Existential Psychotherapy (eBook)

Daniel Sousa is Director of the ISPA Clinic, a university-based clinic, in Lisbon, Portugal. He earned his Ph.D in psychotherapy, and has been developing research on existential therapy, the therapeutic relationship, and feedback systems. He is a founder member of the Portuguese Society for Existential Psychotherapy.

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO PSYCHOTHERAPYMedical Model and Contextual Model - A Dichotomous WorldThe Efficacy of Psychotherapy Medical ModelContextual ModelScientific Research Data in PsychotherapyThe Dodo Bird Verdict - Different Psychotherapies are Efficacious (Relative Efficacy)Common Factors in PsychotherapySpecific Ingredients (Relative Efficacy) The Inter-relation between Common Factors and Specific FactorsTherapeutic Alliance and Real Relationship The Real RelationshipRepair of ruptures in the therapeutic allianceExpectations, Agreement on Goals and Therapeutic TasksFeedback Systems in PsychotherapyNegative Therapeutic Outcomes and the Impacts of the TherapistDropoutsTherapists' self-assessments: biased over-estimation  Monitoring and Feedback SystemsThe Therapist FactorsVariability of Effectiveness among PsychotherapistsPersonal and Professional Qualities of PsychotherapistsClinical Expertise and Deliberate Practice Chapter 2STATIC AND GENETIC PHENOMENOLOGYStatic Phenomenology  The static methodEpoché Psychological-Phenomenological ReductionDescriptionsEidetic AnalysisGenetic PhenomenologyInner Time-Consciousness TheoryManifestation of Subjectivity and Temporality Pre-Reflective Consciousness and Temporal Identity Experiential Selfhood Experiential Self—‘Streaming’ and ‘Standing’Phenomenology of Passivity: The Depths of Facticity Active and Passive Self Passive “Unconscious” Geneses Affective Zero-Consciousness Phenomenology of Association, Intentional Motivations and Affective Allure Associative Reactivation and Passive Geneses The Person The OtherAlterity in the Self: Temporality, Corporality and ReflexivityTemporalityThe BodyReflexivityDouble Reduction and IntersubjectivityChapter 3EXISTENTIAL PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE GENETIC-PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACHExistential Psychotherapy: Theoretical UnderpinningsIntegration of the Principles of Scientific Effectiveness in Existential PsychotherapyAims, Relational Stances and Therapeutic TechniquesCase ConceptualizationProcess of ChangeChapter 4PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL CASEVignette 1Vignette 2Vignette 3Vignette 4Clinical CaseConclusionApendix