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Existential psychotherapy is one of the longestestablished
forms of psychological intervention, but the
scope and nature of the intervention remains unclear. To
deepen an understanding of the nature of existential psychotherapy,
an international survey was conducted of
existential practitioners, asking them to identify the authors
and texts that had most influenced their practice. Responses
were received from practitioners in 48 different countries,
with 1,085 identifying the authors that had most influenced
their practice, and 853 identifying the most influential
texts. The six authors identified as most influential were
Frankl (16.6 %), Yalom (15.5 %), Spinelli (10.6 %), van
Deurzen (10.0 %), La¨ngle (8.7 %), and May (5.9 %). The
first four authors were also responsible for the six most
influential texts: Man’s search for meaning (Frankl,
9.4 %), Existential psychotherapy (Yalom, 9.2 %), Practising
existential psychotherapy (Spinelli, 3.5 %), The
doctor and the soul (Frankl, 3.5 %), Everyday mysteries
(van Deurzen, 3.4 %), and Existential Counselling &
Psychotherapy in Practice (van Deurzen, 3.2 %). These
findings help to develop a greater understanding of the
theoretical and practical influences on existential psychotherapy
today.
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Existential psychotherapy Existentialism Influential authors Influential texts
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Kluwer Academic