EXISTENTIAL THERAPY (DASEINSTHERAPY): A THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE WITH MALES TRAUMATISED BY INTIMATE PARTNER OR FAMILY VIOLENCE

Miles Groth (mgroth@wagner.edu)
Professor of Psychology at Wagner College, in New York

Abstract

The author discusses working from an existential perspective with individuals traumatized by aggression in intimate partner relationships and family settings. He poses three questions: What do clients from widely different Western populations who have been harmed emotionally in ways that lead them to seek outside help require from clinical psychologists and other mental health practitioners, especially with a view to the prevention of  further aggression in their lives? What are the features of a modality of psychotherapy that is effective with this diverse population? What is therapeutic in relationships with such individuals that leads to an abatement of aggression in their lives?

Keywords: psychotherapy, existential therapy, male studies, men in therapy, daseinstherapy

Author Biography

Miles Groth, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at Wagner College, in New York. He is the author of six books, eleven chapters in edited books, forty-three articles in thirty-two different peer-reviewed journals, fifty-five books reviews in professional journals, and four encyclopedia entries. He is founding editor (Emeritus) of New Male Studies.

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