The idea of Existential Psychology is floating in my brain computer but I cannot seem to pinpoint whether there was a distinctive perspective in the field.We have been familiar with Existential philosophy and literature but I am in a daze as to a unique Existential psychology.Somehow or the other the term Phenomenology ( of which there is both a philosophy and a psychology) would seem to imply a hint of existentialism,namely,a search for meaningfulness in behavior. However,what was supposedly a school of existential psyhology at Duquesne U. was more philosophy than psycholoy.The movement at Duquesne was led by a group of Redemptorist priests(CSSR) from Holland/Belgium under Adriam Van Camp (sp).As someone who did undergrad studies at a Catholic Institution (Gannon U), some Catholic institutions did not seem to differentiate between Psychology and Philosopphy.Although the Gestalt perspective and its ancillary therapeutic cousins Perls,Hefferline ,Rogers and Maslow branches focused on the essence of existence (human),the only dude who would seem to represent something that come close to an existential psychology would be Victor Frankl with his logotheray.Fankyl- a concntration camp survivor saw meaning and possibilities from his nihilistic predicament.Chris mentioned that the Emmanuel group predated Freud in paving a way for Freud and his movement to catch the eyes of the public in the U.S.Existential philosophy would have predated Existential psychology but I can not seem to find the psychology except in the meticulous analysis of characters in those so called existential literature noves.. Will somebody help me? michael
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