Existential psychotherapy is rooted in the European tradition of existential philosophy.
Existential philosophers include Husserl and Heidegger, who were German, and Camus …

Intervention in Palliative Care aims to provide physical, psychosocial, and spiritual relief for
patients and family members. Brief interventions with a psycho-existential approach have …

Abstract Objective To compare Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy-Palliative Care
(IMCP-PC) to counselling-based psychotherapy in patients receiving home palliative care …

For those of us immersed in the care of advanced cancer patients in the palliative care
setting, their experiences of suffering and despair are all too familiar. We hear their stories of …

Medical and psychological discourse on end-of-life care has steadily shifted over the years
from focusing primarily on symptom control and pain management to incorporating more …

BACKGROUND Patients with advanced cancer have high rates of psychological distress,
including depression, anxiety, and spiritual despair. This study examined the effectiveness …

Among the advanced cancer population, existential concerns are major issues which
promote significant distress. For those patients who are in fact facing death, meaning and …

Objective: Many cancer patients report changes in how they experience meaning in life and
being confronted with life's limitations, understanding themselves as being vulnerable, finite …

An increasingly important concern for clinicians who care for advanced cancer patients is
their spiritual well‐being and sense of meaning in the face of death. The ability to sustain a …

Purpose Spiritual well-being and sense of meaning are important concerns for clinicians
who care for patients with cancer. We developed Individual Meaning-Centered …