Michael Worrell, PhD, is Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust where he leads the Central London CBT Training Centre. He is an accredited CBT Therapist, Supervisor, Trainer with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and a registered Existential therapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

• About the Author ixContributors xAcknowledgements xiPreface xiii1 Introduction 1Part 1 Existential Philosophy, Psychology and Therapy 132 Existential Philosophy 153 Existential Psychology 354 Existential Therapies—Theory 555 Existential Practice 74Part 2 Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies 916 Beckian Cognitive Therapy 937 Schema Therapies—The Depths of Meaning 1138 Constructivist, Narrative and Postmodern CBT 1309 Mindfulness, Acceptance and the Third Wave of CBT 14810 CBT and Existential Psychology—Convergence and Divergence 169Part 3 Existential Challenges and Contributions 18911 The Therapeutic Relationship 19112 Anxiety, Possibility, Uncertainty 21013 Dreaming and Describing 22714 Towards an Existentially Attuned CBT 243Part 4 Dialogues on CBT and Existential Psychology 26115 Thomas Heidenreich and Alexander Noyon 26316 Ernesto Spinelli 277References 298Index 317

Michael Worrell, PhD, is Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust where he leads the Central London CBT Training Centre. He is an accredited CBT Therapist, Supervisor, Trainer with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and a registered Existential therapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

• About the Author ixContributors xAcknowledgements xiPreface xiii1 Introduction 1Part 1 Existential Philosophy, Psychology and Therapy 132 Existential Philosophy 153 Existential Psychology 354 Existential Therapies—Theory 555 Existential Practice 74Part 2 Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies 916 Beckian Cognitive Therapy 937 Schema Therapies—The Depths of Meaning 1138 Constructivist, Narrative and Postmodern CBT 1309 Mindfulness, Acceptance and the Third Wave of CBT 14810 CBT and Existential Psychology—Convergence and Divergence 169Part 3 Existential Challenges and Contributions 18911 The Therapeutic Relationship 19112 Anxiety, Possibility, Uncertainty 21013 Dreaming and Describing 22714 Towards an Existentially Attuned CBT 243Part 4 Dialogues on CBT and Existential Psychology 26115 Thomas Heidenreich and Alexander Noyon 26316 Ernesto Spinelli 277References 298Index 317

Michael Worrell, PhD, is Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Central and North West London Mental Health Foundation Trust where he leads the Central London CBT Training Centre. He is an accredited CBT Therapist, Supervisor, Trainer with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and a registered Existential therapist with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

• About the Author ixContributors xAcknowledgements xiPreface xiii1 Introduction 1Part 1 Existential Philosophy, Psychology and Therapy 132 Existential Philosophy 153 Existential Psychology 354 Existential Therapies—Theory 555 Existential Practice 74Part 2 Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies 916 Beckian Cognitive Therapy 937 Schema Therapies—The Depths of Meaning 1138 Constructivist, Narrative and Postmodern CBT 1309 Mindfulness, Acceptance and the Third Wave of CBT 14810 CBT and Existential Psychology—Convergence and Divergence 169Part 3 Existential Challenges and Contributions 18911 The Therapeutic Relationship 19112 Anxiety, Possibility, Uncertainty 21013 Dreaming and Describing 22714 Towards an Existentially Attuned CBT 243Part 4 Dialogues on CBT and Existential Psychology 26115 Thomas Heidenreich and Alexander Noyon 26316 Ernesto Spinelli 277References 298Index 317