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Book SynopsisThis multi-author anthology is a short introduction to the world of existential psychotherapy, and specifically Existential Analysis. It gives concrete answers and demonstrates a way to apply this thinking in practice, providing outlines of its theoretical background, including Alfried Langle's four fundamental motivations.The mian themes of the book are: working with emotionality and subjective experience and its importance for a fulfilling life; meaning and happiness; and spirituality and temporality. It covers psychological disorders and their treatment in adults and children, and also deals with disability and handicap.
Trade Review'The occasion for this book is really momentous, not merely because many of the book's contributors are being exposed to the English-speaking world for the first time, but because of the vital messages that these contributors are conveying to that world. I have long hoped for a collection such as this to emerge. There is a wealth of therapeutic wisdom on the pages of this book and the editors do a fine job of collecting, reflecting upon, and organising it. I am delighted that the contemporary expression of existential analysis and logotherapy is at last available to the broader public.'--Kirk Schneider, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University, and author of The Polarized Mind 'In contrast to Viktor Frankl's logotherapy, which has become internationally recognised through many books and articles, newer developments in 'existential analysis and logotherapy' out of these roots are not so well known in the Englishspeaking world due to the lack of English textbooks. Therefore, it is laudable to publish this volume and to share the important improvements to this approach with the English-speaking community. Therapists and counsellors will appreciate that the focus of this book is more on the application of existential analysis than on the theory.' --Dr Jurgen Kriz, University of Osnabruck, Germany
