The Discovery of Being

Writings in Existential Psychology

Author: Rollo May

He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation, and to our search for stability in an age of anxiety.

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Summary

He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation, and to our search for stability in an age of anxiety.

Description

Rollo May draws on the insights of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, and other great thinkers to offer a helpful roadmap of the ideas and techniques of existential psychotherapy. He pays particular attention to the causes of loneliness and isolation, and to our search for stability in an age of anxiety.

Critic Reviews

“"Clear, accurate, and interesting. There is no better short introduction to the existential approach to psychology."”

-- Dallas Morning News
"A brisk, clear, popular introduction to existential psychology/psychotherapy. . . [Rollo May] makes a good case for it as a pragmatically broad and flexible method. . . . A solid, stimulating presentation." -- Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Rollo May (1909-1994) taught at Harvard, Princeton, and Yale, and was Regents' Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. An influential psychologist, he was the best-selling author of Love and Will, as well as the author of The Courage to Create, Man's Search for Himself, The Meaning of Anxiety, and Psychology and the Human Dilemma.