Comprehending the experience of being anxious

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Main Author: Alberto Mario de Castro
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad del Norte 2004
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contents Comprehending the experience of being anxious Alberto Mario de Castro Psicología meaning being anxious Experience of anxiety existential psychology existential psychotherapy In this article, it is offered a theoretical reflection about the experience ofbeing anxious, which is based on both the results of a qualitative researchwith a phenomenological orientation about the same theme, and thetheoretical ideas of the existential phenomenological perspective inpsychology. In this sense, this article gives a possibility of understandingthat emphasizes and point out to the need of comprehending the experienceof being anxious, before looking for a theoretical explanation about it. Themain idea is that in order to understand the way people assume and confrontthe experience of being anxious, we have to be capable of grasping themeaning of this experience for the person who is experiencing it, fromboth her/his existential structure and her/his own experiential perspective.In this way, it is understood that if we are totally contextualized about oneperson’s experience, we could offer and develop theories, explanations, andtechniques that attend and are specifically focused on that person and her/his concrete needs, instead of attending to our own theoretical and technicalneeds. 2004 artículo científico 0123-417X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21301304 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=213 Psicología desde el Caribe application/pdf Universidad del Norte Psicología desde el Caribe (Colombia) Num.13
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spellingShingle Comprehending the experience of being anxious
Alberto Mario de Castro
Psicología
meaning
being anxious
Experience of anxiety
existential psychology
existential psychotherapy
Comprehending the experience of being anxious Alberto Mario de Castro Psicología meaning being anxious Experience of anxiety existential psychology existential psychotherapy In this article, it is offered a theoretical reflection about the experience ofbeing anxious, which is based on both the results of a qualitative researchwith a phenomenological orientation about the same theme, and thetheoretical ideas of the existential phenomenological perspective inpsychology. In this sense, this article gives a possibility of understandingthat emphasizes and point out to the need of comprehending the experienceof being anxious, before looking for a theoretical explanation about it. Themain idea is that in order to understand the way people assume and confrontthe experience of being anxious, we have to be capable of grasping themeaning of this experience for the person who is experiencing it, fromboth her/his existential structure and her/his own experiential perspective.In this way, it is understood that if we are totally contextualized about oneperson’s experience, we could offer and develop theories, explanations, andtechniques that attend and are specifically focused on that person and her/his concrete needs, instead of attending to our own theoretical and technicalneeds. 2004 artículo científico 0123-417X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21301304 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=213 Psicología desde el Caribe application/pdf Universidad del Norte Psicología desde el Caribe (Colombia) Num.13
title Comprehending the experience of being anxious
topic Psicología
meaning
being anxious
Experience of anxiety
existential psychology
existential psychotherapy
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=21301304