Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Existential-Phenomenological Psychotherapy
Rival paradigms or fertile ground for therapeutic synthesis?
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https://doi.org/10.65828/d8k5kn10Keywords:
Existential-Phenomenology, hermeneutic, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), third-wave CBT, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, quantitative researchAbstract
This paper attempts to describe two approaches to psychotherapy: Existential-Phenomenological Psychotherapy (EPP) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), in the context of the governance role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and its demand for evidence-based practice, exploring how the two modalities interact with each other, where they are opposed, and where they come together.
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