Existential therapy - ET

Existential theory and therapy contributes many valuable perspectives concerning the human situation on earth, how we choose to act, wich gives us the opportunity to control our lives instead of beingvictims to outer circumstance. Existential psychotherapy helps the individual to look at oneself as a part of nature, in interaction with other people and despite being alone still filled with meaning. All these perspectives are parts of the existential psychotherapeutic viewpoint within mental fulfilment training.

Some existential therapeutic contributions to MFT

Existential theory implies that the bridge between wish and acting is choice. To choose means deciding a certain path in a given situation. Many people have ended up in psychologically difficult situations because they experience decision making difficult and choice as complicated. MFT Sweden works thoroughly to make the individual see that thoughts, feelings and behaviors are choices that everyone can learn to control and thereby master situations in life that felt out of control before. The human beeing is every day confronted with a large number of choices that have to be made of which are not even thought of as choices. The only thing man can not choose is to be born and to die, both are enevitable. But no matter what happens in our life we can always choose our way of relating to life events. To see the possibility to choose how to think, feel and behave and to interpret events surrounding us is a very important part of mental fulfilment training that comes from existential theory.
Yalom, I D. (1980). Existential psychotherapy. USA: Yalom family trust.

All human beeings are a part of natures cycles and should be looked upon in the light of this knowledge. We work together with all other animals, plants and matter in our drive to survive and multiply. As a race we can only survive long term if we find a way to find our place in natures balance. In addition, as individuals, we depend on other people to survive therefore we need to learn to find a balance in our way of relating to each other. When we have learned to relate to nature and to other people a point in life will come when we have to learn how to relate to our selves and accept all the shortcomings that includes beeing a person. Finally, according to existential theory, man needs a meaning in life in order to find strengh to survive. If a human beeing does not see meaning in life she will cease to exist. Mental fulfilment training aims to create this balance to nature, to other people, witih oneself and find the meaning for each person to live.
Van Deurzen, E. (1997). Every day mistery. Existential dimensions in psychotherapy. Lund: Studentlitteratur.