International Journal of Existential Psychology & Psychotherapy
About the International Journal of Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy (IJEPP) IJEPP is the official organ of the International Society for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy (ISEPP). It is published online at http://www.existentialpsychology.org and is accessible for free for its first year of publication. After that it will be available only to members of INPM/ISEPP and subsribers of IJEPP. Individual articles may be purchased online by non-members and non-subscribers. Once a year IJEPP publishes selected papers in hardcopy format. About ISEPP The International Society for Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy (ISEPP) is the first professional division of the International Network on Personal Meaning (INPM). Mission The mission of ISEPP is to advance existential psychology and psychotherapy as one of the major forces within mainstream psychology.
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The broad umbrella will encompass humanistic-existential psychology, existential-phenomenological psychology, logotherapy and existential analysis, integrative meaning-centred counselling, and various forms of narrative, social constructionist psychology and therapy. Membership Professional membership with ISEPP is restricted to individuals with a minimum of a Masters degree from a regionally accredited institution or with a Diplomat status from a recognized professional organization. Student membership with ISEPP requires that the individual is an undergraduate or graduate student with a regionally accredited institution. It is incumbent upon the student to provide proof of enrollment. Professional membership costs $60 CDN ($40 USD) per year, while student membership is $20 CDN ($15 USD). Membership can be purchased online, after completing the registration form at www.meaning.ca, or by completing a printed membership application. For more information, please contact the Membership Secretary (membership@meaning.ca).
Its objectives are to: 1. Promote the development of human sciences and the study of human experiences. 2. Provide a forum, through its journals and conferences, for the exchange and cross-fertilization or ideas. 3. Facilitate international cooperation and synergism. 4. Improve the human condition through the application of existential psychology and therapy. 5. Serve as an umbrella organization for the larger existential community.
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Relationship to the International Network on Personal Meaning ISEPP is a division of INPM until such time when it is strong enough to achieve an independent status, i.e., has its own charter, charitable status and elected officers. At that time, the ISEPP will remain a sister organization in partnership with INPM. For the time being, ISEPP will be managed by the existing Executive Committee and overseen by the Official Board of INPM.
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Background on the International Network on Personal Meaning As a multidisciplinary, learned society, INPM is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge on the vital role of meaning in mental/physical health, spiritual development, and peace-making. What is unique about INPM is that it combines an appreciation for the importance of research with a strong emphasis on the need for public education and community service. INPM believes that high quality and cutting edge scientific research on the role of meaning in major life domains, such as work and vocation, health and illness, life and death, peace and conflict, can contribute significantly to higher and professional education. INPM also firmly believes that it can have a lasting impact on public policies and the well being of individuals and communities through broad, public dissemination of its research findings and solutions. Founded by Paul T. P. Wong in 1998, housed in Langley, British Columbia, and incorporated as a non-profit, charitable organization with the Federal Government of Canada in 2001, INPM has attracted close to 300 members with professional qualifications from over 30 countries. Although the majority of its members are psychologists and counsellors, other professions, such as medicine, nursing, hospice workers, clergy, social work, education, and management are also represented. INPM is non-partisan, non-religious and non-governmental. It is funded entirely by membership dues, donations, and revenue from conference events. It is governed by an Official Board and an Executive Committee. Most of the activities of the INPM are carried out by volunteers, who share INPM's
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vision for the betterment of the human condition through meaning.
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Editor-in-Chief Paul T. P. Wong, Ph.D.....................................................Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
Managing Editor Derrick Klaassen, M.A. ...................................................Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
Editors Salvatore Maddi, Ph.D......................................................................... University of California, Irvine,USA Personality Research and Existential Psychotherapy Ernesto Spinelli, Ph.D.................................................................................... Regent's College, London, UK Existential-Phenomenological Psychotherapy Dmitry Leontiev, Ph.D............................................................... Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Motivational Psychology & Eastern Europe Alfried L채ngle, M.D., Ph.D ............. Intl. Society for Logotherapy & Existential Analysis, Vienna, Austria Logotherapy & Existential Analysis Gerald Finch, Ph.D. ................................................ Universidad Internacional del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador Existential Psychology, Logotherapy & South America
Book Review Editor Marvin McDonald, Ph.D..................................................Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
Editorial Board Adam Blatner, M.D......................................................................... Private Practice, Georgetown, TX, USA Karel Balcar, Ph.D. ...................................................................Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic Christine Bruun, Ph.D........................................................................ Rockford College, Rockford, IL, USA Chen Yu-His, Ph.D. ....................................................... Fo Guang University, Jiaushi Shiang, Ilan, Taiwan Mick Cooper, Ph.D. ............................................................................................ University of Brighton, UK Brian Cunningham, Ph.D. ............................................................. Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, ON, Canada Rich Furman, Ph.D. ..................................................................................... University of Omaha, NB, USA Amadeo Giorgi, Ph.D. .............................................................Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA Ken Hart, Ph.D.......................................................................................University of Windsor, ON, Canada Josephine Hauer, Ed.D........................................... Center for Character and Culture, New York, NY, USA Marnin Heisel, Ph.D. .............................................................................. University of Rochester, NY, USA Susan James, Ph.D. ...............................................University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Deborah Khoshaba, Psy.D. .......................................................... Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA George Kunz, Ph.D. .........................................................................................Seattle University, WA, USA Robert Leark, Ph.D. .................................................. Alliant International University, Alhambra, CA, USA Alan Parry, Ph.D. .................................................................................... University of Calgary, AB, Canada Gary Reker, Ph.D.....................................................................Trent University, Peterborough, ON, Canada Brent Dean Robbins, Ph.D............................................................. Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, USA Brent Slife, Ph.D. ....................................................................Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA Stefan Schulenberg, Ph.D. .......................................................University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA Kirk Schneider, Ph.D. ..............................................................Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA Rich Tedeschi, Ph.D. ............................................................. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA Sandra Thomas, Ph.D. .................................................................University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA Jens Zimmermann, Ph.D..................................................Trinity Western University, Langley, BC, Canada
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Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2004 Existential Psychology for the 21st Century EDITORIAL Existential Psychology for the 21st Century.....................................................................................1 Paul T. P. Wong, Editor in Chief SELECTED PROCEEDINGS: SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSONAL MEANING: FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY AND JUSTICE, JULY 18-21, 2002 Religious Discourse in Psychotherapy ............................................................................................3 Alvin C. Dueck & Kevin Reimer Good Work: Where Excellence & Ethics Meet .............................................................................16 Howard Gardner The Search for Meaning in Life and the Existential Fundamental Motivations ...........................28 Alfried Längle The Role of Hardiness and Religiosity in Depression and Anger .................................................38 Salvatore Maddi What “Expert” Therapists Do: A Constructive Narrative Perspective.........................................50 Donald Meichenbaum Hell Is Other People: A Sartrean View of Conflict Resolution .....................................................56 Ernesto Spinelli On Responsibility Inferences and the Perceived Moral Person ....................................................66 Bernard Weiner ESSAY We’re All in this Together: The Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Conscience....................74 Alan Parry COMMENTARIES Fruits With(out) Roots? Comments on Paul Wong’s Editorial .....................................................92 Karel Balcar Reflections on Developental Growth and Well-Being: A Response to Paul T. P. Wong’s Editorial.......................................................................95 Christine Bruun
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Existential Maturity: Wong’s “Existential Psychology for the 21st Century” ...............................97 Susan James & Gary Foster Objectives of Existential Psychology and Existential Psychotherapy: Answering Paul Wong’s introduction to IJEPP.............................................................................99 Alfried Längle Existential Psychology as a Response to the Challenges of the 21st Century..............................103 Dmitry Leontiev The Importance of a Systematically Existential Approach: Response to Paul T. P. Wong’s Editorial.....................................................................................106 Salvatore R. Maddi Supplementary Elements of a Comprehensive Existential Psychology: A Response to Paul T. P. Wong’s Editorial.................................................................................107 Thomas Mengel An Existentialism of Hope: A Response to the Editorial by PaulWong......................................109 Alan Parry Challenges and Opportunities:Response to Paul T.P. Wong’s editorial, Existential Psychology for the 21st Century ................................................................111 Gary T. Reker The Question of “Method” for Existential Psychology: A Response to Paul T. P. Wong ..........113 Brent Dean Robbins A Response to Paul Wong’s Editorial .........................................................................................117 Kirk J. Schneider Empirical Research and Meaning: A Response to Paul T. P. Wong’s Editorial .........................118 Stephan E. Schulenberg Elaborating an Exceptional Vision for Existential Psychology: A Response to Paul T. P. Wong’s Editorial: “Existential Psychology for the 21st Century” ..............................120 Brent D. Slife A Response to Dr. Paul Wong’s Editorial ...................................................................................122 Ernesto Spinelli
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