Existential psychotherapy focuses on fundamental human experiences like death, freedom, relationships and finding meaning. It views people as responsible for making their own choices and finding their identity. Key influences include Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, Rollo May who applied existential philosophy to therapy, and Irvin Yalom who emphasized concerns with death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness. Existential therapy aims to help clients through increased self-awareness and by addressing anxiety from confronting human realities rather than eliminating it.
This is a presentation regarding Albert Ellis' REBT. Ellis' model teaches us to dispute irrational beliefs and replace them with rational ones to experience effective change.
This is a presentation regarding Albert Ellis' REBT. Ellis' model teaches us to dispute irrational beliefs and replace them with rational ones to experience effective change.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a type cognitive therapy first used by Albert Ellis which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems. The goal of the therapy is to change irrational beliefs to more rational ones.
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PPT presentation based on Peter A. Lessem's book, Self Psychology: An Introduction, created by Luba Rascheff, MDiv Harvard University, for the Psycho-Spiritual Care and Therapy Practicum, Supervised Pastoral Education (SPE Basic II): Integrative Theory and Practice (EMP3551Y), taken in the Winter term of 2020 at the University of Toronto which explains Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology in brief.
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• Feist, J. & Feist, G. (2009). Theories of personality (7th ed.). USA: McGraw−Hill Companies
• Tria, D. & Limpingco. (2007). Personality (3rd ed.). Quezon City, Philippines: Ken Inc.
• Daniel, V. Object relations theory. Retrieved as of 2016 from https://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/objectrelations.html
Other references:
• Cervone, D. & Pervine, L. (2013). Personality: Theory and research (12th ed.). USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Cloninger, S. (2004). Theories of personality: Understanding persons (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
• Ryckman, R. (2008).Theories of personality (9th ed.). USA: Thomson Wadsworth
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a type cognitive therapy first used by Albert Ellis which focuses on resolving emotional and behavioral problems. The goal of the therapy is to change irrational beliefs to more rational ones.
REBT encourages a person to identify their general and irrational beliefs (e.g. I must be perfect") and subsequently persuades the person to challenge these false beliefs through reality testing.
PPT presentation based on Peter A. Lessem's book, Self Psychology: An Introduction, created by Luba Rascheff, MDiv Harvard University, for the Psycho-Spiritual Care and Therapy Practicum, Supervised Pastoral Education (SPE Basic II): Integrative Theory and Practice (EMP3551Y), taken in the Winter term of 2020 at the University of Toronto which explains Heinz Kohut's Self Psychology in brief.
If you find this useful, don't forget to hit 'love.'
• Feist, J. & Feist, G. (2009). Theories of personality (7th ed.). USA: McGraw−Hill Companies
• Tria, D. & Limpingco. (2007). Personality (3rd ed.). Quezon City, Philippines: Ken Inc.
• Daniel, V. Object relations theory. Retrieved as of 2016 from https://www.sonoma.edu/users/d/daniels/objectrelations.html
Other references:
• Cervone, D. & Pervine, L. (2013). Personality: Theory and research (12th ed.). USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Cloninger, S. (2004). Theories of personality: Understanding persons (4th ed.). New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
• Ryckman, R. (2008).Theories of personality (9th ed.). USA: Thomson Wadsworth
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References
Carducci, B. J. (2009). The Psychology of Personality: Viewpoints, Research, and Applications. John Wiley & Sons.
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2. Learning Objectives
Understand the development of existential
therapy
To define the core concepts of existential
psychotherapy
Outline its relevance today
4. Pink Floyd - Time
Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home
town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the
way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch
the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill
today
And then one day you find that ten years have got
behind you… No one told you when to run, you
missed the starting gun
5. Time, part II
And you run and run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking…
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or a half page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in a quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone the song is over, thought I'd something more to
say
Home, home again I like to be here when I can
When I come home cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
6.
7. History
Existential thinking has occurred throughout
history.
Exemplified by Augustine, Pascal, Kierkegaard,
Nietzsche.
Fundamental questions leading to the
development of existential psychotherapy
included:
Where was the actual immediate person to whom these
things were happening?
Are we seeing clients as they really are, or are we simply
seeing a projection of our theories about them?
8. History
In 1958 existential psychotherapy introduced to
the US with publication of Existence: A New
Dimension in Psychiatry and Psychology by Rollo
May, Ernest Angel, and Henri Ellenberger
In 1981 Yalom published the first comprehensive
textbook in existential psychiatry entitled
Existential Psychotherapy
9. History
Other Important Writings
Rollo May’s The Meaning of Anxiety (1977); Man’s
Search for Himself (1953); Existential Psychology
(1961)
James Bugental’s The Search for Existential
Identity (1976)
Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (1963)
10. Introduction
Existential psychotherapy is not a specific
technique or set of techniques. It is more
philosophical in nature
Existential psychotherapy is a philosophy
about human nature
Proponents of existential psychotherapy have
not advocated specific training institutes
because its presupposition can
underlie any form of therapy
11. Introduction
In existential terms, the conflicts individuals
experience are regarding the givens of
existence
From the existential perspective "deep"
conflict means the most fundamental concern
at that moment
12. Important Influences
Victor Frankl
Prisoner, Nazi Concentration Camps-1942-45-
lost entire family; Spiritual freedom & independence
of mind can be had in the worst situations;
Essence lies in searching for meaning & purpose
Rollo May
American psychiatrist; many books on existential
therapy, integrated psychoanalysis and existential
therapy - He had two failed marriages- wrote extensively
regarding questions of intimacy, monogamy, morals of
relationships, studied with Adler
Irvin Yalom:
Therapy through Meaning, therapeutic love themes of
existential work
13. Viktor Frankl
Viktor Frankl's approach to
existential theory is known as
logotherapy.
14. Rollo May
Rollo May has been instrumental in translating
some concepts drawn from existential
philosophy and applying them to
psychotherapy.
15. Irvin Yalom
According to Yalom, the concerns that make up the
core of existential psychodynamics are
death.
freedom.
isolation.
meaninglessness.
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16. Basic Concepts
Existential psychotherapy is more
philosophical in nature
Existential psychotherapy is not a specific
technique
Focuses on issues central to human
existence
17. Basic Concepts
Existential therapy is basically an
experiential approach to therapy
It is based on a personal relationship
between client and therapist.
It stresses personal freedom in deciding one's
fate.
It places primary value on self-awareness.
18.
19.
20. View of Human Nature
The basic dimensions of the human
condition are …
1. The capacity for self-awareness
2. The tension between freedom &
responsibility
3. The creation of an identity &
establishing meaningful relationships
4. The search for meaning, purpose,
and values of life
5. Accepting anxiety as a condition of
living
6. The awareness of death and
nonbeing
21. 1. 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
22. 2. Freedom and Responsibility
The central issue in therapy is freedom and
responsibility.
A concept ultimately associated with freedom is
assuming responsibility
The existential concept of freedom refers to the
fact that we are the authors of our own
world
The bridge between wishing and action is
decision
23. 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
24. We Cannot Escape
Freedom and Responsibility
Existential therapy is rooted in the premise that humans
cannot escape from freedom and responsibility.
25. Freedom and Responsibility
involves the notion that …
our freedom requires us to accept
responsibility for directing our own life.
we are free to choose who we will be.
they go hand in hand.
26. Question
What are the possible reasons
that people tend to blame
others for their problems?
27. The Concept of “Bad Faith”
The concept of "bad faith" refers to
leading an inauthentic
existence.
28. An Example of Bad Faith
A example statement that illustrates
"bad faith" is - naturally I'm this
way, because I grew up in an
alcoholic family.
29.
30. 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:
Challenging clients---in what ways that they have lost
touch with their identity and letting
others to design their life.
31. Relationship to others
Aloneness
We are alone---So, we must give a sense of
meaning to life, decide how we will live, have a
relationship with ourselves, and learn to listen to
ourselves.
Relatedness
We need to create a close relationship with others
Challenging clients----What they get from the
relationship? How they avoid close relationship?
32. Relatedness can be Therapeutic
Existentialists contend that the
experience of relatedness to other
human beings can be therapeutic.
33.
34. Question
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?
35. The Search for Meaning
Meaninglessness in life leads to emptiness and
hollowness (existential vacuum)
Existentialists believe that the major solution to
meaninglessness is engagement
Finding meaning in life is a by-product of
engagement, which is a commitment to creating,
loving, working, and building.
37. Anxiety – A Condition of Living
Existential therapists define anxiety as a
threat to our existence
Anxiety arises from one’s strivings to
survive.
If anxiety is proportionate to the situation
confronted, existentialists would consider
it normal anxiety
In contrast to normal anxiety, neurotic
anxiety is repressed
unconscious impulses
38. Anxiety
Existential anxiety is normal
an outcome of being confronted with the four givens
of existence: death, freedom, existential
isolation, and meaninglessness.
Anxiety can be a stimulus for growth as we become
aware of and accept our freedom
39. Normal Anxiety
According to May, freedom and anxiety are two
sides of the same coin.
Existential anxiety is seen as a function of our
acceptance of our aloneness.
From the existential viewpoint, the aim of therapy is
NOT to eliminate anxiety so clients can live
comfortably.
41. Existential Model of Anxiety
Anxiety is more basic than fear.
Anxiety arises from our personal need to
survive, to preserve our being, and to assert
our being.
Normal anxiety is proportionate to the situation.
It does not require repression and can be
used for creativity.
Neurotic anxiety exceeds or minimizes the
situation, is repressed and destructive.
(Normal anxiety is seen as proportionate to the
situation involved. When the anxiety exceeds the
situation present, it is considered neurotic.)
43. Death
According to the existential
viewpoint, death gives
significance to living.
44. Question
If you had only have 30 days
left, what would you feel?
What will you do?
45. Awareness of Death
Death provides the motivation for us to
live our lives fully and take advantage of
each opportunity to do something meaningful.
46. Ontology of Being
The Basic “I-Am” Experience
The "I-Am" experience is about being i.e., the
realization of one’s being
The term ontological means science of being
(or the nature of being)
Existentialists consider the "I am" experience
as a precondition for a solution in life and feel
that this is an ontological experience
“I am now living and I could take my life”
“The idea of suicide has saved my life
many times.” Nietzsche
47. Six Ontological Principles
1. Humans are centered in self and derive meaning
from that center.
2. Humans are responsible for mobilizing the courage
to protect, affirm, and enhance the self.
3. People need other people with whom they can
empathize and learn.
4. People are vigilant about potential dangers to self.
5. Humans can be aware of themselves thinking and
feeling at one moment and may be aware of
themselves as the person who thinks and feels in
the next moment.
6. Anxiety originates out of awareness that one’s
being can end.
48. Ontology
Existential psychotherapy seeks a deeper and
more discerning type of therapy
The “I am” experience is not a solution in itself it
is a precondition for a solution
An ontological experience;
Ontis = “to be” and Logical = “the science of”
Nonbeing is illustrated in the experience of fear
of death, destructive hostility, severe anxiety and
critical illness
49. The Three Forms of
Being-in-the-World
1. Umwelt – world around, biological world
2. Mitwelt – with world, world of one’s fellow
human beings
3. Eigenwelt – own world; relationship to one’s
self
50. Human Capacity to Transcend the
Immediate Situation
Transcend means “to climb over and beyond”
Existing involves a continual emerging
When an individual can move past
a situation in order to move
towards their future, it is said that
the person has transcended the
immediate situation
51.
52. Existential Psychotherapy
A form of dynamic psychotherapy
Holds a different view of inner
conflict
Conflict is between the individual and the
“givens” of existence termed ultimate
concerns
Death.
Freedom.
Isolation.
Meaninglessness.
53. Existential Psychotherapy
Death.
The most obvious ultimate concern.
“A terrible truth”.
Conflict between awareness of death and
desire to live.
To cope we erect defenses against death
awareness.
Psychopathology in part is due to failure to
deal with the inevitability of death.
54. Existential Psychotherapy
Freedom
Refers to the fact that humans are the authors of
their own world
We are responsible for our own choices
Conflict is between groundlessness and desire for
ground/structure
Implications for therapy
Responsibility
Willing
Impulsivity
Compulsivity
Decision
55. Existential Psychotherapy
Isolation –
The fact that we are isolated from parts of
ourselves is termed intrapersonal isolation
Intrapersonal isolation = Fact we are isolated
from parts of ourselves
A form of isolation that refers to the fact that each
of us enters and departs the world alone is
existential
Existential isolation differs from
Interpersonal isolation = Divide between self
and others
Intrapersonal isolation = Fact we are isolated from
parts of ourselves
56. Existential Psychotherapy
Meaninglessness
Meaning creates hierarchal order of our values
From a schema regarding the meaning of life an
individual generates a hierarchy of values
Tells us how to live not why to live
Conflict stems from “How does a being who
requires meaning find meaning in a universe that
has no meaning?”
57. Existential Psychotherapy
Existential Frame of Reference
Specialness
Despite rationality we often believe the laws of
biology are not applicable to us
Ultimate Rescuer
Belief in a personal omnipotent servant to guard
and protect us
(To cope with ultimate concerns regarding death
individuals will often use the defense mechanism of
creating an ultimate rescuer)
58. Existential Psychotherapy
Existentialists hypothesize that anxiety is the result
of awareness of ultimate concerns.
Ultimate concerns create experiences, which
force us to confront an existential situation
called boundary situations.
An experience which forces an individual to
confront an existential issue is known as a
boundary situation.
Examples might be diagnosis of a terminal illness or
death of a family member or friend.
Psychotherapy can address existential isolation.
Jung suggested 30% of patients seek treatment
because of personal meaninglessness.
59. Therapeutic Goals
To expand self-awareness.
To increase potential choices.
To help the client accept the responsibility for their
choice.
To help the client experience authentic existence.
60. Therapist’s Function and
Role
Understand the client’s subjective world.
Encourage clients to accept personal responsibility.
When clients blame others, therapist is likely to ask
them how they contributed to their situation.
61. A Prime Factor in Determining
the Outcomes of Therapy
The existential approach puts emphasis on the therapist
as a person and the quality of the client/therapist
relationship as one of the prime factors in determining
the outcomes of therapy.
62. Client’s Experience in
Therapy
They are challenged to take responsibility.
Major themes in therapy sessions are anxiety,
freedom and responsibility, isolation, death, and the
search for meaning.
Assist client in facing life with courage, hope, and a
willingness to find meaning in life.
63. Philosophically, the existentialist
would agree that:
the final decisions and choices rest with the client.
people redefine themselves by their choices.
a person can go beyond early conditioning.
making choices can create anxiety.
64. Relationship Between
Therapist and Client
Therapy is a journey taken by therapist and
client.
The person-to-person relationship is key.
The relationship demands that therapists be in
contact with their own world.
The core of the therapeutic relationship.
Respect and faith in the clients’ potential to cope
and discover alternative ways of being.
Therapists share their reactions to clients with
genuine concern and empathy as one way of
deepening the therapeutic relationship.
65. Therapeutic techniques and
procedures
It is not technique-oriented.
The interventions are based on philosophical
views about the nature of human existence.
Free for draw techniques from other
orientations
The use of therapist self is the core of therapy.
66. Subjective understanding of
clients is primary
In the existential approach subjective understanding of
clients is primary and techniques are secondary.
The term unfolding refers to the therapist's attempt
to uncover with the patient what was there all
along.
67. Questions
Which populations is existential therapy particularly
useful?
Which issues is existential therapy particularly
useful?
68. Application of Existential Psychotherapy.
Existential therapy is especially appropriate for clients
who are struggling with:
Developmental crises.
Identity in adolescents.
Coping with disappointments in family and career
Grief counseling.
Coping with physical limitations as one ages.
Low self confidence
Feelings of inadequacy
Stress / tension
Social anxiety
69. From a multicultural perspective
Contributions
Applicable to diverse clients to search for meaning
for life
Be able to examine the behavior is influenced by
social and cultural factors.
Help clients to weigh the alternatives and
consequences.
Change external environment and recognize how they
contribute
70. From a multicultural perspective
Limitations
Excessively individualistic.
Ignore social factors that cause human problems.
Even if clients change internally, they see little hope
the external realities of racism or discrimination will
change
For many cultures, it is not possible to talk about self
and self-determination apart from the context of the
social network.
Many clients expect a structured and problem-oriented
approach instead of discussion of
philosophical questions.
71. Pros
Something to offer all counselors,
Stresses self-determination,
Accepting the personal responsibility,
Provides perspective for understanding the value
of anxiety and guilt, the role of death, and the
creative aspects of being alone
and choosing for oneself.
72. and Cons
CONS: Lacks a systematic statement of principles and
practices;
writers use vague and global terms or abstract concepts;
little research,
limited applications for lower-functioning clients,
clients in extreme crisis who need direction,
those who are nonverbal.
74. short film of a cat with
"existential despair."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M7ibPk37_U
75. Readings
1. McLeod J. (2009) An Introduction to
Counselling. Chap 10
2. Corey, G. (2009) Theory and Practice of
Counseling and Psychotherapy.Chap 6
3. Colledge, R (2002) Mastering Counselling
Theory chap 10 & 11
4.Dryden, W ( 2007) Dryden’s Handbook of
Individual therapy. Chap 8
Advanced reading
Jacobsen (2003) Is Gift-Giving the Core of
Existential Therapy?
Dryden (2007) chap 8
76. Advanced reading
Jacobsen (2003) Is Gift-Giving the Core of
Existential Therapy?
Dryden (2007) chap 8
Yalom (2003) the gift of therapy
Yalom (1980) existential psychotherapy
Cooper, M (2003) Existential Therapies. (in
dawson books)