Existential Therapies Av Mick Cooper

<p>What does it mean to practice therapy in an existential way? What are the different existential approaches? What are their strengths and limitations?</p> <p> </p> <p>Focusing on practical, face-to-face work with clients, the book introduces students to six existential therapies, highlighting areas of commonality and difference, and discusses key figures and their contributions, including<strong> </strong>Yalom, van Deurzen, Spinelli, Frankl and Laing. It outlines the critical perspectives and key debates, and presents implications for practice, reflection and further reading.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p>Fully updated to reflect current issues, this book now includes:</p> <p> </p> <p>·         Sections presenting research evidence for each approach</p> <p>·         An extended case study running through the book, demonstrating how different therapies might approach the same case</p> <p>·         Chapter overviews, questions for reflection, and additional case studies of actual existential practice.</p>