Keywords
existencialismo
terapia de aceptación y compromiso
daseinsanalyse
hexaflex-existencial Philosophical Counseling
Existentiaslism
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Daseinsanalyse
Existential Hexaflex
How to Cite
Abstract
Mental health constitutes one of the greatest global challenges today. Psychological suffering cannot be reduced to an internal breakdown, but rather reveals tensions between ways of thinking, feeling, and inhabiting the world. This article argues that many psychological problems are, in fact, embodied philosophical dilemmas. In contrast to an individualistic view of distress, an existential and contextual interpretation is proposed that situates it within the living conditions, relationships, and decisions that shape each life story.
From this basis, an integrative framework is proposed between philosophical and existential counseling and contextual psychology, using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a reference. This bridge is embodied in the Hexaflex-Existential (E-Flex) model, which completes the grammar of the six processes from a philosophical perspective that adds layers to the understanding of psychological distress. Each process is associated with a dimension of material, personal, and relational existence and allows us to address human dilemmas not to resolve them, but to inhabit them with lucidity.
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