Existential suffering in the face of death. Helping and hindering factors in the existential counseling and psychotherapy of people facing death KU Leuven
For centuries, people have pondered fundamental questions of life. Yalom describes four ultimate existential givens (death and life, connectedness and loneliness, freedom and responsibility, meaning and meaninglessness) which we all inevitably are challenged with in confrontation with death or other limit situations. The confrontation with those situations represents the pronounced possibility of becoming aware of one’s existence. ...