Context: the author's life as an existential experiment -- How philosophy becomes therapy -- Essential concepts and themes in theory and therapy -- Existential counseling and psychotherapy : strategies, qualities, and methods -- The centrality of resistance in counseling and therapy -- Using all the data: how do therapists know what they know? -- The four epigenetic phases of psychotherapy -- Show me the evidence! What is the proof that existential therapy works? -- Beyond the I-Thou dyad: group, couple, and family therapy -- Gender and culture in existential therapy -- Life transitions and existential psychotherapy -- An existential case study.