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Humanistic and existential therapies: Book

gmarty · 2014-08-31 09:23:37

Hi all, Can anyone recommend a good book in this area, it would be much appreciated GMarty

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31-08-2014 10:23am

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gmarty

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Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good book in this area, it would be much appreciated

GMarty

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#2 31-08-2014 2:43pm
dar100

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Anything by Yalom, Or Rollo May should be ok, and Carl Rogers.

Edit: Victor Frankle Logotherapy is also interesting

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#3 01-09-2014 3:37am
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R.D. Laing (1960), The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness.

Rollo May (1961), Existential Psychology.

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#4 05-11-2014 11:38pm
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Irvin Yalom - Existential Psychotherapy is essential reading

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#5 06-11-2014 12:07pm
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Yalom's "The Gift of Therapy" is a great introduction, as are any of his case histories.

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