Existential Time-Limited Therapy: The Wheel of Existence [Paperback]

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Author: Freddie Strasser
ISBN : 9780471975717
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As people struggle with a sense of crisis and confusion they search for clarity and meaning. Increasingly they turn to psychotherapists and counsellors, who will find in this book a powerful existential approach to therapy that helps people to make sense of themselves by addressing their social, cultural and political context as well as their personal and interpersonal issues. It makes room for paradox and the acceptance of the inevitable. It allows for questioning and re-evaluation. The existential approach lends itself to time-limited work. Existential therapists do not encourage dependence. But this book also shows that such a brief, tough approach does not mean it is task oriented or superficial, rather that it is possible to allow for the free play of existential concerns and cover much territory in limited time. Clients and therapists will find this approach effective, topical and relevant. "... an important contribution to the literature on existential psychotherapy. The book brings forward two valuable innovations. One is the demonstration of the idea that brief or time-limited therapy can be done very effectively on existential principles, dealing with deep life issues. The other contribution is the idea of the Existential Wheel which is embodied in charts that depict and clarify the essential concepts and methods of existential psychotherapy, a powerful device that will be useful to experienced therapists as well as those less familiar with existential therapy." Bo Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen "... provides an overview of the principal ideas and concerns of existential therapy and an accessible exposition of the authors' model from an applied standpoint. Case material derived from the authors' practice illuminates and makes plain that, even if time limited, their approach makes accessible many of the deep issues that are usually viewed as emerging only in long term therapy. These instructive, and often deeply moving, contributions succeed in conveying the human meeting that exemplifies the authors' work with clients, and personifies the existential approach to the therapeutic encounter." From the Foreword by Emesto Spinelli, London

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• Series: Existential Perspectives on Psychotherapy & Counselling (Book 3)
• Paperback: 222 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471975710
• ISBN-13: 978-0471975717
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.9 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Existential Time-Limited Therapy: The Wheel of Existence

Overview of a Commonsense Existential Approach.

The Mystery of Time.

Time-limited Existential Therapy Limitations and Possibilities.

Concepts and Methods.

The Mystery of the 'Insight'.

The Body.

The 'Givens'.

'Connectedness'.

The Tyranny of High Morality.

Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.

This book is an excellent look at how the brief therapy paradigm can be used in an existential setting. The wheel of existence is an interesting idea, and provides a useful counterpoint against say, Emmy van Deurezen's ideas, based on Binswangers 4 modes of being. Very interesting.

By Alan Miles

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