Term ID: T1364

Existential Therapy

/existential-therapy/
A humanistic approach focusing on fundamental human experiences including freedom, responsibility, anxiety, mortality, and the search for meaning, helping clients explore their authentic selves and create purposeful lives despite inherent existential challenges.
Example: Helping a client explore feelings of emptiness and lack of direction after retirement, examining choices, values, and possibilities for creating new meaning and purpose.

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Reference: Yalom (1980)