Routledge Post-existentialism and the Psychological Therapies: Towards a Therapy without Foundations

A valuable contribution to the field by a professor of psychotherapy and author and editor of many titles in this area. Review "A deliciously paradoxical collection in which the refoundation of existentialist ideas within therapeutic practice prepares the ground for the critical deconstructing of those very same foundations. This is a major contribution to innovative practice which refreshingly privileges the ethical, the relational, and not-knowing over the theoretical. Loewenthal and colleagues have showcased their leading-edge programmes in a way that critical humanist, cognitive behavioural, existential-phenomenological, postmodern and psychoanalytic practitioners and theorists will find challenging, and hugely rewarding. A must read."--Dr Richard House, Research Centre for Therapeutic Education"A rigorous yet humane text, destined to become widely read, showing how 'ordinary' relationships and contemporary existential therapy implicate each other. It's fascinating to see how a group of top-notch theorists put theory in its place - for the benefit of their clients and patients."--Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology"This excellent collection of essays not only reminds us of the richness and power of existentialist thought but also gives new life to ideas that should be considered by everyone working in the field of psychotherapy. Through its reassessing, resituating, and developing of existentialist themes, it is a timely reminder of the importance of ethics and human subjectivity in our field."--Professor Darian Leader, a founder member About the Author Del Loewenthal