Daseinsanalysis
E895699
Heideggerian psychotherapy
existential psychotherapy
phenomenological psychotherapy
psychotherapeutic approach
Daseinsanalysis is an existential-phenomenological approach to psychotherapy that applies Martin Heidegger’s concept of Dasein to understand patients’ being-in-the-world.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Daseinsanalysis canonical | 10 |
| Daseinsanalyse | 2 |
| Daseinsanalytic psychiatry | 1 |
| Daseinsanalytic psychotherapy | 1 |
| Psychoanalysis and Daseinsanalysis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10947796 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daseinsanalysis Context triple: [Ludwig Binswanger, movement, Daseinsanalysis]
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The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology is Edmund Husserl’s late major work that critiques the foundations of modern science and develops his mature account of transcendental phenomenology as a response to Europe’s intellectual and cultural crisis.
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Toward a Psychology of Being
Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
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Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy
Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy is Edmund Husserl’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops phenomenology as a rigorous science of consciousness and its intentional structures.
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Treatise on Basic Philosophy
Treatise on Basic Philosophy is Mario Bunge’s comprehensive multi-volume systematic work that develops a rigorous, scientific realist approach to all major branches of philosophy.
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Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Daseinsanalysis Target entity description: Daseinsanalysis is an existential-phenomenological approach to psychotherapy that applies Martin Heidegger’s concept of Dasein to understand patients’ being-in-the-world.
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A.
The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology is Edmund Husserl’s late major work that critiques the foundations of modern science and develops his mature account of transcendental phenomenology as a response to Europe’s intellectual and cultural crisis.
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B.
Toward a Psychology of Being
Toward a Psychology of Being is a seminal humanistic psychology book by Abraham Maslow that explores self-actualization and the realization of human potential.
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C.
Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy
Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy is Edmund Husserl’s foundational philosophical work that systematically develops phenomenology as a rigorous science of consciousness and its intentional structures.
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D.
Treatise on Basic Philosophy
Treatise on Basic Philosophy is Mario Bunge’s comprehensive multi-volume systematic work that develops a rigorous, scientific realist approach to all major branches of philosophy.
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E.
Über Begriff und Gegenstand
Über Begriff und Gegenstand is a seminal philosophical essay by Gottlob Frege that analyzes the distinction between concepts and objects within his logical and semantic framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heideggerian psychotherapy
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existential psychotherapy ⓘ phenomenological psychotherapy ⓘ psychotherapeutic approach ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
clarification of the patient’s possibilities of existence
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enhancing authentic existence ⓘ helping patients assume responsibility for their lives ⓘ |
| appliesConcept | being-in-the-world ⓘ |
| basedOn | Martin Heidegger’s concept of Dasein ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | symptom-focused, technique-driven therapies ⓘ |
| developedIn |
20th century
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Germany ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ |
| differsFrom | classical psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| emergedFrom | psychoanalytic tradition ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
context of the patient’s world
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patient’s lived experience ⓘ phenomenological description over interpretation ⓘ therapeutic relationship as co-disclosure of world ⓘ understanding rather than explanation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
anxiety
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authenticity ⓘ existential structures of existence ⓘ finitude ⓘ freedom ⓘ guilt ⓘ meaning of existence ⓘ patient’s being-in-the-world ⓘ responsibility ⓘ temporality ⓘ world-relations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology
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Ludwig Binswanger ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Medard Boss ⓘ |
| language | German term "Daseinsanalyse" ⓘ |
| methodIncludes |
dialogical encounter between therapist and patient
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phenomenological exploration of life-world ⓘ |
| rejects |
natural-scientific objectification of the person
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reduction of human beings to intrapsychic mechanisms ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
existential analysis
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existential-humanistic psychotherapy ⓘ phenomenological psychiatry ⓘ |
| termMeaning | analysis of Dasein (human existence) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
individual psychotherapy
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understanding psychiatric disorders ⓘ |
| viewsPsychopathologyAs | disturbance in modes of being-in-the-world ⓘ |
| viewsSymptomAs | expression of a way of existing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Referenced by (15)
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Binswanger
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Existential Foundations of Medicine and Psychology
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Daseinsanalytic psychiatry
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