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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedContexts of Suffering: A Heideggerian approach to psychopathology Kevin Aho (2019). London: Rowman & Littlefield International Publishers. Whilst attending a pre-pandemic conference in Buffalo, I managed to spend...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper explores an experiential process that the authors created for a workshop at the 2021 SEA Conference. It interprets our experience of the process and the participants' contributions by means of an informal...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe highly-acclaimed 2001 French film Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain has been described by critics as, variously, the quintessential 'feel-good' movie, a late example of 'Cinema du Look' and quirky romantic comedy....
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe Well Gardened Mind: Rediscovering nature in the modern world Sue Stuart-Smith, 2021. London: William Collins. The central message of The Well Gardened Mind is that working or being in a garden is generally good...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedDante's Deadly Sins: Moral philosophy in Hell Raymond Angelo Belliotti, 2013. Chichester: Wiley. I was attracted to this book in part because I have not read any Dante at all. Knowledge of his work is limited to that...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedA Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, 2016, London: Windmill Books. I should confess at the outset that I have been steeped in the era of this novel, the end of the Russian Revolution and the immediately previous era of...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Specialisation from an Existential Perspective: The value of liminality and existing-between-worlds.
This paper considers how some forms of specialisation in psychology and psychotherapy can transform people into deviations from imaginal norms and problematise these people's existence. I propose that we embrace... -
From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper is an exploration of my experience of multilingualism in light of existential philosophy and therapeutic practice. As I attempt to bring together several strands of language use and theory, my hope is to...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedCentred on the case of a woman who felt 'surprisingly intense grief' at the death of a tree in her garden, this article explores how our relationship with the other-than-human world around us can reveal experiential...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper examines what it means to teach existentially and to write existentially. These are contrasted with teaching existentialism and writing about existentialism which have more in common with the banking method of...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedPhenomenology is about the relationship between the objective world and our subjective world. But it is not just a formal research method, it is a way of life. The key to finding out about this relationship is our...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis is a phenomenological exploration of my relationship with eyeliner. I draw parallels between the loss of possibilities in Heidegger's being-towards-death and the cutting off of the possibility of wearing eyeliner...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn this article, drawn from my ongoing doctoral research, I explore the evolving phenomenology of borderline personality disorder and consider the possible relevance of the experience of existential isolation to our...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper is a tribute to the life and work of Ricard Pearce. The paper discusses some of his key work and makes links with the themes of radical existentialism including navigating the political, racism, ethics, and...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe taboo against exposing the greatest hoax of the modern era--the construction of the myth of mental illness and psychiatry's attempts to treat 'it'--is as powerful as ever. In this paper I argue that the current era...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAn auto-fictional exploration and theoretical discussion of the intrinsic difference, multiplicity, and otherness of the self, drawing on various sources within and without the existential tradition. Key Words...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedI found this another extremely challenging year. I feel exhausted from the limited contact I have had with colleagues, friends and family. Even though I was able to work face-face throughout, all events and training have...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWe come from different cultures but what we share creates the basis for our mutual understanding. The other not understanding is rarely a problem, if there is openness, genuine engagement, an underlying deep respect for...
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From:Existential Analysis (Vol. 33, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThe Industrialisation of Care: Counselling, psychotherapy and the impact of IAPT Catherine Jackson & Rosemary Rizq (eds.), 2019. Monmouth: PCCS Books. This is a horror story. More than that, it is a grim, relentless...