The Existential Counselling Primer is a concise summary of the philosophical origins of existentialist therapy and existentialist understandings of what it is to be human, and how both inform the theory and practice of existential counselling. This 2nd edition is revised and updated to include recent developments in thinking, research and practice.
Packed with a wealth of resources and accompanied by a companion website with relevant journal articles, video tutorials and more, this passionate and insightful book is the ideal guide for trainees and practitioners across the orientations who wish to incorporate an existential approach into their practice.
Focusing on the importance of patient preferences, this book offers psychotherapists strategies for tailoring their approaches and treatment activities. By emphasizing collaboration and understanding individual needs, it aims to strengthen therapeutic alliances and enhance treatment outcomes, ultimately leading to more effective psychotherapy practices.
Introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, discussing key figures 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.
This book shows why we need, and can create, a progressive politics that is profoundly informed by insights from the psychotherapeutic and psychological domain, moving us from a politics of blame to a politics of understanding.