Existential Flashcards
1
Q
What are the existential philosophies?
A
Focus on nature of human condition:
- capacity for self-awareness
- freedom of choice to decide one’s fate
- responsibility
- anxiety
- search for meaning
- being alone & being in relation w/ others
- striving for authenticity
- facing living & dying
2
Q
What are the existential goals?
A
- Help ppl see they are free & become aware of possibilities
- Challenge them to recognise responsible for events formerly thought were happening to them
- Identify factors that block freedom
3
Q
What are the existential techniques?
A
- Few techniques b/c prioritise understanding over technique
- Can incorporate techniques from other approaches
Issues addressed:
- freedom & responsibility
- isolation & relationships
- meaning & meaninglessness
- living & dying
4
Q
What are existential key concepts?
A
- Experiential approach to counselling: stresses core human conditions
- Interest on the present & what one is becoming
- Has future orientation
- Stresses self-awareness before action
5
Q
What is the existential therapeutic relationship like?
A
- Therapist’s tasks: grasp clients’ being in the world and establish personal & authentic encounter w/ them
- Stresses immediacy of relationship and authenticity of here & now encounter
