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Who Do I Want t o Be? An Exist ent ial Approach t o

Advising Explorat ory St udent s

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EXISTENTIAL TECHNIQUES

⊡Rollo May (1983): “The impor tant thing is to be ex istential.”

t he end.

ORIGINS OF APPROACH

What is existential ism? Jean-Paul Sar tr e: “The Humanism of Existential ism” (1946) ● E ssentialism

○ E ach per son has an essence accor ding to w hich the per son lives.

○ T he per son’s essence pr ecedes ex istence.

● E x istentialism : E x istence

pr ecedes essence.

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“ Man exists, turns up, appears on the scene,

and only afterwards, defines himself. ...at fir st he is nothing. Only afterward wil l he be something, and he himself wil l have made

what he wil l be.

Jean Paul Sar tr e “The Humanism of Existential ism” (1946)

IMPLICATIONS

“Man is fr eedom” (Sar tr e 1946).

past choices

pot ent ial choices/ act ions

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IMPLICATIONS

“Man is fr eedom” (Sar tr e 1946).

past choices

pot ent ial choices/ act ions

w hen & w here of exist ence

(Heidegger)

EVERYDAYNESS

parent s

f riends

books

phone

t eachers

house

job

MAJOR

Mar tin Heidegger : Being and Time (1927)

EVERYDAY SELF = THEY- SELF

AUTHENTICITY

parent s

f riends

books

phone

t eachers

house

job

MAJOR

“ Along with the sober anxiety which br ings us

face to face with our individualized potentiality-for -Being, there goes an

unshakable joy in this possibil i ty.

Mar tin Heidegger Being and Time (1927)

ROLE IN COUNSELING

Rollo May: The Discovery of Being (1983) ● Understanding follows technique -vs-

technique follows understanding ● E x istentialism pr ovides a “contex t for

ther apy.” ● Be an ex istentialist

○ Fr am e anx iety ○ Question in ter m s of being and

potentiality ○ V ar y technique in accor dance w ith

ex istential pr inciples

ROLE IN COUNSELING

Ir vin Yalom: Existential Psychotherapy (1980)

R ole of the ex istential ther apist: ● K now the client as deeply as possible

● Oper ate in the her e-and-now

● Discer n m eaning

● R efocusing and the locus of contr ol

WHY INCORPORATE IN ADVISING?

WHY INCORPORATE IN ADVISING

quest ion of m ajor

quest ion of

exist ence

w hat do I w ant t o do

w it h m y life?

WHY INCORPORATE IN ADVISING

What do I w ant t o do?

Doing = Being

Who do I w ant t o be?

HOW INCORPORATE IN ADVISING?

?

EXISTENTIAL ADVISING

? 1. Frame the question

EXISTENTIAL ADVISING

2. Teach the theory

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ANXIETY

an opport unit y for self - insight

EXISTENTIAL ADVISING

exist ence precedes essence

past choices

pot ent ial choices / act ions

act ion creat es essence

EXISTENTIAL ADVISING

3. Create space for r ef lection

SPACE FOR REFLECTION

⊡Unconditional posi tive r egard

⊡Open-ended meetings

⊡Self-disclosure

⊡Here-and-now feedback

⊡Bibl iotherapy

EXISTENTIAL ADVISING

4. Take a “bottom-up” approach

CAREER

job

degree

int ernship

m ajor

classes

“ There are two ways you can think about your career . One is a paint-by-numbers approach. In that way you’re tr ying to create this picture. You

have this toolbox of all the different colors, and you go about it systematically knowing all along what the picture is going to be. That’s the path of least resistence. I l ike it the other way. The ‘connect the dots’ apporach, where you star t off with one idea, or a convict ion, something

that really grabs you. Then you take the next logical step. You learn more about it , you learn more about yourself, and then you take the next logical step. You’re not sure what the picture is going to look l ike when

you’re in the beginning phases, but as you proceed, you gain speed… You m ay not know wher e you’r e going to end up, but you ’r e conf i dent that i t ’s a good place, and that the f i nal pi ctur e w i l l be beaut i fu l .

“Li fe is Linear Only in the Rearview Mir r or ” Gebhard et al., (2015)

5.

TAKE ACTION

EXISTENTIAL TECHNIQUES

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REFERENCES

⊡ Gebhard, N., McAll ister , B., & Mar r iner , M. (2015). Roadmap: The get-it-together guide for figur ing out what to do with your l i fe. Chr onicle B ook s.

⊡ H eidegger , M . (1962). Being and t ime (J. M acquar r ie & E . R obinson, T r ans.). N ew Yor k , N Y: H ar per Per ennial M oder n T hought.

⊡ M ay, R . (1983). The discovery of being: Wr it ings in existential psychology. N ew Yor k , N Y: W .W . N or ton & Com pany.

⊡ N ietzsche, F . (1882). “T he Gay Science.” I n C. Guignon & D. Per eboom (E ds.), Existential ism: Basic Wr it ings, 2001 (Second ed., pp. 290-308). I ndianapolis, I N : H ack ett Publishing Com pany.

⊡ R oger s, C. R . (1995). On becoming a person: A therapist 's view of psychotherapy. B oston, M A: H oughton M ifflin.

⊡ Sar tr e, J. (1946). “T he H um anism of ex istentialism .” I n C. Guignon & D. Per eboom (E ds.), Existential ism: Basic Wr it ings, 2001 (Second ed., pp. 290-308). I ndianapolis, I N : H ack ett Publishing Com pany.

⊡ Yalom , I . D. (1980). Existential psychotherapy. Yalom Fam ily T r ust. ⊡ Ar tw or k by E x istentialCom ics and Stick m enw ithm ar tinies ⊡ Pr esentation tem plate by SlidesCar nival ⊡ I cons by Unsplash