Case Studies in Existential Therapy: Translating Theory Into Practice

1. Creative existential therapy with children: Tom in his therapy world – Verity J Gavin; 2. Why me, why now? On discovering that time is passing – Martin Adams; 3. Gay sexuality: `I am what I am; I am my own special creation’ – Helen Acton; 4. Existential dream analysis – Darren Langdridge; 5. The unfinished self: inclusivity in experiential-existential therapy – Greg Madison; 6. `Three’s company, two’s a crowd’: working existentially with couples presenting with issues of addiction – Simon du Plock; 7. Stoking the flames: coaching towards authentic and impassioned change – Sasha Smith; 8. Existential group therapy – Rimantas Kociunas; 9. Trans and non-binary genders – Christina Richards; 10. Living ME: a case study on the experience of being diagnosed with a chronic `psycho-somatic’ illness – Simon du Plock; 11. Finding meaning: cross-cultural existential therapy with a young refugee – Zack Eletheriadou; 12. Spirite equus: the story of Bella and what she learned from equine-facilitated therapy – Julie Scheiner; 13. Out of it: addiction and recovery as lived phenomenon – Ryan Kemp; 14. Ontological insecurity and the `immense sensibility’ of the Jamesian novel: the case of Henry James – Simon du Plock; 15. Time-limited existential therapy and counselling – Alison Strasser; 16. The face of abuse: the responsibility of the psychotherapist as witness – Georgia Feliou; 17. Lost for words: using existential experimentation in a GP practice – Mark Rayner; 18. An existential perspective on traumatic bereavement and loss: the four worlds model – Chloe Paidoussis-Mitchell; 19. Two hats: a discussion of therapy/research interrelations illustrated by extracts from psychology research on male retirement – Prunella Gee; 20. Living towards death in a technologically mediated existence – Elaine Kasket