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Death is an inseparable part of life — arguably the most certain event in anyone’s life after birth. Besides their own life experiences, every…

“People with special needs” refers to a wide range of human conditions in which people, for various reasons, have difficulties that create special needs…

“Cognitive–existential psychotherapy” is an approach that integrates cognitive and existential theories. Helping people facing a serious threat of death, sensory–motor paralysis, human catastrophes, tragedies…

How meeting basic needs shapes marital adjustment That meeting our basic needs affects marital adjustment is taken for granted today, but recognising our needs…

Using questionnaires and observation, Fitzpatrick[1] and Gottman identified three types of stable[2] marriage. The marital relationships these three types produce are: 1) “traditional”[3] couples,…

Existential theory If we allow ourselves to set aside the everyday concerns of life and let ourselves be deeply affected by our situation in…

Gestalt therapy is an existential, phenomenological and process-based approach, founded on the principle that: People must be understood in the context of their ongoing…

History: The existential therapy movement was not founded by any one person or group; several currents of thought gave rise to it. Existential therapy…

History: Influences that shaped Gestalt psychology: Freud’s psychoanalytic theory Psychodrama and the work of Jacob Moreno Frederick Perls (1893–1970) was the founder and chief…

“Lifetrap” is an everyday term; the word specialists use for a lifetrap is schema. The concept of the schema comes from cognitive psychology. Schemas…