Transcription of WHAT IS EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY? - Wiley
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CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS EXISTENTIAL psychology ? EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGYE xistential psychology is the branch of psychology that deals with each humanbeing s relationship to the most essential life dilemmas, the so-called big ques-tions of life. EXISTENTIAL psychology also aims to capture the spirit and feelingof life itself rather than subsuming life under a system of logical and sys-tematic categories. Furthermore, EXISTENTIAL psychology aims to include basicphilosophical reflections in our psychological understanding, at the same timeconstituting the foundation for EXISTENTIAL therapy, counselling and psychology is truly a branch of psychology proper; that is, a field ofresearch with concepts and theories about the world that may be validated orrefuted empirically.
Psychology is the body of knowledge that leads you from philosophy to therapy. You do not need to be an ‘existentialist’, a term ... love and loneliness. Phenomenology is also an important way of accepting and respecting cultural differences. Our basic life questions and life dilemmas, as described by existen- ...
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