Existential-behaviour therapy: a possible paradigm?
A comparative discussion is presented of existential and behavioural psychotherapy, indicating where behavioural theory, empirical research and single case studies can be related to the existential emphasis on phenomenology and personal confrontation with death, freedom, isolation and meaninglessness. The conclusions are that: more recent emphasis on cognitive variables in behaviour therapy has brought the two conceptual systems closer together; and there is improvement in the understanding of aetiology and clinical effectiveness when the therapist incorporates existential-behavioural constructs and methods of working.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005086:Existentialism; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D010200:Panic; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation