Existential Therapies

Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton, where he is Director of the Centre for Research in Social and Psychological Transformation (CREST). Mick is a chartered psychologist, a UKCP registered psychotherapist, and a Fellow of the BACP. Mick is author and editor of a range of texts on person-centred, existential and relational approaches to therapy; including Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2005, SAGE, with Dave Mearns), Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy (2011, SAGE, with John McLeod) and Existential Therapies (2nd edn, 2017, SAGE). Mick has led a series of research studies exploring the processes and outcomes of humanistic counselling with young people. Mick is the father of four children and lives in Brighton on the south coast of England.

• Introduction: The Rich Tapestry of Existential TherapiesExistential Philosophy: The Meaning of BeingDaseinsanalysis: Foundations for an Existential TherapyMeaning-Centred Therapies: Discovering Meaning and Purpose in LifeExistential-Humanistic Therapy: Overcoming a Resistance to LifeR. D. Laing: Meeting without MasksExistential-Phenomenological Therapy: The Exploration of ExistenceDimensions of Existential Therapeutic PracticeDiscussion: Challenges and Possibilities for the Existential Therapies

The book remains an extremely useful guide to the territory of existential therapies. It continues to set down the major historic and contemporary and debates, and to provide and invaluable map of the territory.