Philosophers
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, poet, and philosopher who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Existential Psychology
Viktor Frankl
This article explores Viktor Frankl (1905-1997), who was an Austrian psychiatrist and neurologist who survived the horrors of the Holocaust and founded logotherapy, a form of existential analysis.
Existential Psychology
Medard Boss
Click below to listen to this article: Medard Boss Medard Boss (1903-1990) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who developed a form of psychotherapy known as Daseinsanalysis, which united the psychoanalytic practice of Freud with the existential phenomenological philosophy of Heidegger. Boss was influenced by both of these thinkers, and Read more…
Existential Psychology
Ludwig Binswanger
This article looks at the life and works of Ludwig Binswanger, often called the father of existential psychology, who also developed a distinctive approach to psychotherapy, known as Daseinsanalysis
Existential Psychology
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, and social critic who is widely regarded as the founder of existentialism, a philosophical movement that emphasizes the individual’s freedom and responsibility to create meaning in life
Multiplicity of the mind school
Multiplicity of the mind school
The multiplicity of the mind school is a philosophical approach that rejects the idea of a single, unified self and instead proposes that each person has multiple selves or aspects of the self that may be in conflict or harmony with each other.