Abstract

Reviews the book, Everyday mysteries: Existential dimensions of psychotherapy by Emmy van Deurzen-Smith . In this book, van Deurzen-Smith carefully crafts her own vision of the meaning and import of existential psychotherapy with wit, sophistication, and an enjoyable and lively style. However, van Deurzen-Smith's text more fully explicates the wide variety of philosophical and psychological sources that feed the existentialist tradition in psychotherapy. This book should serve admirably as an in-depth introduction to existential psychotherapy—both for those training in the field and those already established seeking more fruitful alternatives to more mainstream approaches. 2012 APA, all rights reserved)