Existential Approaches to Therapy - Professor Mick Cooper

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Professor Mick Cooper outlines the focus of existential psychotherapy and how it is underpinned by the work of the existential philosophers, some of the greatest thinkers of the 19th & 20th centuries.
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  • @jjames2162
    @jjames2162Ай бұрын

    Good video and explanations - well done and thank you

  • @traceyomalley3797
    @traceyomalley379726 күн бұрын

    That was beautiful,so grateful I enjoyed reading that 💚🍀🦋

  • @catherinegrindley-whitting7796
    @catherinegrindley-whitting779617 күн бұрын

    Brilliant I enjoyed this very much, so informative and insightful Yippee!

  • @ifeelpeaceful
    @ifeelpeacefulАй бұрын

    Really enjoyed it, thanks alot. To me it sounded like person centred therapy plus asking open questions with the intention of directing clients attention to the choices they have and directions they can go.

  • @jamesbond91615

    @jamesbond91615

    24 күн бұрын

    I think foundationally they’re quite different. Ernesto Spinelli says that on a practice basis, phenomenological psychology (that grounds existential therapy) has similarities to practice to humanistic psychology, but has a lot of theoretical differences, and I’d agree with him on that. Can’t remember if it was him who said this but I think many existential therapists believe Rogers doesn’t really understand Husserl’s phenomenological writings, as much as he tries to claim to use them in his own work, so would say existential therapy relies more on philosophy, and person-centred therapy on psychology

  • @easygoingmike
    @easygoingmikeАй бұрын

    that is, it is like distancing yourself from yourself in a critical approach to your life, towards yourself, indeed, it is a science of awareness in which you can get to the heart of the problem and fix it, in fact, by distancing yourself instead of stressing about the problem in its entirety. It's like looking at everything from a distance, i.e. us as an individual with ourselves, having a view of the world, understanding ourselves in the world separately, and then the world and ourselves again in the world, i.e. our interior and reality as one, as a path - the past as the genesis in its entirety and the future as a goal, ourselves today as the sum of experiences, i.e. ourselves from the past, the knowledge now acquired on its basis and the knowledge we lack. There is always a puzzle that you can't see, it's there, but it's like an empty field in Scrubble, it's worth looking for it, but don't force it, because you can get lost, even though the missing piece is right in front of you. Despite everything, we need to somehow look at how we are built and what makes us who we are. Who we are? What are they made of? Throw away all this thinking and rummaging, feel yourself, get closer to yourself through purification and getting to know yourself as an element in the universe anew. See the puzzle from afar and fix the whole thing. This is what makes us free, happy and comfortable. Be able to engage in the right way. Get out and in. This is how I understand this lecture on this therapy. Sometimes it is not enough to go to the forest and calm down, but it is a good start to come back and try to find yourself again in reality and complete yourself again. Sometimes you have to throw everything away and start over yourself. It doesn't always have to be a brutal act towards yourself. It is worth being able to help another person understand your problem of lack of happiness. Sometimes this is enough to make changes that start in our heads and a change in consciousness can rearrange our picture and everything will fall into place by itself. The art is to be able to consolidate it, to be able to return to it. Life is art. Each of us needs to perform some act sometimes. It is important to remember that everything has its consequences, for example screaming can influence external and internal reality, not only in the form of a halo effect, but also determining the transformation. What matters is what essence we shout and how. If our anger contains essence and is shouted out badly, with negative emotions, this fact will deepen our problem, if we do it with the intention of getting rid of these emotions, we will understand that we need to mature to feel another emotion that will allow us to get rid of those emotions using it. , this is usually accompanied by acceptance and understanding at the same time. This requires knowledge. We obtain knowledge from within. Sometimes we need another person who knows our insides inside and out and will help us get to know ours. Sometimes music helps, sometimes a book, finding connections with the outside world can fascinate, we feel vibrations with what attracts and satisfies us, we can focus energy within ourselves and capture the essence, the longer it stays with us, the better we will feel, it is worth starting with the smallest things . Appreciate something you've earned, e.g. a good breakfast. Realize the meaning of shopping, how it is done, that you need to plan it, just like planning meals, and notice the order in which it is done. Plan and do. Fulfill the assumptions. This simple exercise shows how much we can miss in life, which makes our life incomplete. This is the path to a fuller understanding of happiness, the simplicity of life, the virtues, how everything around us is created, what truths it is based on, and from what it comes.

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