Therapists’ perspectives about working with meaning in life in psychotherapy: A survey

Hill, Clara E.

doi:10.1080/09515070.2016.1173014

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“…Lastly, an alternative framework for understanding and using existential responsibility in psychotherapy, such as the one proposed in this article, could have significant ramifications for related areas of existential psychotherapy, especially meaning oriented psychotherapies (e.g., Breitbart & Poppito, 2014; Breitbart et al, 2015; Wong, 2010, 2015, 2016a, 2016c) and meaning research (e.g., Wong, 2016b, 2017; Hill, 2017, 2018). This is because individuals’ acceptance and acknowledgment of their responsibilities has been theorized to be a critical component of their abilities to form meaning in their lives.…”

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“…Insight plays an important role in therapeutic action—that is, the mechanism of change—for a broad range of psychotherapies. This includes psychotherapies stemming from existential (e.g., Boss, 1963; Cooper, 2007; Frankl, 1986, 1988; Hill, 2017, 2018; May, 1983; Wong, 2010, 2016a, 2016c; Yalom, 1980) and cognitive–behavioral (e.g., Ellis, 1963; Grosse Holtforth et al, 2007) traditions. Some theorists argue that insight plays an integral role in—and is a “common factor” across—all “psychotherapeutic orientations” (Wampold, Imel, Bhati, & Johnson-Jennings, 2007, p. 119).…”

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Insight and responsibility: A psychodynamic-existential approach to psychotherapy.

Salamon

2019

The Humanistic Psychologist

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This article aims to address Rangell's (2011) observation that psychoanalytic insight-often regarded as at or near the center of therapeutic action for psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy (Jones, 2000;Stark, 2000)-is an insufficient vehicle of patient change because it often leaves patients asking their therapists, "So what?" (Rangell, 2011, p. 34). I encountered the insufficiency of psychoanalytic insight in my clinical work with a patient I saw in therapy at a community mental health center. My work with this patient inspired me to hypothesize that the introduction of an existential line of inquiry into psychoanalytically informed psychotherapyparticularly around the construct of existential responsibility-could resolve the insufficiency of insight Rangell (2011) and I observed. I reviewed and critiqued the literature on the role of insight in psychoanalytic psychotherapy-as well as the literature on existential responsibility in existential philosophy and psychotherapy-in working toward a resolution. Reexamining my work with this patient from this perspective, I then put forth my own formulation of existential responsibility in psychotherapy and argue-using clinical material-how it could potentially bolster and complement the psychotherapeutic effects of insight. The importance and implications of this article's findings are drawn out and suggestions for future research are presented.

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Insight and responsibility: A psychodynamic-existential approach to psychotherapy.

Salamon

2019

The Humanistic Psychologist

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“…They distinguish at least three components in the experience of meaning in life (Marco et al, 2017;Martela & Steger, 2016). The first one is purpose, which means that one has valuable goals in the future and that one engages in fulfilling these goals (Hill, 2017;Marco et al, 2017;Martela & Steger, 2016). The second one is coherence.…”

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The mediating role of meaning in life between the therapeutic relationship and therapy outcome in person-centered and experiential psychotherapies

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Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies

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“…Therapeutic settings have become another context and relationship in which dreams are shared in Western culture (Boyd, 2005; Hill, 2017; Keller et al, 1995; Schredl, Bohusch, Kahl, Mader, & Somesan, 2000). Wax (2004) went as far as to suggest that the therapy room is the equivalent to the ritual dream sharing of hunter-gathering groups.…”

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Dreams as gifts: A Maussian perspective.

Leonard

Dawson

2019

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In The Gift, Mauss argues that people in many cultures have engaged in what appears to be a voluntary giving of gifts, but which in fact carries obligations at each point in the exchange-in the giving of, receiving of, and response to each gift. Moreover, these exchanges of gifts are an integral part of both building connections between individuals and groups and maintaining social hierarchies. Using the Mauss view of gifts as a framework for examining the social practice of sharing dreams, this article demonstrates the obligations present in the giving of, receiving of, and responding to dreams. It then identifies the implications of this understanding of dreams as gifts, for clients offering their dreams in psychotherapeutic settings.

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Therapists’ perspectives about working with meaning in life in psychotherapy: A survey

Cited by 14 publications

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Insight and responsibility: A psychodynamic-existential approach to psychotherapy.

Insight and responsibility: A psychodynamic-existential approach to psychotherapy.

The mediating role of meaning in life between the therapeutic relationship and therapy outcome in person-centered and experiential psychotherapies

Dreams as gifts: A Maussian perspective.

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