Existential-Integrative Approaches to Treating Adolescents
This book frames how existential theory and intervention strategies can be seamlessly integrated with evidenced-based approaches when treating adolescents. This groundbreaking text begins with an overview of EI theory and provides an exhaustive revie
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David Shumaker
Existential-Integrative Approaches to Treating Adolescents
David Shumaker Mental Health Counseling Program Suffolk University Boston, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN 978-1-349-95210-6 DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95211-3
ISBN 978-1-349-95211-3 (eBook)
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For Jonah, Mason, and Tricia The loves of my life
PREFACE
This book is borne out of my strong belief in the power of existential therapy to help adolescents navigate the perils of a frequently challenging period of development in human lifespans. Kirk Schneider’s (2008) ExistentialIntegrative Therapy approach seems particularly well suited to provide therapists a solid grounding from which to embark on the wonderful pursuit of trying to meet their adolescent clients on a much deeper level. Dr. Schneider, Dr. Shawn Rubin, and many other members of APA Division 32 Society for Humanistic Psychology have been most gracious in their support of my specific interest in working with adolescents from an EI perspective and this book is a logical outgrowth of their guidance and encouragement. By no means, however, is this book intended to be the final say on how clinicians can most effectively work with clients from this framework. The hope is that it serves as a catalyst for clinicians and researchers to more deeply consider the potential for EI applications to be utilized with this age group. Further, any misinterpretations, oversimplifications, or omissions in the depiction of EI and
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