Existential therapy is a philosophy-informed approach to psychotherapy. It may help a person address mental health conditions such as existential anxiety and existential depression.

Components of existential therapy, including an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and finding a sense of meaning, are challenging to measure objectively in a research setting.

Existential therapy goes beyond individual change and is precisely what we need going into 2024. We’re facing global conflict, climate crises, and a United States election steeped in divisive ...