The purpose of this study is to develop an existential group counseling program for those who want to actualize and fulfil one's potential. The existential approach in counseling emphasizes that we are not the passive victims of life, for we do make c...
The purpose of this study is to develop an existential group counseling program for those who want to actualize and fulfil one's potential. The existential approach in counseling emphasizes that we are not the passive victims of life, for we do make choices and do have the power to change major aspects of our lives as we struggle toward a more authentic existence.
This program is made up eight parts. In each part, you can experience to leavn key concepts, to exercise them and to discuss and evaluate the experience of each part.
Eight parts of this program:
Part Ⅰ, self-introduction and establishing trustful relationship
Part Ⅱ, encounter of I and Thou
Part Ⅲ, self-awareness
Part Ⅳ, awareness of freedom, choice, and responsibility
Part Ⅴ, self-growth through crisis and anxiety
Part Ⅵ, creation of meaning and value
Part Ⅷ, meaning of death
Part Ⅶ, concluding the program: evaluation of self-growth and program.
This program may come into effect to those who want to actualize and fulfil one's potential. Although this program has much to offer people who function socially and psychologically at a relatively high level, it has limitations in its applicability to clients who function at low levels, to those in crisis state, and often to the poor.