existential psychotherapy
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Existential psychotherapy is a form of therapy that focuses on helping individuals confront fundamental questions of existence—such as meaning, freedom, isolation, and mortality—to live more authentically and purposefully.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| existential therapy | 0 | 1 |
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
existential therapy
→
humanistic therapy → psychotherapy approach → talk therapy → |
| addresses |
death anxiety
→
existential anxiety → existential guilt → feelings of meaninglessness → freedom versus security conflicts → identity concerns → |
| aimsTo |
enhance sense of responsibility
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help clients find personal meaning → help clients live more authentically → increase self-awareness → reduce existential anxiety → |
| appliedTo |
anxiety disorders
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depression → grief and loss → life transitions → terminal illness → |
| associatedWith |
Irvin D. Yalom
→
Ludwig Binswanger → Medard Boss → Rollo May → Viktor Frankl →
surface form:
Viktor E. Frankl
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| basedOn | existential philosophy → |
| contrastsWith | symptom-focused therapies → |
| developedFrom | European existential philosophy → |
| emphasizes |
here-and-now awareness
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personal choice → subjective experience → therapeutic relationship → values clarification → |
| focusesOn |
authenticity
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existential isolation → meaning of life → mortality → personal freedom → responsibility → |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl
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Friedrich Nietzsche → Jean-Paul Sartre → Martin Buber → Martin Heidegger → Søren Kierkegaard → |
| setting |
clinical and counseling settings
→
couples therapy → group therapy → individual therapy → |
| typicallyInvolves |
confrontation of existential concerns
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discussion of values and beliefs → exploration of life choices → reflection on past, present, and future → |
| usesConcept |
existential givens
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freedom and responsibility → isolation and connection → life and death → meaning and meaninglessness → |
Referenced by (2)
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