Existential Approaches to Human Development - Martin Adams

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What is life for, existentially? We are born and then we die and our life task is to make something of the time in between with no way of knowing how long we have got.
In living towards an unknown future we are challenged daily with the paradox that while life will always be a mystery, it is this that makes life worth living.
So, what do we mean when we say that human beings develop, and what are the limits to human potential?
In the first part of this talk, Martin will look at what six existential philosophers, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Simone de Beauvoir have said about how we become who we are.
In the second part, he will draw out some common themes and relate these to everyday life and by implication, to therapeutic practice.
Martin Adams is an existential psychotherapist, lecturer, supervisor and writer.
He is a visiting lecturer at Regents University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling in London.
Martin is the author of several books, including: ‘A Concise Introduction to Existential Counselling’, ‘Skills in Existential Counselling and Psychotherapy’ which he co-authored with Emmy van Deurzen, and most recently: An Existential Approach to Human Development’, which was published by Palgrave in 2018.
He has contributed to Case Studies in Existential Therapy and to the Wiley World Handbook for Existential Therapy. In his spare time, he is also a sculptor.
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[@the-youtube-therapist]

So much rich material, the first part had me listening with a smile. Everything was explained in such easy language. The second part though had me on the edge of my seat. More people need to listen to what you have to say! You’ve restored my faith in educational youtube clips. Thank you so much, much appreciated.

[@suedebotton7469]

I found this really interesting and especially the existential approach to human development and relating this to personal development and understanding and the existential approach. Thank you Susan de Botton

[@mummaga]

This has been my favourite presentation to date from the Weekend University. Such rich and complex topics and so well explained, that you have made them easily accessible to everyone. Thank you so much Martin Adams. I will be listening to this presentation again and recommending it to my friends.

[@esrasees]

I am so grateful to this channel. Love from Turkey.

[@amy5133]

Thank you for this. I found it so comforting & helpful. I had a few “oh yes” moments where I could apply what you said to my life & I could then see something from a new way. Thank you.

[@alfredhitchcock45]

What does it mean to be human What are we capable of Humanistic Psychology - Subjectivity Potential Human Potential Movement - 60’s Catharsis Development Existentialism 1. Existence precedes essence 2. Personal responsibility 3. Phenomenology Absurdity Facticity Sense of self Anxiety Freedom How living is done Spiritual process of continual becoming Sensation - Convention - Faith Aesthetic - Ethical - Religious God is dead Science killed God Afterlife and the weak - denigrating human power, mystifying weakness - slave Morality Do not trust anyone who says trusts me Ubermensch - over man Theory of Eternal Recurrence Fear of unlived life We are temporal beings Being in the world Authenticity Anxiety - inauthenticity Existential guilt Bad faith Original project

[@noahwhalen3398]

Nietzsche - bleh.

[@Ross_Embossed]

I hope you made plenty of money on the ads from this! Was it worth it to interrupt your lecture EVERY FIVE MINUTES??? Plain language? That broke down well before "hetero & homogeneous elderly" 💩