Chapter 6 Flashcards
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Who are the founders of contemporary existential therapy?
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Victor Frankl
Rollo May
Irvin Yalom
James Bugental
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What is existential therapy?
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A way of thinking, or an attitude about psychotherapy, than a particular style of practicing psychotherapy.
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What is logotherapy?
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Therapy through meaning
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What are the basic dimensions of human condition, according to the existential approach?
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- The capacity for self awareness
- Freedom and responsibility
- Creating ones identity and establishing meaningful relationships with others
- The search for meaning, purpose, values, and goals
- Anxiety as a condition of living
- Awareness of death and nonbeing
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Who came up with Existential therapy?
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Viktor Frankl
Rollo May
Irvin Yalom