Existential therapy focuses on free will, self-determination, and the search for meaning—often centering on the individual rather than on their symptoms. The approach emphasizes a person's capacity to ...

Victor Frankl survived 4 death camps during WW2 while losing his parents, his brother and his wife to Hitler’s murderous regime. While Frankl experienced the worst of humanity and the terrors of human ...

Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people find a sense of meaning in their lives. It is less rigidly structured than other types of therapy and focuses on exploring a ...

Life is filled with a lot of big questions: What’s the point? What’s the meaning? Why am I here? Existential theory tries to answer a lot of those questions to help people find meaning and ...

Dr Jagdish Batra is a senior academic, currently working as Professor of English at O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He has nearly four decades of teaching and research experience. His area of ...

An existential crisis is a recurring pattern of thoughts regarding your identity, purpose in life, and legacy, among other things. Existential questions may appear at any point in your life and can ...

An existential crisis involves deep questions about your purpose in life that cause distress. Several things can help you navigate the crisis, like journaling or talking with a therapist. But for ...

In recent years, as polarization has torn at the nation’s social fabric, there’s been a surge in attention to civics education. As an old civics teacher (albeit from the last century), I think this is ...