Existential Psychotherapy

This video provides a brief overview of existentialism broadly, as a consideration in psychology, and as a framework for psychotherapy. My intent with this video is to very concisely provide some key existentialist thoughts, and explore how those have made their way into a style of counseling/therapy. I argue that while the current pandemic (COVID-19; video made in March 2020) is certainly a source of dread and angst, an existential orientation to mental health is helpful and as relevant as ever due to its focus on timeless core truths of human existence.

Here is a link to Irvin Yalom's "Existential Psychotherapy" which I referenced heavily: https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/irvin-d-yalom/existential-psychotherapy/9780465021475/

Here is a link to Rachel Menzies' "Curing The Dread of Death" which I also referenced: https://www.australianacademicpress.com.au/books/details/315/Curing_the_Dread_of_Death_Theory_Research_and_Practice

Here is a link to "Worm At The Core" by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/170217/the-worm-at-the-core-by-sheldon-solomon-jeff-greenberg-and-tom-pyszczynski/

Here is a link to "The Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker:
https://www.amazon.com/Denial-Death-Ernest-Becker/dp/0684832402

Here are links to a few articles of mine in this topic area:
https://doi.org/10.1080/13284207.2022.2108695
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-018-0623-1
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1162457
https://doi.org/10.4236/psych.2018.96082

Lastly (sadly it's too small in the video to tell), the bow-tie is a skull-and-crossbones pattern which I thought was particularly fun given the topic area:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M22ZL3V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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