Existential Therapy

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being in the world

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examining oneself, others, and one’s relationship with the world thus attaining higher levels of consciousness

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boundary situation

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An urgent experience that compels an individual to deal with an existential situation

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Eigenwelt

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Being aware of oneself and how we relate to others. ONe’s own world, subjective, inner experience

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I-sharing

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a positive term that is a sense of connection or fondest that develops when people experience a moment in the say way. Existential connectedness

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kairos

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critical point where a disease gets better or worse. In psychotherapy it refers to the appropriate timing of a therapeutic intervention

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mitwelt

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A way in which individuals relate to the world by interacting social with others. Focus of human relationships

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neurotic anxiety

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anxiety that is out of proportion to a particular event. An indication that an individual is not living authentically

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Normal Anxiety

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anxiety arising from the nature of being human and dealing with unforeseen forces. it is appropriate to the situation, not usually repressed, and provides an opportunity to confront existential dilemmas

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resistance (existential)

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Not taking responsibility for one’s own life, not being aware of feelings or being alienated. Essentially not being authentic

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self-transendence

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going beyond one’s immediate situation to understand one’s being and take responsibility for that being. Going beyond one’s own needs to take responsibility for others, see the world in different ways

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thrown condition

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unforeseen forces or events in the world that one does not cause

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umwelt

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relating to the environment and the living things in it. Biological and physical aspects of the world

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uberwelt

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religious or speituatyl beliefs about the ideal world, the way the individual wants the world to be

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dereflection (Frankl)

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A technique in which clients focus away from their problems instead of on them two reduce anxiety

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logotherapy (Frankl)

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A type of existential therapy that focuses on challenging clients to search for meaning in their lives. Associated with attitude modulation, dereflection, paradoxical intention, socratic dialogue

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attitude modulation (Frankl)

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A technique used to change motivations from anxious ones to healthy ones by questioning the client’s rationale and by removing obstacles that interfere with being responsible

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authenticity (existential)

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Being genuine and real as well as aware of one’s existence, authentic individuals deal with moral choices, the meaning of life, and being human.

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existential anxiety

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a subset of normal anxiety. Individuals must confront the world around them, deal with unforeseen forces and develop a place in the world

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Freedom (existentialism)

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To be truly free individuals must confront the limits of their own destiny. The EX therapist sees freedom as a n opportunity to change.

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Responsiblity (existentialism)

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owning one’s own choices and dealing honestly with freedom

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bad faith (existentialism)

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individuals are finite and limited, blaming someone else father problems and not examine one’s own limitations

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willing (existentialism)

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the process by which responsibility is turned into action. Two aspects… wishing and deciding

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Goal of Alderlian Psychotherapy

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authenticity. Clients must find the purpose of their existence and pursue it. A sense of aliveness comes when the client sees life with interest imagination, creativity, hope joy rather than dread boredom hate and biorgory

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therapeutic love

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a special I-thou relationship, a loving friendship that is non reciprocal. The client may experience the therapist in anyway but the therapist strives to develop a genuine caring encounter that does not encumber the client’s growth with the therapists personal needs

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resistance (existintialism)

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when a client does not take responsibility, is alienated, not aware of feelings, or otherwise inauthentic in dealing with life. Rarely directed at therapists but a way of dealing with overwhelming threats, an inaccurate view of the world or self

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transference (existentialism)

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The therapist focuses on what happens in therapy in the person rather than attending to unconscious content as the psychoanalyst would

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Four steps of Logotherapy

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attitude modulation, dereflection, paradoxical intention, socratic dialogue

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paradoxical intention

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patient increase their symptom so attention is diverted from them by having them seen with less concern and maybe humor.

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socratic dialogue

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main technique of logo therapy it is a series of questions that help clients arrive at conclusions about beliefs or hypotheses, guided in part by therapist perceptions of the client’s misunderstandings.

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I-thou (Buber)

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There is never just an I, there is also a thou if the person is treated as an individual. If they are treated as an object it becomes I-it

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being-by-participation

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individuals know each other through love, hope and faithfulness rather than as objects or an it