In this episode, we talk about what existential psychotherapy is. We delve into the importance of claiming responsibility for one's life and self and recognising our freedom in all of it. We talk about love, the fear of love, and why love may be challenging for the quarter lives. And much much more... 

Farah el Miligui is a doctoral candidate of counselling psychology based in London. Her clinical experience spans cultures, age groups and settings. Her passion for philosophy and existential therapy started when she was introduced to existentialism in one of her undergraduate courses on the psychology of dreams. Her research is centred around social anxiety in the ‘information age’. She believes that life will inevitably present individuals with suffering and sees symptoms as manifestations of ‘problems with living’ instead of diagnoses. Some of the thinkers who have influenced her within clinical work are Albert Camus, Soren Kierkegaard and Rollo May. She is particularly drawn to the work of Irvin Yalom and Emmy Van Deurzen. Farah has a passion for cross-cultural work and is eager to bridge the research divide within psychology beyond the Western scientist-practitioner model.

This Episode is in English. 

Book recommendations mentioned in this episode: 
The Courage to Create by Rollo May 
Love and Will by Rollo May 

For more about Farah, go to www.counsellingwithfarah.com or @therapywithfarah on Instagram. 

For more about Dear Quarter Lives, go to www.dearquarterlives.com or @dearquarterlives.com. 

To contact  Shahinda Abdalla, you can go to @shahindabdalla or email [email protected]