We are sharing a newly published article here- a substantive piece on “how to depolarize America” and what needs to be done to get there from the Urbana-Champaign Gazette. Includes interviews with Kirk Schneider and eight colleagues who specialize in organized efforts to build bridges among divided cultural and political groups across America: This is the 2nd part in a series written by editor Jeff D’Alessio – read Part I here.
Becker, Rank, and Existential Psychotherapy
May 23, 2023
By Kirk Schneider, PhD
PsychologyToday.com
May 22, 2023
Kirk Schneider has a recent article on the topic of Ernest Becker, Otto Rank and Psychotherapy as “an intimate trio.”
Key points:
We must understand our relationship to existence, not only to our parents, culture, cognition, or physiology.
Life-enhancing anxiety is the ability to live with and make the best of the depth and mystery of existence.
A key result of life-enhancing anxiety is awe-based consciousness—a sense of adventure toward all living.
