Applications of Existential Psychology

Introduction to Existential Psychology Volume 2
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-70179-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 370 Seiten, Format (B × H): 245 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

The second in a two-part set, this volume offers a detailed examination of the application of existential psychology.

This book begins by looking at the "conditio humana" – the most important topics of existential psychology, including anxiety, freedom, choices, authenticity, suffering and meaning, creativity, togetherness, time and death. It then moves through the practical application of existential psychology in the context of dreams, research, pathology and therapy. Examining key theories, models and research, the volume offers a fascinating overview of how the disciplines of art, philosophy, literature, science and theology contribute to a deeper understanding of personal self-knowledge and a person’s sense of purpose. This unique transdisciplinary approach demonstrates how readers can apply philosophical, historical and artistic aspects of existential psychology to their lives. The book concludes by considering the role of existential psychology in the present.

Going beyond the questions of therapy and counselling that typically make up the study of existential psychology, the book offers the ultimate introduction for students and scholars of this fascinating and deeply rooted discipline. It may also interest professionals working in related fields.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kovary, Zoltan

Kováry, Zoltán

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Conditio Humana: The Main Themes of Existential Psychology

1. Characteristics and Modes of Being-in-the-World

2. The Enigma of Anxiety

3. Freedom and Responsibility

4. Boundary Situations and Crises

5. “To Thine Own Self Be True.”: Choices, Authentic Self and Destiny

6. I and Thou: The Existential of Being-with and the Question of Love

7. Homo Patiens: Suffering and Searching for Meaning

8. “Time Swallows up Your Life.” Time, Finitude and Being-Towards-Death

9. Homo Creativus

10. The Unconscious God and Überwelt

Part 2. Applications of Existential Approach in Psychology

11. Dreams and Existence

12. Pathic Existence and the Questions of Psychopathology

13. Existential Psychology and Scientific Research

14. Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling: General Introduction and Daseinsanalysis

15. Logotherapy and Existential Analysis

16. Existential-Humanistic and Existential Integrative Psychotherapy and Counseling

17. Existential-Phenomenological Psychotherapy and Counseling

18. Further Applications of Existential Psychology in this field, Existential Family and Group Therapies

Part 3. Existentialism and Psychology in the 21st Century

19. The Return of Existential View at the Turn of the Millennium and the Beginning of the 21st Century

20. New Developments and Challenges

Über Autor(innen)

Zoltán Kováry, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, litterateur, linguist and expert in existential counseling. He is an associate professor at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary. His main research interests are in the history and theory of existential psychology and depth psychologies, eco-psychology, the psychology of creativity and psychobiographical research. He is an author of more than seventy articles, author and editor/coeditor of seven books, and an editor of the journal Imago Budapest. As well as running his own private practice in Budapest as an existential therapist, he is the leader of a rock band and interested in ornithology.