IJSP Number 2, 2020

43 AN APPROACH TO EXISTENTIALISM IN SUPERVISION AND PSYCHOTHERAPY, A META-ANALYSIS PUPĂZAN Claudiu Marius 1 1 The Association of Integrative Research, Counselling and Psychotherapy (AIRCP), Romania Emails : claudiu.pupazan@yahoo.com Abstract The approach of existentialism and existential psychotherapy from the point of view of integrative-strategic psychotherapy is a special study object. Thus the implications of existentialism in the model of the self and implicitly in the therapeutic practice are emphasized. At the same time, case studies on therapeutic practice and the way in which existential-oriented psychotherapies are successful in cases where other therapeutic orientations are encountering difficulties, as well as a different perspective on problem-solving, are being analyzed. Also, in these case studies, the positive aspects that may be brought about by existential psychotherapy in other therapeutic orientations such as psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy, gestalt psychotherapy, transactional analysis, individual psychotherapy and others are disclosed. Existential problems can also be found in the supervision process of psychotherapy, but in different forms than those found in a therapeutic setting, as they will be present and manifested through the therapist rather than through the client. Key words : integrative psychotherapy, existential, supervision, case study, self-model, therapeutic practice 1. INTRODUCTION In this study, based on the analysis of other scientific papers on existentialism and its approach from a psychotherapeutic perspective, namely from the perspective of integrative strategic psychotherapy, it will be emphasized that existential psychotherapy can be a great addition for all current therapeutic orientations due to the fact that it brings a new factor in, which is not found in most of the therapeutic orientations. This factor is represented through the form of the four existential problems: freedom, responsibility, the meaning of life, and