Three-year old Emily greets her grandfather at the front door: \u201cWe\u2019re having a surprise party for your birthday! And it\u2019s a secret!\u201d We may smile at incidents like these, but they illustrate the beginning of an important transition in children\u2019s lives\u2014their development
Existential Child Therapy: The Childβs Discovery of Himself
β Scribed by Clark Moustakas (editor)
- Publisher
- International Psychotherapy Institute
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 318
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Preface
The Authors
Introduction: The Existential Moment
1 The Dying Self within the Living Self
2 Little Mocking Bird
3 Just a Stupid Little Boy
4 The Self-Defeating Search for Love
5 Therapy in an Existential Crisis
6 In the World of Silent Dialogue
7 Therapy as a Living Experience
8 Initiation of an Obsessional Adolescent Boy
9 Individual Psychotherapy as an Obstacle to Growth
10 The Child Meets the World
11 Existentialism and Experiential Psychotherapy
References
Notes
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