Existential Psychology

Dr. Paul Wong
 
COVID-19 Boosts International Collaboration

COVID-19 Boosts International Collaboration

One good thing coming out from COVID-19 is the increase in research collaboration on how to cope with COVID-19. In the last 6 months, I’ve got more international collaboration than in the last 6 years because of increased interest in my existential positive psychology...

意义疗法的理论、方法与技术: 基于存在积极心理学的视角

意义疗法的理论、方法与技术: 基于存在积极心理学的视角

Abstract 摘 要: 意义疗法是以存在积极心理学为理论基础,以构建个体生命意义为目的,实现生活正 负两极性的动态平衡,从而解决其心理困扰获得心理治愈与成长的一种整合性心理咨询与治疗方 法。起源于 Frankl 意义学说的意义疗法是通往人类美好生活的路径,它源于对苦难生活所隐含意 义的本质认识。在理论上,意义疗法以意义定向看世界为中心,以意义管理理论和双系统模型为 支架; 在方法上,为保障意义获得,应遵循 8 个基本问题和 12 条原则,充分发挥意义源的作用,实现 意义获得的双路径统一; 在技术上,灵活采用趋向性( PURE)...

A Case Study of Suicide Prevention in Meaning Therapy.

A Case Study of Suicide Prevention in Meaning Therapy.

A tall and handsome young man walked into my counselling room with a drooping head. He spoke with a weak voice and he avoided any eye contact. He was a twenty-something client with a history of two attempted suicides and one hospitalization. He had been seen already...

A Two-Factor Model of Search For Meaning

A Two-Factor Model of Search For Meaning

When life goes on smoothly and everything is simple, there seems to be no need to wrestle with existential concerns. Most people are happy to live their simple but shallow lives, revolving around “eat, drink, work, and be happy.” Unfortunately, even when living in one...

Let Your Vulnerability be Your Strength

Let Your Vulnerability be Your Strength

President's Column for the Positive Living Newsletter (March 2019). Read the rest of the newsletter here.Are you worried about being vulnerable? “Vulnerability” is derived from the Latin word vulnerare (to be wounded); it describes the potential to be injured...

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