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Barnett, Laura;

Existential therapy : legacy, vibrancy, and dialogue / edited by Laura Barnett and Greg Madison. - Hove, East Sussex ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2012. - 244 p. ; 24 cm. - Advancing theory in therapy .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction
Existential psychotherapy, discipline and demarche: remembering essential horizons
Existential psychotherapy and post-Cartesian psychoanalysis: historical perspectives and confluence
Daseinsanalysis: a dialogue
Tedium, ennui, and atonement: existential perspectives on boredom
Experiential-existential therapy: embodying freedom and vulnerability
Palpable existentialsim: an interview with Eugene Gendlin
Applied existential psychotherapy: an experimential psychodynamic approach
R.D. Laing revisited: a dialogue on his contribution to authenticity and the sceptic tradition
The existential 'therapy' of Thomas Szasz: existential, yes; therapy, no
A dialogue on dialogue
The Viennese school of existential analysis: the search for meaning and affirmation of life
Reasons for living: existential therapy and sprituality
Research: an existential predicament for our profession?
Research: an existential predicament for our profession?
Depth and the marketplace: psychology's Faustian plight: a dialogue
On reading Irvin Yalom's Staring at teh sun: overcoming the dread of death
Conclusion

"In 1958 in their book Existence, Rollo May, Henri Ellenberger and Ernst Angel introduced existential therapy to the English-speaking psychotherapy world. Since then the field of existential therapy has moved along rapidly and this book considers how it has developed over the past fifty years, and the implications that this has for the future.In this book Laura Barnett and Greg Madison bring together contributors from both sides of the Atlantic to highlight issues surrounding existential therapy today, and look constructively to the future whilst acknowledging the debt to the past. Dialogue is at the heart of the book, the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and between the past and the future. Existential Therapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue, focuses on dialogue between key figures in the field to cover topics including:

• historical and conceptual foundations of existential therapy
• perspectives on contemporary Daseinanalysis
• the search for meaning in existential therapy
• existential therapy in contemporary society.

Existential Therapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue explores how existential therapy has changed in the last five decades, and compares and contrasts different schools of existential therapy, making it essential reading for experienced therapists as well as for anyone training in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology or psychiatry who wants to incorporate existential therapy into their practice"-- "This book considers how existential therapy has developed over the past fifty years and its future implications. The contributors focus on the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and compares and contrasts the different schools of therapy. In this book Laura Barnett and Greg Madison bring together contributors from both sides of the Atlantic to highlight issues surrounding existential therapy today, and look constructively to the future whilst acknowledging the debt to the past. Dialogue is at the heart of the book, the dialogue between existential thought and therapeutic practice, and between the past and the future. Existential Therapy: Vibrancy, Legacy and Dialogue, focuses on dialogue between key figures in the field to cover topics including: historical and conceptual foundations of existential therapy perspectives on contemporary daseinanalysis the search for meaning in existential therapy existential therapy in contemporary society. Existential Therapy: Vibrancy, Legacy and Dialogue explores how existential therapy has changed in the last five decades, and compares and contrasts different schools of existential therapy, making it essential reading for experienced therapists as well as for anyone training in psychotherapy, counselling, psychology or psychiatry who wants to incorporate existential therapy into their practice"--

ISBN: 9780415564335 (hardback) 9780415564342 (paperback)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Existential psychotherapy.
Counseling.
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling
PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health
PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Existential

Dewey Class. No.: 616.8914 / BAR