If one is truly to succeed in leading a person to specific place, one must first and foremost take care to find him where he is and being there.
~Søren Kierkegaard
As a psychotherapist, I approach life from an existential perspective and integrate principles from cognitive-behavioral therapy and existential psychotherapy into my work. The approach is largely shaped by the individual needs and challenges of the client, that is, you.
My role is to be your companion, providing support and facilitation, but also challenging you in the process of change. We explore and reflect together on the questions or challenges that you choose to address. The aim is to achieve a deeper understanding and insight into yourself, how you currently live or wish to live your life.
About Existential Psychotherapy
Existentially oriented psychotherapy focuses on an individual’s current situation and the existential questions that arise throughout life. Conversations may revolve around inquiries into life’s goals and meaning or finding solid ground after a life crisis. They can also explore living well, addressing how we, as individuals, navigate our desire for increased personal freedom and autonomy while still seeking connection and belonging in community.
Existential psychotherapy posits that individuals are not predetermined by their life history, circumstances, or fate. Instead, humans are seen to exist in a constant process of becoming and creating, where our choices and direction hold significance. While we are born with individual predispositions, our way of living, our self-perception, our choices, and actions can influence our lives.
In the existential perspective, psychological suffering is viewed as difficulties in relating to complex life circumstances, inevitable dilemmas, and paradoxes inherent in being human. Conversations may focus on themes such as freedom, responsibility, meaning, norms and values, loneliness, life, and death. These themes can open pathways to creating meaning despite challenging life experiences and a complex existence. Such questions are deeply human and often become more pertinent during life crises, physical illness, anxiety, depression, psychological traumas, and exhaustion, for example.
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