Articles about Existentialism

The Perils of Character Development

June 10, 2011

In Gestalt we’re often working with the Here and Now, with what’s arising in the present moment. But of course, what’s arising is often predicated upon our habitual patterns of coping, on our creative adaptations (as they’re termed in Gestalt). These adaptations we consider “creative” because it’s these that have enabled us to accommodate to [...]

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Riding the Horse of Fear

February 19, 2011

Fear is something we all, to some degree, have a relationship with. And we spoke in our last post about the brain’s bias towards negativity (see Understanding the Emotional Brain). Much has been written in the field of psychotherapy about this subject and how it plays out in our lives, whether consciously or unconsciously. The [...]

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