Existential Man: The Challenge of Psychotherapy presents a therapist's impression of existential man. The book focuses on the personal experiences and conceptual organization of a practicing psychotherapist as a student, client, and therapist. This book is divided into three main topics- foundations, encounters, and directions. In these topics, this text specifically discusses the critical commitment and existential self. The congruent, modified, body, metaphor, and emergent encounters are also deliberated. This compilation likewise covers the end of professionalism, validation of experience, and metaphysics of psychotherapy. This publication is a good reference for students researching on psychotherapy, including those interested in the therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client, patient, family, couple, or group.
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1;Front Cover;1 2;Existential Man: The Challenge of Psychotherapy;4 3;Copyright Page;5 4;Table of Contents;6 5;Introduction;8 6;Preface;10 7;Acknowledgments;12 8;Part I: Foundations;16 8.1;Chapter 1. The Critical Commitment;18 8.1.1;Dostoevsky: Notes from the Underground;19 8.1.2;Berdyaev: The Meaning of the Creative Act;21 8.2;Chapter 2. The Existential Self;22 8.2.1;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;30 8.2.2;Berdyaev: Slavery and Freedom;31 8.2.3;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;31 8.2.4;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;32 8.2.5;Camus: The Myth of Sisyphus;32 8.2.6;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;33 9;Part II: Encounters;34 9.1;Chapter 3. The Congruent Encounter;36 9.2;Chapter 4. The Modified Encounter;42 9.2.1;Honosexuality;43 9.2.2;Impotence;44 9.2.3;Masturbation;44 9.2.4;Inadequacy;45 9.2.5;Prejudice;46 9.3;Chapter 5. The Body Encounter;56 9.4;Chapter 6. The Metaphor Encounter;64 9.5;Chapter 7. The Emergent Encounter;70 9.5.1;Relationship I (Hospitalized Female);70 9.5.2;Relationship II (Hospitalized Male);83 9.5.3;Summary Reaction (Relationships I and II);100 9.5.4;Subsequent Reaction (Relationship II);100 10;Part III: Directions;102 10.1;Chapter 8. The End of Professionalism;104 10.1.1;Camus: The Rebel;115 10.1.2;Berdyaev: Solitude and Society;115 10.1.3;Buber: Between Man and Man;116 10.1.4;Kierkegaard: The Concept of Dread;116 10.2;Chapter 9. The Validation of Experience;118 10.2.1;Sartre: The Emotions;132 10.2.2;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;133 10.2.3;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;133 10.2.4;Kierkegaard: Concluding Unscientific Postscript;134 10.3;Chapter 10. The Metaphysics of Psychotherapy;136 10.3.1;Buber: I and Thou;142 10.3.2;Marcel: Being and Having;142 10.3.3;Camus: The Rebel;142 10.3.4;Kierkegaard: The Concept of Dread;143 11;Existential References;144
