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Existential Group Therapy

Existential Group Therapy is a form of psychotherapeutic intervention that belongs to the broader category of group psychotherapies, distinguished by its focus on addressing fundamental existential concerns—such as death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness—within a group setting, through phenomenological exploration and authentic interpersonal engagement guided by existential philosophy.

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131

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2017–2026

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Publications

47

The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy:

Irvin D. Yalom, Eric Crouch · The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1990 · 4.2K citations · Full text

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Psychotherapeutic Interventions at the End of Life: A Focus on Meaning and Spirituality

William Breitbart, C. G. Gibson, Shannon R. Poppito et al. · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · 2004 · 342 citations · Full text

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Cognitive‐existential group psychotherapy for women with primary breast cancer: A randomised controlled trial

David W. Kissane, Sidney Bloch, Patricia Miach et al. · Psycho-Oncology · 2003 · 305 citations

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Effect of Cognitive-Existential Group Therapy on Survival in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

David W. Kissane, Anthony W. Love, Allison Hatton et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2004 · 165 citations

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Process evaluation of a group therapy component designed to enhance sex offenders' empathy for sexual abuse survivors

William D. Pithers · Behaviour Research and Therapy · 1994 · 147 citations

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Authors

131

  1. DW
    David W. Kissane

    Monash University, Australia

    5 publications · 720 citations

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  2. SB
    Sidney Bloch

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    4 publications · 627 citations

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  3. GC
    Graeme C. Smith

    Monash University, Australia

    4 publications · 415 citations

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  4. PM
    Patricia Miach

    Monash University, Australia

    4 publications · 627 citations

    4

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  5. CM
    Christine Maheu

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 157 citations

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Institutions

80

  1. St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    25 publications

    4K citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    25 publications

    4K citations

  3. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    20 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    27 publications

    4K citations

  5. Monash Medical Centre

    Clayton, Australia

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    2.2K citations

  6. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Melbourne, Australia

    4 h-index

    23 publications

    3.8K citations

  7. University of Ottawa

    Ottawa, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    415 citations

  8. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

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Venues

  1. Psycho-Oncology

    6 publications · 710 citations

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  2. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

    4 publications · 117 citations

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  3. The Scientific World JOURNAL

    TSWJ · 3 publications · 131 citations

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  4. Group

    2 publications · 39 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 110 citations

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