EMMY VAN DEURZEN

Diagrams for Structural Existential Analysis (SEA)

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EXISTENTIAL PHILOSOPHERSPhilosophers

of

Freedom

Phenomeno-logists

Existentialists Post-Structuralists

Existential- Humanists

Sðren Kierkegaard

1813-1855

Franz Brentano

1838-1917

Jean Paul Sartre

1905-1980

Michel Foucault

1926-1984

Martin Buber

1878-1965

Friedrich Nietzsche

1844-1900

Edmund Husserl

1859-1938

Maurice Merleau Ponty

1908-1961

Emmanuel Levinas

1905-1995

Paul Tillich

1886-1965

Arthur Schopenhauer

1788-1860

Karl Jaspers

1883-1969

Simone de Beauvoir

1908-1986

Paul Ricoeur

1913-2005

Rollo May

1909-1994

Fyodor Dostoyevski

1821-1881

Martin Heidegger

1889-1976

Gabriel Marcel

1889-1973

Jacques Lacan

1901-1981

Hannah Arendt

1906-1975

Karl Marx

1818-1883

Max Scheler

1874-1928

Albert Camus

1913-1960

Jacques Derrida

1930-2004

Abraham Maslow

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Existential PractitionersEarly psychiatrists

Humanistic

psychologists

British alternative

Recent Americans

Recent British

Ludwig Binswanger

1881-1966

Paul Tillich

1886-1965

George Kelly

1905-1967

James Bugental

1915-2008

Hans Cohn

1916-2004

Karl Jaspers

1883-1969

Carl Rogers

1902-1987

Aaron Esterson

1923-1999

Thomas Szasz

1920-

Freddie

Strasser

1924-2008

Eugene Minkowski

1885-1972

Rollo May

1909-1994

Ronald Laing

1927-1989

Irvin Yalom

1931-

Ernesto Spinelli

1949-

Medard Boss

1904-1990

Viktor Frankl

1905-1997

David Cooper

1931-1986

Kirk Schneider

1956-

Emmy van Deurzen

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1:Pride-confidence-arrogance1:Pride-confidence-arrogance

2:Jealousy-worry-vigilance2:Jealousy-worry-vigilance

3:Anger-hate-despair3:Anger-hate-despair

4:Fear-confusion-cowardice4:Fear-confusion-cowardice

5:Sorrow-misery-resignation5:Sorrow-misery-resignationShame-emptiness-guilt:7Shame-emptiness-guilt:7

Envy-curiosity-aspiration:8Envy-curiosity-aspiration:8

Hope-desire-resolve:9Hope-desire-resolve:9

Love-courage-commitment:10Love-courage-commitment:10

Joy-thrill-excitement:11Joy-thrill-excitement:11

6. Low/ Release 6. Low/ Release DespondencyDespondencyDepressionDepression

ExhilarationExhilarationHappiness Happiness 12:High/ 12:High/ TensionTension

UpUpgaingain

DownDownlossloss

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pridepride

jealousyjealousy

anger-anger-despairdespair

fearfear

sorrowsorrowshameshame

envyenvy

hope-hope-desiredesire

lovelove

joyjoy

SadnessSadnessLowLow

HappinessHappinessHighHigh

AnxietyAnxietyExcitementExcitementEngagementEngagement

DepressionDepressionDisappointmentDisappointmentDisengagementDisengagement

Compass of emotions

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GreedGreed

StinginessStinginess

FrustrationFrustration

DisgustDisgust

PainPainNeedNeed

CravingCraving

ExcitemenExcitementt

LustLust

PleasurePleasure

DeprivationDeprivationEmptinessEmptiness

SatisfactionSatisfactionFullnessFullness

GainGainSurvivalSurvival

LossLossThreatThreat

Compass of Physical Sensation

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CareCare

JealousyJealousy

AngerAnger

FearFear

RejectionRejectionShameShame

EnvyEnvy

ApprovalApproval

LoveLove

AcceptanceAcceptance

IsolationIsolationSeparatenessSeparateness

BelongingBelongingOnenessOneness

EngagementEngagement DisengagementDisengagement

Compass of Social Feeling

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SuperioritySuperiority

StubbornnessStubbornness

DefianceDefiance

DeflationDeflation

HumiliationHumiliationInferiorityInferiority

AnxietyAnxiety

CourageCourage

CommitmentCommitment

ConfidenceConfidence

ImperfectionImperfectionWeaknessWeakness

PerfectionPerfectionStrengthStrength

SuccessSuccess FailureFailure

Compass of Personal Thinking

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PridePride

PrudencePrudence

WrathWrath

ResignationResignation

DisillusionmentDisillusionmentGuiltGuilt

AspirationAspiration

HopeHope

ResolutenessResoluteness

BlissBliss

FutilityFutilityAbsurdityAbsurdity

Meaning Meaning PurposePurpose

GoodGood EvilEvil

Compass of Spiritual Intuition

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Four dimensions of life.

1.Physical: Umwelt

2.Social: Mitwelt

3.Personal: Eigenwelt

4.Spiritual: Uberwelt

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Spiritual:Integrate what has happened in world view

Improve rather than give up values, beliefs, purpose, meaning.Stick with what is true but transcend values.

Personal:Allow the event to strengthen your character

Express thoughts and memories. Regain a sense of freedom in relation to adversity.Learn to yield as well as to be resolute.

Social:Seek to go beyond hateful and destructive relations by isolation and avoidance till

Reconciliation is possible. Seek belonging with like minded allies.Communicate your emotions without reproach, resentment, bitterness.

Physical:

Seek safety when under threat. Trust and heed sensations of stress. Find natural environment that can soothe as

well as expand your horizons.

Living with conflict and trauma

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Umwelt Mitwelt Eigenwelt Uberwelt

Physicalsurvival

Nature Things Body Cosmos

Socialaffiliation

Public Others Ego Culture

Personalidentity

Private Me Self Consciousness

Spiritualmeaning

Sacred God Soul Transcendence

Different dimensions of the four spheres of existence

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Desires Fears

Physical Life

pleasure

Death

pain

Social Love

belonging

Hate

isolation

Personal Identity

integrity

Freedom

disintegration

Spiritual Good

purpose

Evil

futility

Dimensions of Human Existence

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  DESIRES FEARS VALUES

PHYSICAL life death vitality

SOCIAL love hate reciprocity

PERSONAL identity freedom integrity

SPIRITUAL good evil transparency

Human values rediscovered.

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Minkowski’s idea of time

Present

Remote Past

Mediate Past

Immediate Past

Immediate Future

Mediate Future

Remote Future

Time Zones

• Present: zone of activity, which includes all the other zones of time

• Remote past: zone of the obsolete and of history, including one’s own life myths

• Mediate past: zone of loss and regret • Immediate past: zone of remorse or grief• Immediate future: zone of expectation • Mediate future: zone of wish and hope or dread and

anxiety. • Remote future: zone of prayer and ethical action and

also of ultimate meaning of life.

Difficulties on four dimensions

physicaphysicall

socialsocial personalpersonal spiritualspiritual

DeficitDeficit DifferenceDifference DilemmaDilemma DisorientatioDisorientationn

DiseaseDisease DiscordDiscord Deception Deception (self)(self)

DelusionDelusion

DesireDesire DominancDominancee

DisappointmDisappointmentent

DoubtDoubt

DependencDependencee

DishonestyDishonesty DreadDread DebtDebt

Dis-Dis-embodimenembodimentt

Dis-Dis-engagemeengagementnt

DespondencyDespondency DissolutionDissolution

DeathDeath DestructioDestructionn

DistressDistress DespairDespair

Edmund Husserl 1859-1938

• Phenomenology

• Wesenschau: to things themselves.

• Intentionality (Franz Brentano).

• Intuition:question natural attitude.

• Knowledge begins with experience.

• Bracketing assumptions.

Assumptions and prejudice

• We are always making sense of the world, we can never be free of our assumptions.

• In order to get a more accurate picture of the world, we need to understand how we make sense of it.

• By attending – just noticing, describing – not explaining, and not pre-judging, we can get a better idea of our assumptions.

• Existential coaching is a phenomenological research project for both coach and client.

Phenomenological Method

I. Phenomenological reduction• Noesis

II. Eidetic reduction• Noema

III. Transcendental reduction• Cogito

Intentionality

• Cogito(subject):transcendental reduction• Noesis(process):phenomenological reduction• Noema(object):eidetic reduction

I.Phenomenological reduction

1. Noesis.

2. Epoche: suspend assumptions.

3. Description.

4. Horizontalization.

5. Equalization.

6. Verification.

II. Eidetic Reduction

1. Noema.

2. Abschattungen:profiles.

3. Wesenschau: looking for essences.

4. Genetic constitution (vs. static).

5. Universals beyond the properties.

III. Transcendental reduction

– 1. Cogito.– 2. Transcendental ego.– 3. Solipsism overcome.– 4. Horizon of intentionality.– 5. Self as point zero.– 4. Transcendental intersubjectivity.

Work with bias.

Become aware of bias: Personal outlook, Assumptions, Beliefs, Prejudice, Blind spots.