Section 1 intro

Question 1

Existential therapy

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focus is on concepts that are universally applicable to humans such as death, freedom, responsibility, meaning of life, and existential isolation.

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existentialism

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a field of philosophy concerned with the nature of human existence, freedom and how to live authentically in the world.

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Phenomenology

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an approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience from the first-person perspective.

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Existential crisis

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a time of emotional disturbance caused by confrontations with existential givens such as death and meaningless

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Logotherapy

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a form of existential therapy developed by Victor Frankl, is primarily concerned with the search for meaning

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bad faith

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a term used by satre to describe those who live inauthentically: acting according to narrow social roles instead of their own will.

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existential givens

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facts about the nature of human existence that generates existential angst: death freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness.

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What are the four branches of existential therapy?

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Existential-phenomenological, logotherapy, daisenanalysis, existential-humanistic

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Existential ideas that all human experience include

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death, freedom, responsibility, search of meaning and isolation

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yalom’s theory of death

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oblivion, nothingness; the inevitable. the inescapable, uncontrollable and unpredictable fate that annihilates our existence, the finitude and fragility of our lives, our own mortality

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yalom theory of freedom & responsibility

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humans can only be free when we take full responsibility for our choices; but the breadth of freedom we have and the weight of responsibility it implies creates anxiety. freedom brings with it a heavy burden: we are presented with a near-infinite choices at every moment of our lives each choice sets us down a path that excludes all other paths, we never know which choice is correct and will produce the best outcomes

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meaninglessness

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the lack of objective meaning urpose ,or value to human life.Humans must find meaning in their suffereing. Humans need a reason to live.

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existential isolation

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The unbridgeable gulf between oneself and any other being. Existential therapists are interested in how people bridge this gulf and the modes of relation they use to engage with others.

Question 14

existential issues (11)

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Question 15

what does existential therapy involve

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