Date of Award

7-1978

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Edward DeRoche

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide an inquiry into the role and function of individual freedom and individual reality in the counseling situation. The scope and focus of this information will be based on an existential viewpoint as represented by Dr. Adrian van Kaam. The topic will be studied by reviewing material written by van Kaam in the areas of existential freedom, existent ial reality, and their implications on the relationship between the counselor and the client. According to van Kaam, "the aim of existential counseling is to make the client feel at home in his real world by reshaping his phenomenal world " (van Kaam, 1962, p. 403). The phenomenal world is taken to imply the world as perceived by the individual. By reviewing the opinions of van Kaam regarding the role of individual freedom and individual reality in the context of the counselor-client relationship, an existential viewpoint will emerge to highlight van Kaam's thoughts on the subject.

Comments

A Master's Essay submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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