In 1958 in their book
Existence, Rollo
May, Henri Ellenberger and Ernst Angel introduced
existential therapy to the English-speaking
psychotherapy world. Since then the field of existential
therapy has moved along rapidly and this book considers
how it has developed over the past fifty years, and the
implications that this has for the
future.
In their 50th anniversary of this
classic book, Laura Barnett and Greg Madison bring
together many of today's foremost existential therapists
from both sides of the Atlantic, together with some
newer voices, to highlight issues surrounding
existential therapy today, and look constructively to
the future whilst acknowledging the debt to the past.
Dialogue is at the heart of the book, the dialogue
between existential thought and therapeutic practice,
and between the past and the future.
Existential
Therapy: Legacy, Vibrancy and Dialogue,
focuses on dialogue between key figures in the field to
cover topics including:
- historical and conceptual foundations of
existential therapy
- perspectives on contemporary Daseinanalysis
- the search for meaning in existential therapy
- existential therapy in contemporary society.
Existential Therapy: Legacy,
Vibrancy and Dialogue explores how existential
therapy has changed in the last five decades, and
compares and contrasts different schools of existential
therapy, making it essential reading for experienced
therapists as well as for anyone training in
psychotherapy, counselling, psychology or psychiatry who
wants to incorporate existential therapy into their
practice.
