Existential Theoretical Foundations on Trauma and Implications for the Therapeutic Encounter
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https://doi.org/10.65828/9hc0p613Keywords:
Trauma, psychotherapy, experience, freedom, destiny, PTSD, temporality, thrownnessAbstract
Drawing on existential thought this paper examines trauma as a lived experience. By focusing on how trauma reveals itself and how it behaves in our everyday, the discussion delivers viewpoints which existential psychotherapists could consider when exploring their clients' trauma or even their own.
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