Discovery of Being: Writings in Existential Psychology (Revised)

by Rollo May

Book Overview

Rollo May draws on the insights of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and other great thinkers to offer a helpful roadmap of the ideas and techniques of existential psychotherapy.

He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation, and to our search for stability in an age of anxiety.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393312402
• ISBN13: 9780393312409
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Good Existential Psychology Introduction

Rollo May provides in this book a good introduction to existential psychotherapy. He clearly introduces the central concepts of existentialism and provides wonderful insight into human beings from that perspective. What makes this book especially appealing is the fact that May writes in an incredibly readable manner about sometimes quite obtuse information. I recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about existentialism, existential psychology, and, in particular, existential psychotherapy.

Discovery of Being Review

The book was delivered to me complete and in the condition that it was sold to me in. I would recommend and use this seller for future transactions.

Understanding the foundations of existentialism

I've found Rollo May's treatment of the precursors and pivotal events which led to a recognizable school of philosophy and psychotherapy to be very understandable, readable and engaging. He writes in a style that pulls you into the philosophical debate and is adept at explaining the various contentions so that a casual reader of these texts can easily understand and follow the debate. It's a great primer that should lead to further readings in existentialism inspired by the bibliographical references!

I am a big fan of Rollo May

Simple language, profound useful thoughts. I use his ideas every day in my work as a psychotherapist as well as a in my daily living. Jared

The best introduction to existential psychology

This is the most succinct and authoritative introduction to existential psychology and psychotherapy currently available. It contains a variety of May's pithy and penetrating essays on the subject, including his introductory chapter to the classic collection EXISTENCE (1958) that first conveyed the tenets of European existential analysis across the Atlantic to America. When I teach courses on existential psychotherapy, this is one of the titles I like to include as required reading.