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| In what ways is existential therapy an approach to therapeutic practice? |
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| we are free and responsible for our choices and actions. we are what we choose to be. aim is to encourage clients to reflect on their life and recognize range of alternatives |
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| Existential View of Nature |
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understanding what makes people human. respect for the person.
- individual's experience of being alone
-state of transition
-no preexisting designs
-no casualty in human existence
rejection of determinism |
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| Dimensions of Human conditions (view of nature 2) |
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1.The capacity for self-awareness
2. freedom & responsibility
3. The striving for identity & establishing meaningful relationships
4. The search for meaning
5. Anxiety as a condition of living
6. The awareness of death and nonbeing |
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1. Awareness of our being and reflect on our experience
2. embodiness- our body is a metaphor for life process; it is constantly changing.
3.Finitude- limited, thus we strive to grow(limited by death and knowledge)
4. action able- responsible for our actions
5. Autonomy- freedom to choose
6. separate but related- we are alone,but share problems of existence. though we can truly know ourselves, we can engage in others |
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1. Helping clients to accept their freedom and responsibility to act
2. Assisting people in coming to terms with the crises in their lives
3. Encouraging clients to recognize the ways in which they are not living fully authentic lives
4.Inviting clients to become more honest with themselves
5.Broadening clients’ awareness of their choices
6. Facilitating the client’s search for purpose and meaning in life
7. Assisting clients in developing a deep understanding of themselves and the ways they can effectively communicate with others |
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"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
- Being existentially “alone” helps us to discover our authentic sel |
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-At their best our relationships are based on our desire for fulfillment, not our deprivation
-Relationships that spring from our sense of deprivation are clinging, parasitic, and symbiotic
- Clients must distinguish between neurotic dependence and the authentic need to be with others |
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| the individual's experience of being in the world alone and facing the anxiety of this isolation |
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| How Therapists help with anxiety |
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-Anxiety can be a stimulus for growth as we become aware of and accept our freedom
-Anxiety can be a catalyst for living authentically and fully
-We can blunt our anxiety by creating the illusion that there is security in life
- If we have the courage to face ourselves and life we may be frightened, but we will be able to change |
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| Interactions are based on philosophical beliefs. Therapist-consultant; help guide without telling what to do |
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| Relationship between Therapist and client |
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implies faith in client's potential to to cope automatically with their troubles and in their ability to discover alternative ways of being
1.Therapy is a journey taken by therapist and client
2. The person-to-person relationship is key
3. The relationship demands that therapists be in contact with their own phenomenological world |
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| Client's experience in therapy |
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Definition
-focus on the bigger picture, not just the immediate problems
-encouraged to take seriously their own subjective experience of their world
-take responsibility for how they now choose to be in their world |
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1. not technique driven
2. philosophical vies and understand clients view
3. draw techniques from other approach only if it is relevant to client or integrated in the theory
4. brief therapy
5.works cross cultural
6. search for meaning universal experience |
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1. initial- help client identify assumptions about world and examine validity-push to accept own role and what happens to them
2. middle-deeper self exploration and restructure of values
3. final- out what they are learning and integrate into their lives |
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1. Develop meaningful realistic therapeutic contract.
2. introduction mode of therapeutic interview. change lies in client, client is expert not therapist.
3. fostering the growth
4.working through situation resistances-clients are frustrated and frightened by identifying patterns
5. teaching higher order, searching skills
Client/Therapist maintain: 1.a full presence 2. attempt to describe full as possible what matters in life at the present. 3. maintain an expectancy of discovery
6. working through character resistance- works to limit clients inner search
7. exploring client/therapist- collision, bonding used to form alliance
8. working with residual transferential elements. Not all transference issues need to be resolved. transference enriches our experience
9.preparing for termination- therapeutic alliance touches both parties deeply. post therapeutic relationship should be clarified |
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1. Look for the positives
2. Reframe
3. paradoxical intentions-wish to happen what they fear will happen
4. dereflection- encourage client to think of something else other than problem. problem is hyper-reflection
5. Appealing- appealing client to change
6. discussion of values- why things are important spiritual issues. |
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focuses on person and human condition -allows us to perceive death positive light as a force that gives us meaning
-provides new understand of anxiety, guilt and frustration
-makes psych less mechanical
-concepts readily integrated
particularly helpful with clients making decisions
-allows with diverse cultural values exploring world views and self awareness |
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-The individualistic focus may not fit within the world views of clients from a collectivistic culture
-The high focus on self-determination may not fully account for real-life limitations of those who are oppressed and have limited choices
-Some clients prefer a more directive approach to counseling
-The approach may prove difficult for clients who experience difficulty conceptualizing or have limited intellectual capacities
-The approach does not focus on specific techniques, making treatments difficult to standardize
-Limited empirical support |
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| The capacity for self-awareness |
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| -as human beings we can reflect and make choices because we capable for self-awareness. self-awareness includes awareness of alternatives, motivations, factors influencing the person and personal goals |
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| freedom and responsibility |
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| free to choose among alternatives and therefore have a larger role in shaping their destinies. freedom implies we are responsible for our lives, actions and our failures to take action. freedom/responsibility go had in hadn for existentialists. |
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| striving for identity and relationship to others |
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rather than trusting ourselves to search within and find our own answers to the conflicts in our life, we sell out by becoming what others expect from us:
- the courage to be
-the experience of aloneness
-the experience of relatedness
-struggling with our identity |
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| existential therapy can provide the conceptual framework for clients clients challenge the meaning of their lives |
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| anxiety as a condition of living |
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| -existential anxiety can be a stimulus for growth. we experience this anxiety as we become increasingly aware of our freedom and the consequences of accepting or rejecting that freedom |
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| awareness of death and nonbeing |
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| -existential does not view death negatively, but holds that awareness of death as basic human condition gives significance to living. death provides the motivation for us to live our lives fully and take advantage of each opportunity |
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