“The individual who is always adjusted is one who does not develop himself...” - Dabrowski, Kawczak, & Piechowski, 1970
Existential Therapy
Therapy makes use of positive anxiety and assists a person in finding meaning and purpose in life. Anxiety and unease is a good thing. Anytime we grow or change we are temporarily destabilized. In order to grow, old ways of being must be deconstructed and new ways built. Dabrowski speaks in depth about the process of positive disintegration and the development of the personality based on innate sensitivities which make one more prone to this destabilizing/restabilizing process.
