Skills in Existential Counselling &amp; Psychotherapy

Deurzen, Emmy van; Adams, Martin

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“…One of the dimensions of ACT is being in the present, which was emphasized in therapy sessions so that the subjects could realize their depressive thoughts. In this regard, meditation was used to enable them to return to the present moment and separate from rumination, whereby they could develop the potential to change self and reduce irrational beliefs [11,15].…”

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“…Throughout the process, the group identified and explored these issues, concerns, values, and perspectives on themselves and their lives and made efforts to change them. Therefore, the most prominent feature of this approach is the emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and its role in causing a change in clients [11,28].…”

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“…As per the Rational Emotive Behavior Theory, concerning logical (or illogical) processes in human behavior, man has a number of primary goals, desires, and preferences as the major thinking constituents. In this regard, human beings live more effectively and much better once they are successful in setting goals (goal satisfaction), feel a sense of dominance or selfefficacy (self-satisfaction), stay healthy (health satisfaction), and have approval or less disapproval by people whom they care about (approval and love) [11]. A person uses irrational beliefs, occurring in their mind and affecting their lives, as inapt solutions to their own problems.…”

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“…In other words, the information provided by the environment shapes the mental framework of an individual. Further, many fractures and dysfunctional behaviors are triggered by irrational beliefs [11].…”

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Hope and Irrational Beliefs Among Male Prisoners: The Comparative Effectiveness of Existential Therapy (ET) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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Examining prisoners' mental health status and providing mental health services to this high-risk group is one of the concerns of psychiatry and health experts in different countries. Also, there are still issues and problems related to criminals and prisoners, especially psychiatric problems as one of the most challenging research areas. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of Existential Therapy (ET) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in increasing hope and diminishing irrational beliefs of male prisoners. Materials and Methods:In the present quasi-experimental study, the statistical population consisted of all married male prisoners aged between 25 to 45 years in Mashhad Central Prison in the first half of 2018. Among them, 36 prisoners were selected and then randomly placed in three research groups. Then, the two experimental groups underwent eight separate sessions of ET and ACT. At the beginning and end of the study, all three groups were assessed for hope and irrational beliefs.Results: Analysis results showed that, in comparison with the control group, changes in the two groups of ET and ACT were significant regarding hope and irrational beliefs of male prisoners. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of ET in increasing hope was higher than that of ACT. Conclusions:The effectiveness of ET and ACT seems to be almost the same for irrational beliefs (but not for hope) of male prisoners. However, we suggest further investigations to provide a better vision of the effectiveness of these therapeutic approaches for prisoners with special needs.

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“…It has also made it very difficult to research or evaluate the existential approach, an increasingly common requirement for funding and commissioning in the public sector. In recent years, therefore, a number of texts have attempted to give more concrete guidelines to existential psychotherapeutic practice (e.g., Cooper, 2012;Schneider & Krug, 2010;Van Deurzen & Adams, 2011). In addition, two recent studies have directly examined the question of what existential psychotherapists actually do.…”

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Existential psychotherapies.

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Humanistic Psychotherapies: Handbook of Research and Practice (2nd Ed.).

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Questions about the nature of human existence have puzzled the human mind for millennia, for instance, "What is the meaning of my life?" "How do I cope with my mortality?" (e.g., Greenberg, Koole, & Pyszczynski, 2004;Tillich, 1952). For some people, these concerns may evoke such anxiety, uncertainty, and crisis that they may experience severe psychological distress (Yalom, 1980). People may be especially vulnerable to experiencing such distress when they are in boundary situations (Jaspers, 1925)-that is, when they are confronted with issues about their very existence, such as the diagnosis of terminal illness. Many forms of psychotherapy and counseling implicitly help clients to address such existential concerns. However, one group of therapies that explicitly claims to do this-and to help clients develop a deeper understanding of their lived existence within a close relational encounter-consists of the existential approaches to psychotherapy.

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Time‐Limited Existential Therapy

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Hope and Irrational Beliefs Among Male Prisoners: The Comparative Effectiveness of Existential Therapy (ET) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Hope and Irrational Beliefs Among Male Prisoners: The Comparative Effectiveness of Existential Therapy (ET) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Existential psychotherapies.

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