Structural Existential Analysis

Auteur

Emmy van Deurzen is a philosopher and psychologist who has practiced as an existential therapist for over fifty years. She is the author of many well-known books and co-founder and director of the Existential Academy, London, UK.

Claire Arnold-Baker is a counselling psychologist and existential therapist and Principal of NSPC, London, UK. She specialises in researching and working with mothers and supervising doctoral research in this and other related areas.

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Structural Existential Analysis (SEA) is a qualitative research method, which uses an existential-phenomenological framework that has been developed through decades of therapeutic and research practice. This book describes the method of SEA and how to apply it to qualitative research.

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Part 1: Theory 1. Existential Philosophy and its Importance for Research 2. The Phenomenological Attitude in SEA 3. Designing Structural Existential Analysis Research 4. Designing, Conducting and Recording an In-Depth Existential Research Dialogue (ERD) Part 2: Application 5. The Filter of TIME 6. The Filter of SPACE - The Four Dimensions of Existence 7. The Filter of PARADOX 8. The Filter of PURPOSE - The filter of our values and beliefs 9. The Filter of PASSION 10. Synthesis