Dilemmas in Existential Therapy Supervision
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https://doi.org/10.65828/6kc5dq59Keywords:
Existential supervision, client drop-out, professional stagnation, 'palliative society'Abstract
The existential literature on supervision does little to address helping therapists to avoid early drop-out or how to offer support around issues of professional doubts and loss of enthusiasm when working existentially. It may be that the central focus in existential therapy on issues such as profound self-examination, making important choices, personal responsibility and the aspiration to help a client accept being an imperfect being in an imperfect world may make some clients inclined to withdraw. Systematic knowledge on these matters are sparse and should be given priority.
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