Existential Philosophy And Psychotherapy - Emmy Van Deurzen
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Dec 9, 2018
Delve into the fascinating intersection of philosophy and psychotherapy, where existential ideas shape mental health practices. Discover how the works of thinkers like Nietzsche and Kierkegaard influenced therapeutic approaches. Emmy van Deurzen shares her journey in existential therapy and emphasizes the importance of personal meaning. Explore how embracing life's paradoxes can lead to personal growth and navigate the emotional compass to enhance well-being. Dive into the transformative power of self-awareness and the holistic approach to understanding human existence.
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Existential Therapy Focus
Existential therapy focuses on life as a whole, not just the individual's mind.
It considers one's relationship with the world including culture, politics, family, and future.
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Living in Therapeutic Community
Emmy lived in a therapeutic community with people who stopped medication and talked continuously.
This experience reshaped her view of psychotherapy as an ongoing, deeply connected process.
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Loss of Self and Meaning
People seek therapy because they've lost touch with themselves and meaning in life.
Regaining passion and purpose is central to existential therapy.
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Existential ideas can be found in Eastern and Western philosophies dating back many millennia, and these have inspired psychoanalysts and psychotherapists for over a century. In this talk, Emmy van Deurzen will give a historical overview of the roots and evolution of existential analysis, and will cover the key contributions of existential philosophers to the psychoanalytic movement, including Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl and Heidegger.
She will then present the existential-phenomenological school of psychotherapy in greater detail and will particularly focus on her own, well established, method of existential therapy, including her four world’s model and structural existential analysis (SEA), which includes working with time and space, as well as with the emotional compass.
Emmy van Deurzen is a Philosopher, Counselling Psychologist and Existential Psychotherapist. She founded the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regent’s University, the Society for Existential Analysis and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the Existential Academy in London. Her application of philosophical ideas to psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling has been instrumental in establishing the existential paradigm in the UK and elsewhere in Europe and around the world. She lectures internationally, and her books have been translated into well over a dozen languages.
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