Evaluation Research Problems in Existential Psychotherapy with Couples and Families

Abstract

In existential psychotherapy with couples and families, practitioners demonstrate and report great suspicion for traditional empirical, evaluation, research methods. In this article, the authors review the major reasons for such suspicion from an existential point of view and outline the components of the “participation report,” which is often used by existential psychotherapists in their knowledge building efforts in practice with couples and families.