Crosstalk between Existential Phenomenological Psychotherapy and Neurological Science in Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Preprints.org March 24, 2021 Lehel Balogh, Masaru Tanaka, Nóra Török et al. 22 citations preprint
Existential phenomenological psychotherapy (EPP) helps people with mood and anxiety disorders find meaning and purpose in life. This narrative review describes EPP's development from the works of Heidegger, Binswanger, Boss, and Frankl, its therapeutic methods, and evidence for its effectiveness. The authors argue that EPP can work synergistically with medication-based treatments for these disorders. They also discuss how neuroscience currently understands mood and anxiety disorders and propose a path to integrate meaning-centered psychotherapy with neuroscience, despite the two fields remaining polarized.