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Authenticity

11 techniques · 5 approaches
CoLeC
Withness Practices
Withness Practices
"Withness" — the central metaphor of Anderson's stance. It is a quality of presence in which the therapist literally "is with" the client in…
Deurzen
Authentic vs Inauthentic Living Exploration
Authentic vs Inauthentic Living Exploration
Drawing on Heidegger, van Deurzen distinguishes authentic from inauthentic existence. Inauthenticity is "das Man" ("people say so", "everyon…
Deurzen
Exploring Paradoxes and Polarities
Exploring Paradoxes and Polarities
Van Deurzen sees human existence as fundamentally paradoxical: each dimension of life contains irreducible polarities (life/death, freedom/n…
Gestalt
Reversal Technique
Reversal Technique
The client becomes the opposite of their habitual pattern: timid → aggressive, dependent → independent, the eternal giver → the taker. Throu…
Längle
Four Fundamental Motivations (FM1–FM4)
Four Fundamental Motivations (FM1–FM4)
An anthropological map of the four basic existential questions every person meets. Introduced by Längle in 1993. FM1 — "Can I be?" (being, s…
Längle
Method of Personal Positioning
Method of Personal Positioning
Helps the client find their own inner position toward a situation, a person, or a decision. Linked with the third fundamental motivation — t…
Längle
Personal Existential Analysis (PEA)
Personal Existential Analysis (PEA)
The central method of Längle's existential analysis. A phenomenological-process approach that lets the client work through a concrete situat…
Längle
Working with Inner Consent
Working with Inner Consent
The central aim of existential analysis — to help the client come to "inner consent" with what they do and how they live. This is a felt "ye…
Yalom
Authenticity Work (Heidegger / Bugental)
Authenticity Work (Heidegger / Bugental)
Distinguishing one's own voice from the voices absorbed from others (parents, culture, expectations). Heidegger describes inauthentic existe…
Yalom
Socratic Dialogue
Socratic Dialogue
A chain of open, deepening questions that helps the client reach their own values, meanings, and choices. Unlike in CBT, the aim is not the …
Yalom
Therapeutic Presence
Therapeutic Presence
The full engagement of the therapist here and now: letting go of plans, techniques, ready answers — and genuine meeting with the person. Bug…
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