Existential therapy : legacy, vibrancy, and dialogue / edited by Laura Barnett and Greg Madison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barnett, Laura, 1953-

Madison, Greg

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Series:

Advancing theory in therapy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Existential psychotherapy.

Counseling.

Existentialism--psychology.

Psychotherapy.

Medical Subjects:

Existentialism--psychology.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

244 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"In 1958 in their book Existence, Rollo May, Henri Ellenberger and Ernst Angel introduced existential therapy to the English-speaking psychotherapy world. Since then the field of existential therapy has moved along rapidly and this book considers how it has developed over the past fifty years, and the implications that this has for the future.In this book Laura Barnett and Greg Madison bring together contributors from both sides of the Atlantic to highlight issues surrounding existential therapy today, and look constructively to the future whilst acknowledging the debt to the past. Dialogue is at the heart of the book, the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and between the past and the future. <EM>Existential Therapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue</EM>, focuses on dialogue between key figures in the field to cover topics including:<UL><LI>historical and conceptual foundations of existential therapy</LI><LI>perspectives on contemporary Daseinanalysis</LI><LI>the search for meaning in existential therapy</LI><LI>existential therapy in contemporary society.</LI></UL><EM>Existential Therapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue</EM> explores how existential therapy has changed in the last five decades, and compares and contrasts different schools of existential therapy, making it essential reading for experienced therapists as well as for anyone training in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology or psychiatry who wants to incorporate existential therapy into their practice"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book considers how existential therapy has developed over the past fifty years and its future implications. The contributors focus on the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and compares and contrasts the different schools of therapy. In this book Laura Barnett and Greg Madison bring together contributors from both sides of the Atlantic to highlight issues surrounding existential therapy today, and look constructively to the future whilst acknowledging the debt to the past. Dialogue is at the heart of the book, the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and between the past and the future. Existential Therapy: Vibrancy, Legacy and Dialogue, focuses on dialogue between key figures in the field to cover topics including: historical and conceptual foundations of existential therapy perspectives on contemporary daseinanalysis the search for meaning in existential therapy existential therapy in contemporary society. Existential Therapy: Vibrancy, Legacy and Dialogue explores how existential therapy has changed in the last five decades, and compares and contrasts different schools of existential therapy, making it essential reading for experienced therapists as well as for anyone training in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology or psychiatry who wants to incorporate existential therapy into their practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Laura Barnett and Greg Madison

Existential psychotherapy, discipline and demarche: remembering essential horizons / Erik Craig

Existential psychotherapy and post-Cartesian psychoanalysis: historical perspectives and confluence / Roger Frie

Daseinsanalysis: a dialogue / Alice Holzhey-Kunz and Tamas Fazekas

Tedium, ennui, and atonement: existential perspectives on boredom / Laura Barnett

Experiential-existential therapy: embodying freedom and vulnerability / Les Todres

Palpable existentialsim: an interview with Eugene Gendlin / Greg Madison and Eugene Gendlin

Applied existential pyschotherapy: an experimential psychodynamic approach / Betty Cannon

R.D. Laing revisited: a dialogue on his contribution to authenticity and the sceptic tradition / Michael Guy Thompson and John M. Heaton

The existential 'therapy' of Thomas Szasz: existential, yes; therapy, no / Keith Hoeller

A dialogue on dialogue / Mich Cooper and Ernesto Spinelli

The Viennese school of existential analysis: the search for meaning and affirmation of life / Alfried Langle

Reasons for living: existential therapy and sprituality / Emmy Van Deurzen

Research: an existential predicament for our profession? / Linda Finlay

Depth and the marketplace: psychology's Faustian plight: a dialogue / Kirk J. Schneider and Simon Du Plock

On reading Irvin Yalom's Staring at teh sun: overcoming the dread of death / Maurice Friedman, Havi Carel, Judith Hassan and Donna Orange

Conclusion / Laura Barnett and Greg Madison

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0415564344

9780415564335

0415564336

9780415564342

9780203147658

0203147650

OCLC:

701015521

Publisher Number:

99963323748