Chapter Six: Existential Therapy Flashcards

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Existential analysis

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emphasizes the subjective and spiritual dimensions of human existence

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life-changing psychotherapy

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the effort to help clients examine how they have answered life’s existential questions and to invite them to revise their answers so they can live more authentically

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existential tradition

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seeks a balance between recognizing the limits and tragic dimensions of human existence on one hand and the possibilities and opportunities of human life on the other hand

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inauthenticity

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although we long for freedom we often try to excape from our freedom by defining ourselves as a fixed or static entity

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freedom

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implies that we are responsible for our lives, for our actions, and for our failures to take action

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existential guilt

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being aware of having evaded a commitment, or having chosen not to choose

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authenticity

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implies that we are living by being true to our own evaluation of what is a valuable existence for ourselves; the courage to be who we are

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existential neurosis

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the experience of meaninglessness

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existential vacuum

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a condition of emptiness and hollowness

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logotherapy

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designed to help clients find meaning in life

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existential anxiety

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the unavoidable result of being confronted with the “givens of existence” (death, freedom, choice, isolation, and meaninglessness)

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normal anxiety

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an appropriate response to an event being faced

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neurotic anxiety

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anxiety about concrete things that is out of proportion to the situation

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restricted existence

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a limited awareness on oneself and a vagueness about nature of problems

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