Existence and Freedom: Existential-Phenomenological Reflections on Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

By Luis Fernández

Brief overview of Existential-Phenomenology in Psychopathology and Psychotherapy as reflected in patients real-life stories. A critical assessment of problematic trends in modern Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology. A challenge to the medicalization of human behavior, the objectification of the person, and the loss of self-hood. An exposition for the need to place the human being at the center of our clinical enterprise, recognizing his or her essential freedom, and the ability to choose life's path. A practical narrative of everyday problems, fears, and concerns brought to the Therapist's couch and a description of the efforts to create new meanings and new solutions to their dilemmas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CS161BGR
• ISBN13: 9798873241682
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 284 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"