What is it about?
This article explores what psychotherapists and the individuals with whom they work in therapy could learn from notions of responsibility in existential philosophy, especially in instances in which individuals achieve and are uncertain about how to proceed in the wake of personal insights.
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Why is it important?
Psychotherapists and researchers have widely observed and noted that insight alone is insufficient in helping individuals enact the change they desire and seek in their lives (e.g., Imbesi, 2002; Rangell, 2011; Stern et al., 1998; Wheelis, 1958, 1973). This article aims to address this insufficiency by offering an alternative theoretical framework through which psychotherapists and the individuals with whom they work in therapy could think about the process of enacting desired behavioral, cognitive, and affective changes in life.
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It is my hope that this article will aid in mainstreaming, generating interest in, and demonstrating the theoretical and clinical utility of existential theory and concepts, and will help foster a culture of inter-theoretical collaboration in the service of helping the people with whom psychotherapists work and advancing the development of clinical psychology.
Dr. Samuel I. Salamon
George Washington University
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This page is a summary of: Insight and responsibility: A psychodynamic-existential approach to psychotherapy., The Humanistic Psychologist, November 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/hum0000113.
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