Existential Psychotherapy
Imperialism
The class text makes mention in one of its chapters about existential psychotherapy. This treatment style seems to be yet another tool in the proverbial toolbox that psychiatrists and therapists can use or advocate along the same lines as cognitive behavioral therapy, EDMR and so forth. The author of this report will review how it came to be, what it is comprised of and how/why it may work for many or at least some people. The author will also offer thoughts and feelings about how promising and relevant this topic seems to be. While some therapeutic techniques are more widely known and/or ostensibly effective than others, it is also true that any method that garners good results for even a subset of patients is worth exploring or leaving aside as an option should the need arise.
Analysis
As was made clear by the text, the people behind the field of existential psychotherapy are some of the heavyweights of the history of the general subject of psychotherapy. Such people, per the book and other sources the author of this report glanced at, include Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Rollo May, Viktor Frankl, Irvan Yalom and others. The similarities between this field and others is not surprising but all unique fields of psychotherapy and so forth should be explored and evaluated based on the merits and the unique makeup of the therapy. The author of this report would liken the...
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