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Existential Psychotherapy is a book about existential psychotherapy by the American psychiatrist Irvin D. Yalom, in which the author, addressing clinical practitioners, offers a brief and pragmatic introduction to European existential philosophy, as well as to existential approaches to psychotherapy. He presents his four ultimate concerns of ...
The Irvin D. Yalom Institute of Psychotherapy, which he co-directs with Professor Ruthellen Josselson, works to advance Yalom's approach to psychotherapy. This unique combination of integrating more philosophy into psychotherapy can be considered as psychosophy. He was married to author and historian Marilyn Yalom, who died on November 20, 2019.
Existential therapy. Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy based on the model of human nature and experience developed by the existential tradition of European philosophy. It focuses on the psychological experience revolving around universal human truths of existence such as death, freedom, isolation and the search for the meaning of ...
Death anxiety. Death anxiety is anxiety caused by thoughts of one's own death, and is also known as thanatophobia (fear of death). [1] Individuals affected by this kind of anxiety experience challenges and adversities in many aspects of their lives. [2] Death anxiety is different from necrophobia, which refers to an irrational or ...
Flight from Death is a 2003 documentary film that investigates the relationship of human violence to fear of death, as related to subconscious influences. The film describes death anxiety as a possible root cause of many human behaviors on a psychological, spiritual, and cultural level. It was directed by Patrick Shen, produced by Greg Bennick ...
The actor’s death raised questions about how ketamine is being used — and possibly misused — in a largely unregulated landscape that some critics liken to the “Wild West” due to a ...
Existential isolation is the subjective feeling that every human life experience is essentially unique and can be understood only by themselves, creating a gap between a person and other individuals, as well as the rest of the world. [ 1 ] Existential isolation falls under existentialism. It was addressed by Martin Heidegger in his book Being ...
Countries. Switzerland, United States, France. Language. English. Yalom's Cure is a 2014 documentary film about the life and work of American psychiatrist and bestseller author Irvin D. Yalom by Swiss director and writer Sabine Gisiger. Yalom invites viewers to think about themselves and their existence.