Comments on: The Return of Existentialism http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:12:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Barrett Wilson http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-25167 Barrett Wilson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:40:08 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-25167 Thank you for your insight and your work. I am currently attempting to understand which paradigms I work best with, and Existential has already been a major part of my life and work. I'm in grad school now, attempting to construct a method that is the most helpful to clients and the most real for me. Your blog was a positive road sign for me along the way. Thank you for your insight and your work. I am currently attempting to understand which paradigms I work best with, and Existential has already been a major part of my life and work. I’m in grad school now, attempting to construct a method that is the most helpful to clients and the most real for me. Your blog was a positive road sign for me along the way.

]]> By: sharona hesparis http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-20304 sharona hesparis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:34:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-20304 its called cognitive dissonance and it means when you cannot manage two opposing ideas that exist side by side in your mind. maybe we all ought to learn to live with paradox and conflict. it might be painful and bitter but it is also healthier. its called cognitive dissonance and it means when you cannot manage two opposing ideas that exist side by side in your mind.

maybe we all ought to learn to live with paradox and conflict. it might be painful and bitter but it is also healthier.

]]> By: Donna http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-9309 Donna Wed, 28 May 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-9309 When did they disappear? Are those schools of thought no longer taught at the liberal arts colleges anymore? When did they disappear? Are those schools of thought no longer taught at the liberal arts colleges anymore?

]]> By: Harold http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-8677 Harold Fri, 02 May 2008 09:08:36 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-8677 Oh, and here I was worried that Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, et al have taken over academia and screwed it up. Seriously, those three screwed existentialism even while Sartre was still living (Sartre died in 1980). And they replaced it with their philosophy which is probably 90% bulls**t. Kierkegaard and Existentialism must return to the university. If it is as existential psychology, so be it. Oh, and here I was worried that Derrida, Foucault, Lacan, et al have taken over academia and screwed it up. Seriously, those three screwed existentialism even while Sartre was still living (Sartre died in 1980). And they replaced it with their philosophy which is probably 90% bulls**t.

Kierkegaard and Existentialism must return to the university. If it is as existential psychology, so be it.

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-8405 Carolyn Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:28:11 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-8405 There is something a bit pessimistic about that for me. I think that we all have to have dreams of what we want out of life, but that it is up to us to make it a reality. I choose not to see this as having a rose tinted view of everything, but of having goals and wanting to work hard to make these a reality. There is something a bit pessimistic about that for me. I think that we all have to have dreams of what we want out of life, but that it is up to us to make it a reality. I choose not to see this as having a rose tinted view of everything, but of having goals and wanting to work hard to make these a reality.

]]> By: Jillian http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-return-of-existentialism/comment-page-1/#comment-8403 Jillian Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:26:49 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=471#comment-8403 I think that it is true that so much of what ails us stems from our mistaken beliefs about life and what it is going to be. There are far too many of us who continue to be disappointed with life because we choose to wear rose colored glasses all of the time. Perhaps the existentialists are right that life is what you make it and should not be handed to you on a silver platter. I think that it is true that so much of what ails us stems from our mistaken beliefs about life and what it is going to be. There are far too many of us who continue to be disappointed with life because we choose to wear rose colored glasses all of the time. Perhaps the existentialists are right that life is what you make it and should not be handed to you on a silver platter.

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