Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Foreword
6 Preface
9 Part I 1 Existential and Phenomonological Philosophies and the Wheel of Existence Existentialism and Phenomenology Overview The Wheel of Existence The Principle of Interconnectedness Application to Psychotherapy 2 Core of the Wheel: Time as the Centre of Existence Self: The Secure–Insecure Continuum 3 Time in Therapy: Expectations Rather Than Goals First Sessions and Expectations Endings and Expectations 4 Approaches to Time‐Limited Therapy Time‐Limited Therapy Which Time‐Limited Approach to Use?
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Part II
Layers and Leaves: Ontologicals and Ontics
Application to Psychotherapy
The Ontological Layer: Universalising
5 The Ontological ‘Givens’
Relationship
Facticity
Uncertainty
Temporality
Mood
Freedom
Embodiment
Mortality
Anxiety
Choice
Engagement
Stepping Through the Ontic Leaves:
6 Working with the Phenomenological Process
Phenomenology in Brief
The Practice of Phenomenology
The Phenomenological Attitude
The Phenomenological Dance
The Spirit of Relatedness
7 Establishing Safety
Contracting in Therapy
The Constancy of Time
8 Discovering Anxiety
Temporality and Uncertainty (Chapter 5)
Revealing the Relationship and Establishing Safety (Chapters 9 and 7)
Clarifying the Worldview (Chapter 11)
Choice (Chapters 5 and 13)
Clarifying the Worldview and Working with Paradox and Polarities (Chapters 11 and 12)
Mood (Chapter 5)
Integrating Mind and Body (Chapter 14)
Facticity (Chapter 5)
Working with Paradox and Polarities and Exploring the Four Worlds (Chapters 12 and 10)
Identifying Choices and Meaning (Chapter 13)
Time and Endings (Chapters 3 and Chapter 4)
Understanding Authenticity (Chapter 15)
9 Revealing the Relationship
The Interrelational Relationship
The Four Relationship Realms
10 Exploring the Four Worlds
Umwelt
Mitwelt
Eigenwelt
Überwelt
11 Clarifying the Worldview
Sedimentation and the Strategies That We Employ to Sustain Them
The Therapist’s