心理咨询与治疗的理论及实践chapter6 Existential Therapy.ppt

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy
Psych422
Chapter6: Existential Therapy
Questions?
What key concepts do you know in terms of existential therapy?
What is the meaning or purpose of your life?
What do you want from life?
Where is the source of meaning for you in life?
How do you work through a sense of “no self” and feeling alone?
What are the possible reasons that people tend to blame others for their problems?
What is the positive motivation of being anxious?
If you only have 30 days left, what’s your feelings? What will you do?
Question
What key concepts do you know in terms of existential therapy?
Existential Therapy A Philosophical/Intellectual Approach to Therapy
View of Human Nature
The capacity for self-awareness
The tension between freedom & responsibility
The creation of an identity & establishing meaningful relationships
The search for meaning, purpose, and values of life
Accepting anxiety as a condition of living
The awareness of death and nonbeing
The Capacity for Self-Awareness
We can reflect and make choices because we are capable of self-awareness.
Expanding our awareness in realizing that:
We are finite - time is limited
We have the potential, the choice, to act or not to act
Meaning is not automatic - we must seek it
We are subject to loneliness, meaninglessness, emptiness, guilt, and isolation
Question
What are the possible reasons that people tend to blame others for their problems?
Freedom and Responsibility
We are free to choose among alternatives
We are responsible for our lives, for our action, and for our failure to take action.
Blaming others for their problems---
Recognize how they allowed others to decide for them and the price they pay
Encourage them to consider the alternative options
Striving for Identity
Identity is “the courage to be”
We must trust ourselves to search within and find our own answers
Our great fear is that we will discover that there is no core, no self
Struggling with our identity: