Approach Quote by Irvin D. Yalom

Existential psychotherapy is the movement which, although standing on one side on the scientific analysis owed chiefly to the genius of Freud , also…

— Rollo May

“keep in mind that therapy is a deep and comprehensive exploration into the course and meaning of one’s life; given the centrality of death…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“In contrast to most of the existentialist schools of thought, logotherapy is in no way pessimistic; but it is realistic in that it faces…

— Viktor E. Frankl

You know, I think everybody I've seen has come from some other therapy, and almost invariably it's very much the same thing: the therapist…

— Irvin D. Yalom

“Four givens are particularly relevant for psycho-therapy: the inevitability of death for each of us and for those we love; the freedom to make…

— Irvin D. Yalom

I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said…

— Peter Cameron

“Therapy, like life, is a process -- a journey toward greater self-awareness and healing -- where the in-the-moment experience is often as enriching as…

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn

Existentialism is possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead.

— Gabriel Vahanian

“The depressed person’s therapist was always extremely careful to avoid appearing to judge or blame the depressed person for clinging to her defenses, or…

— David Foster Wallace

I'm really interested in how people face existential crises and either overcome them or don't, and in how the human psyche responds.

— Doug Stanton

“Existential anguish derives from the human freedom to think and act, experience love for life, and fear death. We must decide whether we wish…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I'd say that the only trauma I've suffered was existential.

— Yossi Ghinsberg