Existential Thought and Therapeutic Practice: An Introduction to Existential Psychotherapy
Hans W. Cohn
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Description for Existential Thought and Therapeutic Practice: An Introduction to Existential Psychotherapy
Paperback. Introduces the history and ideas of existential phenomenology and existential psychotherapy, and shows how therapeutic phenomena familiar to all therapists and counsellors can be understood from an existential viewpoint. This book also demonstrates how the existential approach opens up access to issues such as the difficulty of choice. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
`A lucid and much-needed account of existential psychotherapy... As well as locating existential psychotherapy within a historical and philosophical context, Hans W Cohn encompasses various therapeutic issues and provides some vivid and sensitive passages of case material... I found the book provided a concise and clarifying account of the underlying philosophy and of the psychotherapeutic practice... The existentialist challenge to Freud outlined in the book provides an alternative point of view to counter potentially engulfing aspects of a psychoanalytic vision. This is a stimulating book which is a valuable contribution towards dialogue between different approaches of psychotherapy' - International Journal ... Read more
`A lucid and much-needed account of existential psychotherapy... As well as locating existential psychotherapy within a historical and philosophical context, Hans W Cohn encompasses various therapeutic issues and provides some vivid and sensitive passages of case material... I found the book provided a concise and clarifying account of the underlying philosophy and of the psychotherapeutic practice... The existentialist challenge to Freud outlined in the book provides an alternative point of view to counter potentially engulfing aspects of a psychoanalytic vision. This is a stimulating book which is a valuable contribution towards dialogue between different approaches of psychotherapy' - International Journal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
185g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9780761951094
SKU
V9780761951094
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About Hans W. Cohn
Hans W Cohn is a psychotherapist in private practice and lectures at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling at Regent's College in London, where he also supervises students who have chosen to engage in a programme leading to an Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy.
Reviews for Existential Thought and Therapeutic Practice: An Introduction to Existential Psychotherapy
`Cohn has succeeded in presenting [the existential-phenomenological] tradition with clarity and succinctness and without oversimplification - no mean feat' - The European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counselling & Health `Hans W Cohn pits existential-phenomenological thought against psychoanalytic theory, then provides a stimulating and insightful commentary on the strengths of the one and the weaknesses ... Read more