Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy 1st Edition by Karen Weixel-Dixon 9780429556944 0429556942

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• ISBN 10: 0429556942
• ISBN 13: 9780429556944
• Author: Karen Weixel-Dixon

Existential Group Counselling and Psychotherapy provides a theoretical and practical foundation for practice. It serves as a guide that provides a solid grounding in the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of therapeutic group-work from an existential perspective. The first section of the book, Modern Origins, offers a review of modern western sources: a survey of early developments, what formats have endured, and to what extent these antecedents have informed, but are distinct from, current paradigms. The second section, Being and Doing, provides a description of the existential phenomenological paradigm for group therapeutic groupwork, reviewing possible therapeutic effects, as well as risks and disappointments that may affect both members, and facilitators. Part three, Doing and Being, covers practice, procedure, and possible problems. Written in a practical, accessible style, and incorporating clinical vignettes and anecdotal material, the book will be relevant for counsellors and psychotherapists in training and practice, as well as for special interest organisations that sponsor groups.

Table contents:

PART I Modern western origins
1 Historical overview
2 Kurt Lewin (1890–1947)
3 Wilfred Bion (1897–1979)
4 S.H. Foulkes (1898–1976)
5 Carl Rogers (1902–1987)
6 Irvin D. Yalom (1931–)
7 Conclusion and summary, Part I
PART II Being and doing
8 Towards an existential phenomenological model for group psychotherapy and counselling
9 Why group
10 The existential givens of human existence
11 Time and temporality
12 Relatedness
13 Uncertainty, angst, and anxiety
14 Freedom, choice, and change
15 Death
16 Meaning, meaninglessness, nothingness
17 Embodiment and spatiality
18 Emotions
19 Language
20 The world-view
21 The contributions of existential phenomenology
22 The contributions of hermeneutics
23 The nature of problems and the process of change
24 Relational issues
25 Conclusion and summary, Part II
PART III Doing and being
26 Forming, maintaining, and ending the group
27 Risks, disappointments, benefits, and therapeutic effects
28 Focal points: responsibilities of the facilitator, the members, the group
29 The ways of dialogue
30 An existential phenomenological model for dreamwork in group
31 Difficult and challenging behaviours
32 The ambiguity of ethics (with apologies to Simone De Beauvoir)
33 Conclusion and summary, Part III

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