Talk:Existential therapy

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There's a lot of Further Reading, but no references/citations of assertions in the article itself. Scouttle 07:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Intro sentence needing a rewrite

The intro ends with the following statement:

"Existential therapists have their own unique views about human nature, mental dysfunction, wellness, and therapeutic techniques."

This is pretty unhelpful. What are their "unique views" on these? Specify them!! FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 00:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Style comment re use of last names

In articles for general readership, I'm used to seeing first name, last name the first time a person is mentioned. While some of the names were familiar to me, I was not sure who Tillich was, and there is no Wikipedia link to him.

72.75.109.139 20:37, 17 June 2007 (UTC)athoma[reply]

Re: Style comment re use of last names

I've added the first and last names to all the only last names the first name a person was mentioned (at least I saw).

blah blah blah learn some real philosophy psychology is for weaklings

this introduction!!!

someone please re-write this as there are many forms of existentialism and it isn't soley that humans are alone in the world!!! [pretty much only Sartre who thinks this] E.G. Kierkegaard believes in life after death and god, the main thing about it is that humans should try to lead their own lives, not to shy away from decsion making ect.

Iwi the kiwi 17:33, 24 August 2007 (UTC)Iwi the Kiwi[reply]

No existentialists thinks that we are alone in the world. Without others is just another mode of being-with-others. Others are a part of the human condition. You mean that they believe that there is no higher power or that a higher power wouldn't explain the subjective experience of consciousness. If you want I can dig up the pages in Being and Nothingness where Sartre says that or you could just think about it and realize that it's true.

Kierkegaard

Kierkegaard (1813–55) protested vigorously against Christian dogma and the so-called 'objectivity' of science (Kierkegaard, 1841, 1844). He thought that both were ways of avoiding the anxiety inherent in human existence.

I don't know how to how to go about it but this needs to be changed. What "dogma" did Kierkegaard "vigorously" protest against? The phrase "so-called" is too vulgar for an encyclopedia. 12.184.53.155 (talk) 02:27, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clean up

This page needs a good clean up. I am gonna attempt a rewrite here: User:The.Filsouf/Existential_therapy, if anyone else has a broom or ideas please come and drop by at the talk page there. Cheers. --The.Filsouf (talk) 19:46, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Specific to therapy...

This article is pretty damn verbose, and while it talks about existential therapy, most of the articles seems to be focused on the debates focused around existentialism. I'd say the majority of the article could be integrated into existentialism, and this article started from scratch. Focus on the existential quadrants, and how clinicians work using the fundamentals of existentialism.

And like the previous commenters said, it's quite course to use colloquialisms in academic writing. Avoid it.

Victor 134.115.23.30 (talk) 06:38, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]