What is it Like to Teach Existential Therapy in the UK? A qualitative research study
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https://doi.org/10.65828/y4f7tz09Keywords:
Teaching existentially, existential therapy, training, education, researchAbstract
This research report follows on from three previous theory-based papers in which the authors explored connections between existentialism, education and psychotherapy teaching, and identified a distinction between teaching about existentialism and teaching existentially. Here, they describe a phenomenological research study in which the primary research question was 'What is it like to teach existential therapy in the UK?'.
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