Existence (Master Work)

Absolute must-read for anyone working in the various fields of mental health. What has been lost in the industrialization of healing professions, and particularly through the medicalization of the soul, can be recaptured in this book.

An excellent book! And the ship speed is rather quick.

For those primarily interested in Rollo May's Introduction to this book, I believe it can also be found in his book "The Discovery of Being" Chapter 3 "Origins and Significance of Existential Psychology." The Discovery of Being: Writings in Existential Psychology

This book changed my life, back in my college days. The introductory essay by Rollo May is a revelation, accessible and profound at the same time. The rest of the book is unimportant. Of all the books I read in college and since, this one - that essay - has stayed with me. I highly recommend it.

Existence was the earliest introduction to the US of existencialism and existential psychology and we owe much of the development and growth of humanistic and existential psychology to Rollo May. The book is well written,and is of great historical and philosoical importance. This book is often mentioned as influential upon the work of Carl Rogers, Irving Yalom and others.

....the only piece worth having the book for is Rollo May's intro. The rest is badly written and highly jargonized psychology that pretends to be focused on the conditions of human existence but in fact goes all over the philosophical map, continually falling into valleys of unbelievable obscurity.

Really quite dense but well written