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Existential Psychotherapy

Existential Psychotherapy is a form of psychotherapeutic practice that belongs to the broader category of humanistic and depth-oriented therapies, distinguished by its focus on the individual’s experience of existence, emphasizing fundamental concerns such as freedom, responsibility, meaning, death, and authenticity as central to psychological understanding and transformation.

615

Publications

33.4K

Citations

895

Authors

457

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

71

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Existential Therapy

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Publications

615

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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Existential Psychotherapy

WILLIAM OFFENKRANTZ · American Journal of Psychiatry · 1981 · 3K citations

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Dignity Therapy: A Novel Psychotherapeutic Intervention for Patients Near the End of Life

Harvey Max Chochinov, Thomas F. Hack, Thomas Hassard et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2005 · 1K citations

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The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life

Susan C. Vaughan · American Journal of Psychiatry · 2005 · 880 citations

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Existential psychotherapy

1980 · 849 citations

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Authors

895

  1. JL
    Jim Lantz

    The Ohio State University, United States

    11 publications · 164 citations

    12

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  2. JM
    Joav Merrick

    Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Israel

    11 publications · 369 citations

    11

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  3. SV
    Søren Ventegodt

    Quality of Life Research Center, Denmark

    11 publications · 369 citations

    11

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  4. LS
    Leslie S. Greenberg

    York University, Canada

    8 publications · 651 citations

    8

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  5. HM
    Harvey Max Chochinov

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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1–5 of 895

Institutions

457

  1. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    12 h-index

    11 publications

    156 citations

  2. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    371 citations

  3. Saybrook University

    Pasadena, United States

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    306 citations

  4. Quality of Life Research Center

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    891 citations

  5. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    41 publications

    5.9K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    219 citations

  7. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    892 citations

  8. St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    902 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Humanistic Psychology

    JHP · 37 publications · 1K citations

    21

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  2. American Journal of Psychotherapy

    35 publications · 1K citations

    19

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  3. Psychotherapy

    20 publications · 652 citations

    15

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  4. The Humanistic Psychologist

    19 publications · 494 citations

    15

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 16 publications · 653 citations

    14

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