Existential therapy Books
Power and Innocence: A Search for the Sources of Violence
This study defines power as the ability to cause or prevent change, and innocence as the conscious divesting of one's power to make it seem a virtue. From these concepts, the author of this book... (more)
Credo: R. D. Laing and Radical Psychotherapy
Tamás Vekerdy, one of the most well-known Hungarian psychologists, called Credo an ’essential insight not just into Feldmár’s life but into the world and the era that we currently live... (more)
Daseinsanalysis
Daseinsanalysis—the psychiatric and psychotherapeutic school of thought founded by Ludwig Binswanger and Medard Boss in the 1940s—had a huge impact on the development of existential therapies in the... (more)
The Emergent Self: An Existential-Gestalt Approach
This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes first the theory he is... (more)
Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World: Second Edition
Drawn from the author's experience as an internationally-recognised theorist, lecturer and practitioner, this practical book elucidates the notoriously difficult and distinctly different therapeutic... (more)
Existential Psychotherapy
Existential therapy has been practiced and continues to be practiced in many forms and situations throughout the world. But until now, it has lacked a coherent structure, and analysis of its tenets,... (more)
Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy in Practice: Third Edition
Offering a concrete framework and practical methods for working from an existential perspective, the bestselling Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy is now in its third edition.
Central to... (more)
Existential Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques
Less of an orientation and more a way of understanding the challenges of being human, existential therapy draws on rich and diverse philosophical traditions and ways of viewing the world.... (more)
Existential Perspectives on Relationship Therapy
Human beings live in constant battle with issues that are fundamental to their existence. Whether it is a fear of death or problems with intimacy, learning to live with these issues whilst loving... (more)
Existential Perspectives on Coaching
Existential philosophies are concerned with reflecting on life and the human condition, helping us to think critically and creatively about the challenges of our lives and how best to meet them. This... (more)
An Evolutionary Leap: Colin Wilson on Psychology
When the existential philosopher Colin Wilson died in December 2013, it was suggested by one perceptive obituary writer that, despite the seemingly diverse subject matter of his books, his true... (more)
The Meaning of Anxiety
When this important work was originally published in 1950 - the first book on anxiety published in the US - it was hailed as a work ahead of its time. Still just as relevant and illuminating, The... (more)
A Concise Introduction to Existential Counselling
A Concise Introduction to Existential Counselling is just that: a brief and accessible pocket guide to the underlying theory and practice of the existential approach. Addressing everything a new... (more)
Therapy with Children: An Existential Perspective
This book explores the existential themes and challenges present in all therapeutic relationships when working with children. Existential ideas and concepts are a rapidly growing influence on the... (more)
The Interpreted World: An Introduction to Phenomenological Psychology: Second Edition
The Interpreted World, Second Edition, is a welcome introduction to phenomenological psychology, an area of psychology which has its roots in notoriously difficult philosophical literature and... (more)
R.D. Laing: Contemporary Perspectives
This unique volume aims to re-establish R. D. Laing's position, and reputation, as the major critic of orthodox, medically-based, psychiatry. Laing's complex personality enabled powerful figures in... (more)
The Death of Desire: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness: Second Edition
A stunning exploration of the relation between desire and psychopathology, The Death of Desire is a unique synthesis of the work of Laing, Freud, Nietzsche, and Heidegger that renders their often... (more)
Existential Perspectives on Human Issues: A Handbook for Therapeutic Practice
Offers students, teachers and practitioners alike a definitive handbook for the practice of existential psychotherapy. For the first time leading figures from the existential field have been brought... (more)
Heidegger and the Roots of Existential Therapy
Hans W. Cohn explores the role of Heidegger's thought in providing an alternative basis for psychotherapeutic practice to the dominant psychodynamic, humanistic and cognitive approaches. Cohn also... (more)
Skills in Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy
This is the definitive practical introduction to a skills-based approach in existential therapy. Accessible for those without a philosophical background, it describes the concrete and tangible... (more)
Existential Therapy: Distinctive Features
Existential Therapy: Distinctive Features offers an introduction to what is distinctive about this increasingly popular method. Written by two practicing existential psychotherapists, with many... (more)
Interpersonal Conflict: An Existential Psychotherapeutic and Practical Model
Interpersonal Conflict provides a psychotherapeutic and philosophical understanding of the nature of interpersonal conflict. Arguing that facilitating conflict resolution has little to do with... (more)
An Existential Approach to Leadership Challenges
In An Existential Approach to Leadership Challenges, Monica Hanaway progresses us forward from a brief, introductory understanding of existential thought to considering how this approach can... (more)
The Existential Leader: An Authentic Leader For Our Uncertain Times
The Existential Leader: An Authentic Leader For Our Uncertain Times invites us to reconsider our preconceptions about leadership, introducing a new model more in line with our uncertain times:... (more)
Dreaming Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice
In Dreaming, Healing and Imaginative Arts Practice, Kathleen Anne Connellan brings dream theory together with art practice and art psychotherapy to demonstrate how releasing the imagination can... (more)
APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology: Two Volume Set
Volume 1: History, Research, Philosophy, and Theory
Volume 2: Clinical and Social Applications
The 2-volume APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology provides a comprehensive... (more)
Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling: Contributions to a Pluralistic Practice
This book is for trainees and practitioners across the orientations who wish to incorporate an existential approach into their practice. Using a pluralistic perspective that recognises the diversity... (more)
Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy
This contemporary introduction provides a comprehensive survey of past and present existential ideas, philosophers and practice. Darren Langdridge makes existential therapy accessible through clear... (more)