Vorobyeva. Ekzistentsialnaya (nemeditsinskaya) psikhoterapiya: motivatsiya vybora i otsenka effektivnosti

Abstract:
The relevance of the work is due to the increase in the number of existential requests that clients turn to psychologists. There are not enough studies proving the effectiveness of existential (non-medical) psychotherapy and revealing the motivation for choosing this approach to call the existential approach evidence-based. The study involved 48 people who received long-term existential psychotherapy. In the process of psychotherapy, such indicators as existential fulfillment, harmonization of self-esteem and dynamics of experiences of existential realities were measured. The study of motivation features revealed that existential psychotherapy is mainly chosen by young adults with higher education and a high level of reflection. Existential psychotherapy has proven to be a highly effective approach in dealing with existential requests.