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Practising Existential Psychotherapy: The Relational World

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This new text by Ernesto Spinelli examines the unique qualities and possibilities of an existential approach to psychotherapy. Drawn from his own experience as an internationally recognised theorist, lecturer and practitioner, its overall aim is to provide a thorough and accessible explication of existential psychotherapy in practice. Beginning with an overview of the theoretical underpinnings and distinguishing features of existential psychotherapy, the text describes and develops a three-phase structural model for its practice.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

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November 30, 2024
Βασική πρόταση του Spinelli είναι η όσο το δυνατόν άκριτη και ανερμήνευτη περιγραφή της κοσμοθεώρησης του θεραπευόμενου (από τον ίδιο το θεραπευόμενο) μέσα από το πρίσμα των τριών βασικών αρχών της υπαρξιακής ψυχοθεραπείας, του σχετίζεσθαι, της αβεβαιότητας και του υπαρξιακού άγχους. Αυτή και μόνο η περιγραφή αποτελεί πολλές φορές το μονοπάτι της αλλαγής. Χωρίς εγγυημένα αποτελέσματα για την κατεύθυνση αυτής της αλλαγής. Μας παροτρύνει να αναλάβουμε το άχθος της ύπαρξης αναλαμβάνοντας ταυτόχρονα και το εκάστοτε τίμημα. Είναι λοιπόν ένα εγχειρίδιο-πρόταση διεύρυνσης των πεδίων και των τρόπων αυτής της περιγραφής.
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June 12, 2019
Great book. Helped me a lot in my work as a practicing student of existential psychotherapy. Would recommend to every practicing therapist.
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Author 1 book
March 5, 2022
Spinelli is genius in the way he can take deep, complex topics and describe them so easily and poetically.
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September 5, 2024
I found parts of this book hard going, especially section 1, but it is worth the effort. I intend to read it again at some point as I think I understood perhaps 40%. I was very taken by his notion of un-knowing.
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