Time-Limited Existential Therapy : The Wheel of Existence (Paperback, 2 ed)

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgements xvii

About the Author xviii

Part I 1

1 Existential and Phenomonological Philosophies and the Wheel

of Existence 3

2 Core of the Wheel: Time and Self 14

3 Time in Therapy: The Principal Concepts of Existential Time-Limited

Therapy 20

4 Approaches to Time-Limited

Therapy 30

Part II 39

Layers and Leaves: Ontologicals and Ontics 41

The Ontological Layer: Universalising 43

5 The Ontological ‘Givens’ 44

Stepping Through the Ontic Leaves: Individualising 54

Contents

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6 Working with The Phenomenological Process 56

7 Establishing Safety 73

8 Discovering Anxiety 81

9 Revealing the Relationship 93

10 Exploring the Four Worlds 104

11 Clarifying the Worldview 112

12 Working with Paradox and Polarities 123

13 Identifying Choices and Meaning 132

14 Integrating Mind and Body 141

15 Understanding Authenticity 147

Afterword: COVID-19

156

References 162

Index 168