323CHAPTER 11
May: Existential
Psychology
⬥ Overview of Existential Psychology
⬥ Biography of Rollo May
⬥ Background of Existentialism
What Is Existentialism?
Basic Concepts⬥ The Case of Philip
⬥ Anxiety
Normal Anxiety
Neurotic Anxiety⬥ Guilt
⬥ Intentionality
⬥ Care, Love, and Will
Union of Love and Will
Forms of Love⬥ Freedom and Destiny
Freedom Defined
Forms of Freedom
What Is Destiny?
Philip’s Destiny⬥ The Power of Myth
⬥ Psychopathology
⬥ Psychotherapy
⬥ (^) Related Research
Threats in the Umwelt: Mortality Salience and Denial
of Our Animal Nature
Finding Meaning in the Mitwelt: Attachment and
Close Relationships
Growth in the Eigenwelt: There Is an Upside to
Mortality Awareness
⬥ (^) Critique of May
⬥ (^) Concept of Humanity
⬥ (^) Key Terms and Concepts
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