Psychotherapy and Family: an Existential and Person-Centered Perspective
Keywords:
person-centered therapy, existential therapy, phenomenology, dialogue, encounterAbstract
This paper aims at establishing the existential-phenomenological dimensions of humanistic therapeutic work with the family, specifically the application of Carl Rogers’ person-centered therapy. Furthermore, it presents a review of the contribution of philosophers such as Gabriel Marcel and Emmanuel Levinas to the Rogerian therapeutic approach.References
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