Therapy Technique

Overview of the Human Person Preview 03:02

This video will explore how the human person is viewed from the lens of Logotherapy and the impact this has on working with people, including Frankl’s definitions of wholeness and unity.

Paradoxical Intention & Self-Detachment Preview 01:13

This video explains the mechanisms of anticipatory anxiety and overthinking.

Analysis of Anxiety 1 Preview 05:08

This video looks at the physical and psychological symptoms of anxiety, we will explore two types of anxiety (psychological and ontological) and the difference between them. We look at Aristotle’s view of emotions, and how anxiety became a focus in the existential philosophy of the 19th and 20th centuries. We explore Kierkegaard’s distinctions between fear and anxiety.

Analysis of Anxiety 2 Preview 00:46

This video illustrates the feeling anxiety described in the work of Kierkegaard.

Facing Fears 1 Preview 02:43

This video looks at reactions to fear through fight, flight, and freeze reactions. We look at fear through the lenses of various philosophers.

Facing Fears 2 Preview 02:10

We continue the exploration of fear through the works of the existentialist philosophers. We also look at the role of our subjective interpretation in fears, and how fears develop into phobias.

Exercise: Working with Fears Preview 00:55

Facing Fears 3 Preview 01:59

This video expands further on our relationship to the feeling of fear, and the benefits of changing our relationship to fear.

Facing Fears 4 Preview 01:57

This video explores faith and freedom, and how the Stoic philosophers understood these themes. We look at moving from a reaction to fear, to a conscious response to fear.

Facing Fears 5 Preview 01:05

Facing Fears 6 Preview 01:34

We continue to explore fear through the work Susan Jeffers and 'The Five Truths about Fear'.

Facing Fears 7 Preview 02:14

This video looks at the language that we use around fear internally and externally and the impact this has on us. We explore ways to change this language and the unconscious changes that can happen as a result of this.

Facing Fears 8 Preview 01:33

This video concludes our exploration of fear and connects the psychology of fear with the technique of Paradoxical Intention.

Humour & Play Preview 04:50

This video looks at the role of humour in dealing with fears and phobias with Logotherapy. We look at some theories of humour, and the connection between dreams and humour in the work of Freud. We also explores the importance of play in therapy, and in life through the work of D.W. Winnicott and others.

The Question behind Paradoxical Intention 1 Preview 01:32

Here we look at the relationship between fear and desire, and how desire can be used to cancel out fear.

The Question behind Paradoxical Intention 2 Preview 00:53

This video looks at how the inversion of intention can be used to relieve fear.

The Question behind Paradoxical Intention 3 Preview 00:38

This video looks at how Paradoxical Intention posits a response to fear outside the framework of fight, flight, and freeze.

The Question behind Paradoxical Intention 4 Preview 00:41

We conclude our look at the mechanisms behind Paradoxical Intention by recapping the steps we have to take to move beyond habitual reactions.

The Psychology of OCD Preview 01:11

This video explores how people can try to avoid fear through obsessional control.

Illustrations Preview 01:29

Here we have some real world examples of how anticipatory anxiety can play out, and how Paradoxical Intention, and Dereflection can help move out of this response.

Illustrations 2 Preview 00:23

This short video gives some examples of how phobias play out in real life, to define phobic reactions against obsessional reactions.

Clinical examples 1 Preview 04:50

Clinical examples 2 Preview 14:30

Clinical examples 3 Preview 15:19

Causes vs Symptoms 1 Preview 01:29

In this video we look at the causes of anxiety, and how relevant finding the cause is in Logotherapy.

Causes vs Symptoms 2 Preview 00:59

Here we look at how short term therapy can have long term results.

Individualisation & Improvisation Preview 00:41

This video looks at the importance of the relationship between client and therapist.

Suggestion Therapy? Preview 00:54

This video looks at the 4 steps that should be followed in using Paradoxical Intention in therapy.

Contraindications Preview 01:23

Here we look at some definitions of depression, and contraindications for working with the technique of Paradoxical Intention.

Rules Preview 00:55

This video recaps and reiterates the 4 steps necessary in using Paradoxical Intention in therapy.

Last things Preview 01:50

In closing, we look at the role of Logotherapy alongside other forms of therapy and the power of Paradoxical Intention from the client's perspective.