Examples of existentialism in the following topics:
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- Forms of therapy include, but are not limited to: psychoanalytic, gestalt, existential, person-centered, reality, Adlerian, transactional analysis, rational-emotive behavior, and behavior therapies.
- Existential therapy rejects traditional therapeutic approaches and focuses on themes relating to what it means to be human, such as: self-awareness, self-determination, responsibility, existential anxiety, death and non-being, aloneness, relatedness, the search for meaning, and the search for authenticity.
- One limitation and criticism of existential therapy is that it is difficult to put into practice because it deals with such subjective and abstract concepts.
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- Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that rose to prominence in the mid-20th century, drawing on the philosophies of existentialism and phenomenology, as well as Eastern philosophy.
- Rollo May (1909–1994) was the best known American existential psychologist, and differed from other humanistic psychologists by showing a sharper awareness of the tragic dimensions of human existence.
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- All forms of prayer, meditation, and existential contemplation activate centers in the brain that are implicated in relaxation and peacefulness, which lowers levels of experienced stress.
- Spirituality and faith work together to produce experiences of otherworldliness and existentialism in human life, allowing the individual to confront the unknown and unknowable in a personal way.
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- Humanistic psychology has its roots in existentialism, behaviorism, and phenomenology.
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- Existential factors: Group therapy helps members realize that they are responsible for their own lives, behaviors, and decisions.
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- An increasingly existential lifestyle–living each moment fully, rather than distorting the moment to fit personality or self-concept.