to the actual situation with a remaining dominance of the British (and English language) perspective. Lively and practical book with reflected literature access – a perfect introduction, a perfect refresher! Alfried Längle, Vienna
Meg-John Barker, Senior Lecturer, Open University
The second edition of Existential Therapies represents an important update of this important text. Mick Cooper respectfully examines the differences and similarities of the various major approaches to existential therapy. This should be required reading for all student and scholars in existential psychology.
Louis Hoffman, Saybrook University
The book remains an extremely useful guide to the territory of existential therapies. It continues to set down the major historic and contemporary and debates, and to provide and invaluable map of the territory.
Existential Analysis
Sympathetic, personal, and modern writing, which guides its reader with a firm hand through the complex and diverse world of existential therapy. The second edition brings a good adjustment to the actual situation with a remaining dominance of the British (and English language) perspective. Lively and practical book with reflected literature access – this is a perfect introduction, a perfect refresher!
Alfried Längle, Clinical Psychologist, Vienna

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