Existential courage
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This document provides an overview of existential therapy and the work of Emmy van Deurzen, an expert in existential psychotherapy and counseling. It discusses key concepts in existential therapy including the human condition, crisis and change, paradoxes, and learning to live with courage and flexibility. Van Deurzen outlines different dimensions of human existence and frameworks for understanding emotions, conflicts, and how to gain a wider perspective on life challenges.
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Existential courage
- 1. Existential Courage: Working with conflict and crisis Prof Emmy van Deurzen University of Sheffield 1 July 2011
- 4. Author of Books on Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling
- 6. RECENT BOOK: 2009
- 7. 2010: 1. Second Edition Everyday Mysteries 2. Skills in Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy
- 9. HUMAN CONDITION Existential therapy focuses on the way in which a person struggles with the human condition and in particular with our inevitable limitations and the limits of life.
- 10. Existential therapy is good in crisis or during periods of life change In the whirlwind of change we need to find steadiness, persistence and resilience
- 16. Balancing pros and cons after structural analysis
- 17. Both positives and negatives
- 19. Making sense of life
- 20. Energy is the flow between two poles Source: kidzoneweather.com
- 22. Dialectics Transcendence Thesis Antithesis Synthesis
- 23. Dialectics: transcendence in space Synthesis: a wider view future Thesis: my view (past ) Antithesis: your view (present)
- 25. Paradoxes of human existence
- 26. Human values rediscovered. DESIRES FEARS VALUES PHYSICAL life death vitality SOCIAL love hate reciprocity PERSONAL identity freedom integrity SPIRITUAL good evil transparency
- 28. Different dimensions of the four spheres of existence evd 10 Umwelt Mitwelt Eigenwelt Uberwelt Physical survival Nature Things Body Cosmos Social affiliation Public Others Ego Culture Personal identity Private Me Self Consciousness Spiritual meaning Sacred God Soul Transcendence
- 38. Different dimensions of the four spheres of existence Umwelt Mitwelt Eigenwelt Uberwelt Physical survival Nature Things Body Cosmos Social affiliation Public Others Ego Culture Personal identity Private Me Self Consciousness Spiritual meaning Sacred God Soul Transcendence
- 41. What is anxiety? The energy of life And energy can be used or can overwhelm you
- 45. Wellcome exhibition: life before death, Walter Schells Memento Mori
- 46. To live and to die
- 47. Eyes that see the world no more: finding peace
- 50. Stages of a Woman’s life
- 51. Our lives are like the seasons or the birth of day and night.
- 59. Attunement to what is (mindfulness)
- 68. Sartre’s existential ethics There is no abstract ethics. There is only an ethics in a situation and therefore it is concrete. An abstract ethics is that of the good conscience. It assumes that one can be ethical in a fundamentally unethical situation . (Sartre, Notes For an Ethics:17)
- 71. Difficulties on four dimensions physical social personal spiritual Deficit Difference Dilemma Disorientation Disease Discord Deception (self) Delusion Desire Dominance Disappointment Doubt Dependence Dishonesty Dread Debt Dis-embodiment Dis-engagement Despondency Dissolution Death Destruction Distress Despair
- 72. Existential Space Physical space Social space Personal space Spiritual space
- 73. Your own little sphere of existence matters
- 74. Imagine a person like a sphere
- 75. That person is located in a universe with other planets, stars, suns, moons and spheres
- 76. Sphere as a planet or a cell: micro or macro level.
- 77. If a cell: connection with other cells, function and internal constitution are paramount
- 78. If planet: orbit and position matter
- 80. You experience yourself as having a nucleus: a core, a heart or a soul
- 81. Perhaps we are more like suns, generating heat and light
- 82. Solar anatomy
- 84. Layers of a person’s life. 4.Physical: Umwelt 3.Social: Mitwelt 2.Personal: Eigenwelt 1.Spiritual: Uberwelt
- 86. Layers of a person’s life. 4.Physical: Umwelt 3.Social: Mitwelt 2.Personal: Eigenwelt 1.Spiritual: Uberwelt
- 87. Dimensions of existence Spiritual: Good/Evil Intuitions, values, beliefs, purpose, meaning. Worldview/Ideas. Personal: Strength/Weakness Thoughts, memories, identity, freedom. Selfhood/Me. Social: Love/Hate Feelings, relations, belonging, acknowledgement. Communication/Others. Physical: Life/Death Sensations, actions, environment, body, things. Survival/World.
- 91. pride jealousy anger- despair fear sorrow shame envy hope- desire love joy Sadness Low Happiness High Anxiety Excitement Engagement Depression Disappointment Disengagement
- 92. Emotional Compass 1:Pride-confidence-arrogance 2:Jealousy-worry-vigilance 3:Anger-hate-despair 4:Fear-confusion-cowardice 5:Sorrow-misery-resignation Shame-emptiness-guilt:7 Envy-curiosity-aspiration:8 Hope-desire-resolve:9 Love-courage-commitment:10 Joy-thrill-excitement:11 6. Low Despondency Depression Exhilaration Happiness 12:High Up gain Down loss
- 93. The colour of emotion
- 97. Compass of Physical Sensation Greed Stinginess Frustration Disgust Pain Need Craving Excitement Lust Pleasure Deprivation Emptiness Satisfaction Fullness Gain Survival Loss Threat
- 98. Compass of Social Feeling Care Jealousy Anger Fear Rejection Shame Envy Approval Love Acceptance Isolation Separateness Belonging Oneness Engagement Disengagement
- 99. Compass of Personal Thinking Superiority Stubbornness Defiance Deflation Humiliation Inferiority Anxiety Courage Commitment Confidence Imperfection Weakness Perfection Strength Success Failure
- 100. Compass of Spiritual Intuition Pride Prudence Wrath Resignation Disillusionment Guilt Aspiration Hope Resoluteness Bliss Futility Absurdity Meaning Purpose Good Evil
- 106. Reclaiming your space Finding fluidity, peace freedom and purpose.
- 107. Websites. www.existentialpsychotherapy.net www.dilemmas.org www.nspc.org.uk www.septimus.info www.psychotherapytraining.net www.emmyvandeurzen.com Facebook/LinkedIn: Existential Therapy
- 150. Four dimensions of life. 4.Physical: Umwelt 3.Social: Mitwelt 2.Personal: Eigenwelt 1.Spiritual: Uberwelt
- 151. Dimensions of existence Spiritual: Good/Evil Intuitions, values, beliefs, purpose, meaning. Worldview/Ideas. Personal: Strength/Weakness Thoughts, memories, identity, freedom. Selfhood/Me. Social: Love/Hate Feelings, relations, belonging, acknowledgement. Communication/Others. Physical: Life/Death Sensations, actions, environment, body, things. Survival/World.
- 152. OVERCOMING TRAUMA Spiritual: Integrate what has happened in world view Improve rather than give up values, beliefs, purpose, meaning. Stick with what is true. Personal: Allow the event to strengthen your character Express thoughts and memories. Regain a sense of freedom in relation to adversity. Learn to yield as well as be resolute. Social: Seek to go beyond hateful and destructive relations by isolation and avoidance till Reconciliation is possible. Seek belonging with like minded allies. Communicate your emotions without reproach, resentment, bitterness. Physical: Seek safety when under threat. Trust and heed sensations of stress. Find natural environment that can soothe as well as expand your horizons.
- 155. Finding a way forward
- 157. Dimensions and Tensions of Human Existence Desires Fears Physical Life pleasure Death pain Social Love belonging Hate isolation Personal Identity integrity Freedom disintegration Spiritual Good purpose Evil futility
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