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Loneliness

7 techniques · 6 approaches
Deurzen
Confronting Existential Givens
Confronting Existential Givens
Van Deurzen follows the existential-philosophical tradition, viewing death, freedom, loneliness, and meaninglessness as irreducible "givens"…
Deurzen
Relational World Exploration (Mitwelt Work)
Relational World Exploration (Mitwelt Work)
The social dimension (Mitwelt — "being-with-others") holds a special place for van Deurzen. She inquires how the client builds and experienc…
Frankl
Self-Transcendence Exploration
Self-Transcendence Exploration
Helping the client uncover and activate their natural capacity to go beyond themselves — toward another person, a cause, an idea, a value. S…
Gestalt
Inclusion
Inclusion
The therapist's capacity to be fully present with the client — to enter their world without losing oneself. This is not "I know how you feel…
IFS
Witnessing the Exile
Witnessing the Exile
Witnessing is the first and most important step of work with an Exile, after permission has been granted by the Protectors. The client's Sel…
IPT
Interpersonal Deficits Work
Interpersonal Deficits Work
Interpersonal Deficits Work is an IPT intervention used to connect depressive symptoms with current interpersonal events and to turn that co…
Yalom
Existential Isolation
Existential Isolation
Distinguishing existential isolation (I am fundamentally alone — no one will live my death for me, no one will be inside me) from interperso…
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