Core values of Existential Psychology
- ?% ?, [( o# n* Q+ UA holistic way of knowing
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The Good Life & Existential Psychology
$ I# O& ^4 w2 M/ v: }$ ?( {5 _The idea of “the good life” in psychology :This represents the end or result that should be sought in life, ~2 j+ W0 {, X
All psychologies and philosophies have a vie of the good life , whether explicitly stated or not % S# i) N9 Q$ s
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Existential Psychology views the good life as:
# s+ {' H3 B3 OThe meaningful life
4 i7 \& c7 o) C6 u6 i7 Y# M0 }The psychology free life3 K% f6 a6 i5 J/ G3 Y
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The ethical or moral life
% x! o) J/ N1 E* BThe life fully embraced , or the passionate life 8 r* I. @! H; ]9 F
Transcendance
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Intimate relationships
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3 h0 H8 R( z3 uThe Existential Givens% X: ?$ V4 F" J$ j. ]
the idea of the givens 7 l/ Z* A: G* G0 U# t
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the givens are aspects of human existence that everyone must face or deal , |- S+ L- F( X" }
Five Existential Givens:
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Free/responsibility/destiny
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$ ^# e. H4 G' t! H! H. l7 X0 }The Role of Myth
, z4 Q. m; R4 K2 N# a9 yMyth can be understand as a basic unit of meaning in existential psychology
6 z' R# i7 w& O- P4 u/ n1 dAccording to May(1991),myths are not false ,but rather something that cannot be proven to be true
" y( k) U& i4 q* U8 T1 AMyths are often not literally true ,in the sense that the story may not be literally true ,but the may still represent a basic truth " X5 Z& n: l5 r$ K' f/ H
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1 t( F! y. p V5 Q/ C, wCore Tenets of Existential Psychology
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" t0 y* z+ c( h* U! U6 B; u8 KEmbracing emotions & the unknowns
4 p- _) x, V* n9 l6 |5 [! \% ~Reflective listening
" J3 z) C( N$ J* `. {Good reflection listening will new insinghts to the clients/ {5 ?4 _. Y& I$ b2 U8 E0 j1 L
Goes beyond reflecting what a client is saying 2 f5 x( v) k5 x, s. ?, _
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