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Time-Limited Existential Therapy. The Wheel of Existence. Edition No. 2

  • Book

  • 192 Pages
  • December 2021
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 5841001
Explore the concept of time as it applies to the therapeutic setting 

Following the innovative first edition which she co-authored with her late father, Freddie Strasser, in the newly revised Second Edition of Time-Limited Existential Therapy: The Wheel of Existence, distinguished therapist Alison Strasser delivers an insightful aid to integrating and working with existential givens as they arise within a therapeutic encounter. She locates the concept of Time as central to all therapies, regardless of their theoretical modality, and demonstrates how it can be used in brief, short-term, and open-ended therapies. 

The book relies on the concept of The Wheel to provide a framework for understanding existential and phenomenological philosophies and to help readers put them into practice with clients. It includes meaningful case vignettes that bring existential themes to life and is accessible to both therapists and interested lay members of the public. 

Finally, the author highlights how our experience with COVID-19 has impacted, and been impacted by, the existential themes we all deal with on a regular basis. 

  • A thorough overview of a commonsense existential approach and a discussion of the mystery of time
  • Practical discussions of the limitations and possibilities of time-limited existential therapies, as well as concepts and methods in the area. 
  • Comprehensive explorations of the tyranny of high morality, and examinations of the body, the "givents" and "connectedness". 
Time-Limited Existential Therapy: The Wheel of Existence is an indispensable resource for experienced psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, coaches, and psychologists, as well as trainees in these fields seeking a common-sense approach to existential ideas in the context of therapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xvii

About the Author xviii

Part I 1

1 Existential and Phenomonological Philosophies and the Wheel of Existence 3

2 Core of the Wheel: Time and Self 14

3 Time in Therapy: The Principal Concepts of Existential Time-Limited Therapy 20

4 Approaches to Time-Limited Therapy 30

Part II 39

Layers and Leaves: Ontologicals and Ontics 41

The Ontological Layer: Universalising 43

5 The Ontological ‘Givens’ 44

Stepping Through the Ontic Leaves: Individualising 54

6 Working with The Phenomenological Process 56

7 Establishing Safety 73

8 Discovering Anxiety 81

9 Revealing the Relationship 93

10 Exploring the Four Worlds 104

11 Clarifying the Worldview 112

12 Working with Paradox and Polarities 123

13 Identifying Choices and Meaning 132

14 Integrating Mind and Body 141

15 Understanding Authenticity 147

Afterword: COVID-19 156

References 162

Index 168

Authors

Alison Strasser