Existential Psychology

Viewing death on television increases the appeal of advertised products

by Ilan Dar-Nimrod

Dar-Nimrod, I. (2012). Viewing death on television increases the appeal of advertised products. Journal of Social Psychology.

"Who Needs Yalom When We Have Žižek?"

by William J. Urban

paper published in the International Journal of Zizek Studies, v.2, n.2 (2008)

Meaning-centered counseling

by Paul T. P. Wong

Limited time perspective, values, and greed: Imagining a limited future reduces avarice in extrinsic people

by Philip Cozzolino

Death Contemplation, Growth, and Defense: Converging Evidence of Dual-Existential Systems?

by Philip Cozzolino

Greed, death, and values: From terror management to transcendence management theory

by Philip Cozzolino

Of blood and death: A test of dual-existential systems in the context of prosocial intentions

by Philip Cozzolino

Blackie, L. E. R., & Cozzolino, P. J. (2011). Psychological Science, 22, 998-1000.

Being present in the face of existential threat: The role of trait mindfulness in reducing defensive responses to mortality salience.

by Philip Cozzolino

Death attitudes across the life-span: The development and validation of the Death Attitude Profile (DAP)

by Paul T. P. Wong

Second International Conference on Existential Psychology: The meaning and inspirations of Zhi Mian

by Louis Hoffman

An existential analysis of Junkanoo

by Heatherlyn Cleare-Hoffman

Cleare-Hoffman, H. P. (2011, November). An existential analysis of Junkanoo. Poster session presented at the Caribbean Regional Conference of Psychology, Nassau, Bahamas.

Existential Therapy and Emotions: Lessons from Cross-Cultural Exchange

by Heatherlyn Cleare-Hoffman

Published in The Humanistic Psychologist

Existential therapy affirms that emotions are a given of human existence, experienced by all people regardless of... more Existential therapy affirms that emotions are a given of human existence, experienced by all people regardless of culture. However, the experience and expression of emotion is highly influenced by culture, including influencing whether an emotion is perceived as healthy or problematic. Unfortunately, many Western approaches to psychology are prone to pathologizing the way different cultures experience emotion. In this article, the cultural exchange between United States, Bahamian, and Chinese culture is used to illustrate different ways of perceiving, experiencing, and expressing emotion, all of which can be healthy within their own cultural context, but often be oppressive and problematic in others. Cultural exchanges such as this can be highly instructive in helping therapist develop the necessary skills to work with client emotions in a culturally sensitive manner inclusive of varied approaches to emotions.

Death and mid life: Why an understanding of life-span develpment is essential for the practice of counselling psychology

by Edith Steffen

Published in 2007 in Counselling Psychology Review, 22 (3), 21-26.

Developed as part of work completed for a PGDip in Counselling Psychology at Roehampton University.

Won the Trainee Prize (Joint Runner-up) of the British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology.

The clients that come to Counselling Psychology do not live in a vacuum. They are located in time and space and are... more The clients that come to Counselling Psychology do not live in a vacuum. They are located in time and space and are faced with the particular challenges presented by their contexts and their interactions with these contexts. This essay tries to show that an awareness of life-span development is essential for Counselling Psychologists in order to contextualize their clients’ experiences and use this understanding as a resource for therapeutic work. It argues in particular that the existential theme of finitude needs to be considered as impacting on life-span development. It starts by introducing the life-span perspective and its implications for practice and goes on to exemplify this view by focusing on the subject of death – particularly on death awareness and death anxiety – and its influence on people’s lives, especially during what has been called ‘the mid-life crisis’, before applying some of the ideas to the fictional character of Ivanov from Chekhov’s eponymous play. It tries to show that death assumes special significance in mid life and that this is not merely a challenge in Counselling Psychology practice but also an opportunity for growth.

Report from the First International Conference on Existential Psychology

by Louis Hoffman

Published in the Society for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter, Summer, 2010.

Report on Existential Psychology in China: An Update

by Louis Hoffman

Co-authored with Mark Yang and Xuefu Wang
Published in the Society for Humanistic Psychology Newsletter, Spring, 2011

The Danger of the "Truth"

by Louis Hoffman

Published in the Association for Humanistic Psychology's Perspectives, August/September, 2004.

O outro e a relação - O contributo das fenomenologias da intersubjectividade

by André Barata Nascimento

Neste artigo, aborda-se o problema da intersubjectividade, não tanto por um motivo teórico, mas por se entender ser o... more Neste artigo, aborda-se o problema da intersubjectividade, não tanto por um motivo teórico, mas por se entender ser o problema que estrutura, consoante as respostas que lhe proporcionemos, as diferentes maneiras práticas como se encara fenomenologicamente a relação com o outro.

HIV Related Psychotherapy and Its Existential Concerns

by Martin Milton

Milton, M. (1994) HIV Related Psychotherapy and Its Existential Concerns, Counselling Psychology Review, V9 (4). 13-24

An Existential Approach to HIV Related Psychotherapy

by Martin Milton

Milton, M. (1997) An Existential Approach to HIV Related Psychotherapy, Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, V8.1, 115-129

Professional Identities in the NHS: Existential Perspectives’

by Martin Milton

Milton, M, Taylor, M and Gaist, B, (1998) ‘Professional Identities in the NHS: Existential Perspectives’, Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis. V9.1, 114-128