Untangling the Knots: Reflections on the existential therapy of Dr Alexander Alekseychik
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Intensity, Dostoevsky, Socrates, authenticity, mutual assistance, security, fate, hope On 9 February 2020, we celebrated the eightieth anniversary of Dr Alexander Alekseychik, an honoured doctor of Lithuania, the pioneer of existential therapy in Russian cultural oecumene, the founder of the first psychotherapy department in the Soviet Union.Abstract
This article describes an approach to existential therapy called ‘Intensive Therapeutic Life’, founded by psychiatrist Alexander E. Alekseychik in the Soviet Union over fifty years ago, based on the Russian cultural tradition.
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