DEDICATED TO DEVELOPING HEALTHY
INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES,
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
"Great friends make great neighborhoods.
Great neighborhoods make great cities.
Great cities make great nations.
Great nations make a great world."
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CHM's PHILOSOPHY
Existential philosophers and therapists like Soren Kierkegaard, Martin Buber, Rollo May, Viktor Frankl and Irvin Yalom have addressed the meaning of suffering, life and death. They emphasized the need to be transparent and to experience a direct encounter with reality during each session. Their source of understanding emanates from an awareness and belief that humanity must encounter something greater than itself to achieve meaning in life. Existential social workers emphasize five central themes: disillusionment and self-deception, discovering the meaning of suffering, freedom of choice and accompanying responsibility, centrality of dialogue for personal identity and growth, and personal commitment and integrity.
Existential philosophers and therapists like Soren Kierkegaard, Martin Buber, Rollo May, Viktor Frankl and Irvin Yalom have addressed the meaning of suffering, life and death. They emphasized the need to be transparent and to experience a direct encounter with reality during each session. Their source of understanding emanates from an awareness and belief that humanity must encounter something greater than itself to achieve meaning in life. Existential social workers emphasize five central themes: disillusionment and self-deception, discovering the meaning of suffering, freedom of choice and accompanying responsibility, centrality of dialogue for personal identity and growth, and personal commitment and integrity.
To this end, existential social work focuses on the use of family, significant others, neighborhoods and communities to clarify issues and identify potential solutions. The ideal outcome is the movement towards a sense of personal and group destiny. The counselor’s personal and spiritual integrity demand that she maintain an acute self-awareness and assessment of the client’s desire to change during the process. It is esssential to establish a clear understanding of expectations, goals, maintain confidentiality and adhere to timelines. All parties are accountable to one another.