To Be From One’s Own Self
The article presents the case study of psychotherapeutic work with a client, who had symptoms of the emotional-volitional reduction. Psychotherapy lasted for 18 months. The author used the following ideas of the existential approach as a support and guidance for the therapeutic work: “existence prec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Russian |
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Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Консультативная психология и психотерапия |
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| Online Access: | http://psyjournals.ru/en/mpj/2017/n1/kondratova.shtml |
| Summary: | The article presents the case study of psychotherapeutic work with a client, who had symptoms of the emotional-volitional reduction. Psychotherapy lasted for 18 months. The author used the following ideas of the existential approach as a support and guidance for the therapeutic work: “existence precedes essence”; the authentic mode of existence as a prerequisite for mental health, the authenticity of life achieved through comprehension of one’s experience; development of the ability of listening to oneself (ability to develop skills of listening to oneself and one’s own subjectivity), the willingness to make a conscious independent choice. The article provides the description of the nature and dynamics of the therapeutic relationship, dynamics of the client’s self-understanding and lifeworld in the process of therapy and basic methods of therapeutic work. |
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| ISSN: | 2075-3470 2311-9446 |