Offering a concrete framework and practical methods for working from an
existential perspective, the bestselling Existential Counselling and
Psychotherapy in Practice is now in its Third Edition. Central to
the book is the belief that many of our problems arise out of the
essential paradoxes of human existence, rather than from personal
pathology. From this perspective, the purpose of counseling and
psychotherapy is not viewed as problem-solving, but as a mean of
enabling people to come to terms with living life as it is, with all its
inherent contradictions. Emmy van Deurzen, a leading existential
philosopher and therapist, presents a practical method of working, using
systematic observation, clarification and reflection to help clients
rediscover their inner strengths.