Invitation to Existential Psychology
A Psychology for the Unique Human Being and its Applications in Therapy
Chapter One
WHAT IS EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY?
EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Existential psychology is the branch of psychology that deals with each human
being's relationship to the most essential life dilemmas, the so-called big questions
of life. Existential psychology also aims to capture the spirit and feeling
of life itself rather than subsuming life under a system of logical and systematic
categories. Furthermore, existential psychology aims to include basic
philosophical reflections in our psychological understanding, at the same time
constituting the foundation for existential therapy, counselling and coaching.
Existential psychology is truly a branch of psychology proper; that is, a field of
research with concepts and theories about the world that may be validated or
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