Existential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 1849200688 ISBN13: 9781849200684 Release Date: November 2012 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd Length: 264 Pages Weight: 1.00 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.4" Offering a concrete framework and practical methods for working from an existential perspective, the bestselling Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy in Practice is now in its Third Edition. Central to the book is the belief that many of our problems arise out of the essential paradoxes of human existence, rather than from personal pathology. From this perspective, the purpose of counseling and psychotherapy is not viewed as problem-solving, but as a mean of enabling people to come to terms with living life as it is, with all its inherent contradictions. Emmy van Deurzen, a leading existential philosopher and therapist, presents a practical method of working, using systematic observation, clarification and reflection to help clients rediscover their inner stre