Existential therapy has been practiced & continues to be practiced in many forms & situations throughout the world But until now it has lacked a coherent structure & analysis of its tenets & an evaluation of its usefulness Irvin Yalom whose Theory & Practice of Group Psychotherapy has rendered such a service to that discipline since 1970 provides existential psychotherapy with a background a synthesis & a framework Organized around what Yalom identifies as the four ultimate concerns of lifedeath freedom existential isolation & meaninglessnessthe book takes up the meaning of each existential concern & the type of conflict that springs from our confrontation with each He shows how these concerns are manifested in personality & psychopathology & how treatment can be helped by our knowledge of them Drawing from clinical experience empirical research philosophy & great literature Yalom has written a broad & comprehensive book It will provide an intellectual home base for those psychotherapists who have sensed the incompatability of orthodox theories with their own clinical experience & it opens new doors for empirical research The fundamental concerns of therapy & the central issues of human existence are woven together here as never before with intellectual & clinical results that will surprise & enlighten all readers ...

What does it mean to practice therapy in an existential way? What are the different existential approaches? What are their strengths & limitations? Focusing on practical face-to-face work with clients the book introduces students to six existential therapies highlighting areas of commonality & difference & discusses key figures & their contributions including Yalom van Deurzen Spinelli Frankl & Laing It outlines the critical perspectives & key debates & presents implications for practice reflection & further reading Fully updated to reflect current issues this book now

Includes:: Sections presenting research evidence for each approach An extended case study running through the book demonstrating how different therapies might approach the same case Chapter overviews questions for reflection & additional case studies of actual existential practice

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Over the past sixty years the writings of Jean-Paul Sartre have probably been more influential in the West than those of any other philosopher & literary figure In his theoretical writings Sartre laid the foundation for an original doctrine of Existentialism His concern however was to relate his theory to human response & the practical demands of living To achieve this he carried his philosophical concepts into his novels & plays & there subjected them to the test of imagined experience His uniqueness lies in the success with which he demonstrated the utility of Existentialist doctrine while creating at the same time works of the highest literary merit Thus Sartre became the populariser of his own literary thought Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945 Existentialism & Humanism is Jean-Paul Sartre's seminal defence of Existentialism as a doctrine true to Humanism as opposed to a purely nihilistic creed & a plan for its practical application to everyday human life This exploration of one of the central tenets of his philosophical thought has become the essential introduction to his work & a fundamental text for all students of philosophy ...

Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century Focusing on its seven leading figures Sartre Nietzsche Heidegger Kierkegaard de Beauvoir Merleau-Ponty & Camus this Very Short Introduction provides a clear account of the key themes of the movement which emphasized individuality free will & personal responsibility in the modern world Drawing in the movement's varied relationships with the arts humanism & politics this book clarifies the philosophy & original meaning of 'existentialism'
- which has tended to be obscured by misappropriation Placing it in its historical context Thomas Flynn also highlights how existentialism is still relevant to us today ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play During the first closed-door demonstration of an amazing new virtual reality game – called Existenz – the system’s brilliant designer Allegra Geller (Leigh) is violently attacked by a crazed assassin intent on killing her & destroying her creation! Forced to flee into hiding Allegra enlists a young assistant (Law) to help her in testing the damaged system by convincing him to join her inside Existenz! The action then explodes as their world’s real-life dangers begin to merge with the fantasy of the game! If you’re ready to play it’s now your turn to plug into this powerfully entertaining hit! Actors Jennifer Jason Leigh Jude Law Willem Dafoe Ian Holm Don Mc Kellar Sarah Polley Christopher Eccleston Don Mc Kellar Callum Keith Rennie & Robert A Silverman Director David Cronenberg Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the Hard of Hearing Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 33 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in the brutal aftermath of the American Civil War Edward Young returns home to find his wife & son are missing & presumed dead Not giving up on his family Edward sets out to find them but discovers the savage reality of an unexplained outbreak of the flesh-eating living dead Battling his way through treacherous zombie-infested woods & wasteland Edward has only hope to cling to in a world robbed of its humanity Actors Mark Gibson Jordan Hayes Dee Wallace Bill Moseley Stephen Mc Hattie Brian Cox Adam Seybold Ari Millen & Jason David Brown Director John Geddes Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English ...

A brilliant Rebus novel from the master of British crime It's late autumn in Edinburgh & late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector Rebus As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement a murder case intrudes A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong By apparent coincidence a delegation of Russian businessmen is in town
- & everyone is determined that the case should be closed quickly & clinically But the further they dig the more Rebus & DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack
- especially after a particularly nasty second killing Meanwhile a brutal & premeditated assault on a local gangster sees Rebus in the frame Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long inglorious career will Rebus even make it that far?

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EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP marks the feature film debut of notorious street artist Banksy The documentary's focus is French-born LA thrift shop owner Thierry Guetta whose apparent compulsion to videotape every moment of his life led him to document the phenomenon of contemporary street art Guetta's cousin a street artist known as Space Invader allowed the avid cameraman to tape him as he illegally spread his artwork & Space Invader also introduced him to other street artists whose work Guetta captured on tape Eventually Guetta hooked up with Shepard Fairey best known for his stickers featuring the late wrestler Andre the Giant over the word OBEY Guetta soon hears about the mysterious street artistprankster Banksy & becomes obsessed with finding him & videotaping his exploits Thanks to Guettta's growing reputation among street artists the two eventually meet & form a sort of partnership Guetta even videotapes Banksy's infamous Gitmo prank at Disneyland wherein a handcuffed hooded figure in an orange jumpsuit is placed beside one of the rides They get along quite well until Banksy suggests that Guetta stop shooting take the countless hours of footage he's accumulated & start assembling them into a documentary Banksy eventually takes over the documentary project & inadvertently pushes Guetta's creative energy in a new direction as Guetta becomes a kind of street artist himself with shocking results EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP narrated by Rhys Ifans had its World Premiere at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival A very well received & highly recommended feature length documentary ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLERTHE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERGUARDIAN TOP 10 BESTSELLER2017 most anticipated books pick -- New York Times Guardian Daily Telegraph & many more' Spare crystalline prose mixing the real & the surreal & using old fairy-tale magic An unnervingly dystopian portrait of what might lie down the road' Michiko Kakutani New York Times An extraordinary story of love & hope from the bestselling Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist Nadia & Saeed are two ordinary young people attempting to do an extraordinary thing
- to fall in love
- in a world turned upside down Theirs will be a love story but also a story about how we live now & how we might live tomorrow of a world in crisis & two human beings travelling through it Civil war has come to the city which Nadia & Saeed call home Before long they will need to leave their motherland behind
- when the streets are no longer useable & the unknown is safer than the known They will join the great outpouring of people fleeing a collapsing city hoping against hope looking for their place in the world


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SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONOne of Barack Obama's top ten books of 2017 The Times Top 10 Bestseller Guardian Top 10 Bestseller The New York Times Top 5 Bestseller Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2018 & finalist for the Neustadt Prize 2018' Mixing the real & the surreal using old fairy-tale magic Compelling crystalline unnervingly dystopian' Michiko Kakutani The New York Times An extraordinary story of love & hope from the bestselling Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist This is Nadia She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour & a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night This is Saeed He is sweet & shy & kind to strangers He also has a balcony but he uses his for star-gazing This is their story a love story but also a story about how we live now & how we might live tomorrow Saeed & Nadia are falling in love & their city is falling apart Here is a world in crisis & two human beings travelling through it Exit West is a heartfelt & radical act of hope
- a novel to restore your faith in humanity & in the power of imagination
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