Rethinking Existential Psychology in a Global Context

A Reflection for Philosophical Counseling

Today, I would like to share my reflections on an article my colleague Emma von Druzen, philosopher, psychologist, existential therapist, author, artist, and singer-songwriter, shared with me. 

The article, written by Louis Hoffman, Ph.D., is titled “Understanding Existential Psychology in a Global Context.”

It provides an important discussion on the cultural and philosophical aspects of existential psychology and raises questions especially relevant for those involved in philosophical counseling.

Music and Wellbeing: The Synchronization of Mind, Body, and Meaning

A Memory from 2001: When Music Expanded My World

It was a beautiful spring day in 2001. 

After delivering my paper, I was in a bookstore on Broadway in New York City, wandering—as philosophers often do—among shelves, ideas, and unexpected discoveries. 

There, by good coincidence, I came across an album whose title immediately arrested my attention: The Music of DNA by the macro-cosmic composer Susan Alexjander.

The phrase itself felt like a bridge between science and wonder. DNA—structure, code, biology—translated into music. 

I was intrigued. I purchased the album.