We are the Orlando Treatment Solutions, and we specialize in Existential Therapy, or rather a form of therapy that not only aims at alleviating the symptoms but also aims at identifying deeper meaning, purpose, and a life that is genuine. Existential therapy would have the guts to pose the question Who am I? in this world where, in most cases, w,e in a wa,y are always pressured to either say what is working or what is wrong. What kind of life do I want? We are at Orlando Treatment Solutions with you in the process of seeking the answers to these primordial questions and helping you lead better lives.
When the addiction becomes the method individuals attempt to employ in overcoming inner turmoil, isolation, or alienation, Existential Therapy is among the methods that our crew can offer you to explore the provisional roots of the action. According to one of the sources, addiction could be developed due to the impaired capacity to make real, purposeful, and self-guided decisions on the way to live.
What is Existential Therapy?
The existential approach to counseling is the philosophical approach to counseling, which allows people to pursue fundamental human problems: freedom, responsibility, meaning, isolation, and death, allowing people to live more genuinely by making their own decisions and creating their own purpose instead of merely focusing on the diagnosis of symptoms. It also encourages self-reflection and the quest to find meaning in the uncertainty of life and views distress as a normal part of human life that may act as a developmental catalyst.
At Orlando Treatment Solutions, our therapists offer a combination of this philosophical yet pragmatic approach and practical, human support. We help you to live through the events in your life, find your voice, and respond to the challenges not just by managing them but also by making choices.
Why Choose Existential Therapy at Orlando Treatment Solutions?
- Meaning-driven recovery: Rather than only stopping use, we support you to ask, “Why am I using?” and “What kind of life do I truly want?”
- Freedom & responsibility: We help you recognize your own power to choose differently and the responsibility that comes with that choice.
- Authentic living: Instead of living in avoidance or numbing, you’re encouraged to connect with your real self, your values, and your purpose.
- Holistic healing: We integrate existential themes with practical relapse-prevention tools and supportive care, so your recovery is meaningful and sustainable.
- Addiction-specific existential support: Many people use substances to avoid pain or uncertainty. Therapists help you face these feelings safely, reducing the need for numbing behaviors.
If you’re ready to move from surviving addiction to living a purposeful, self-directed life, call us at Orlando Treatment Solutions today. Take the first step, one authentic choice at a time.
How It Works
1. Assessment & Exploration
Our starting point is your addiction history, your habits, and how substances could have been useful to you in evading or deadening existential anxiety like emptiness, isolation, or meaninglessness. Studies indicate that an existential model of addiction appreciates the fact that substance consumption is a common coping strategy in this type of existential distress.
2. Clarifying Meaning & Values
We help you define what you really consider important to you, what you truly value, and how your addiction is not compatible or distracting of what you value. It happens that the control of addiction is weakening when the meaning search is conducted by the multitude.
3. Therapy Sessions & Techniques
The method involves open-ended existential conversation, contemplation of liberation and accountability, examination of options, and being present. A positive therapeutic relationship assists you in confronting the underlying human issues, meaninglessness, isolation, freedom, and mortality instead of evading them.
4. Integration & Action
You’ll work on translating insight into real change: aligning actions with values, choosing life-affirming behaviours, connecting with community, and building resilience that supports long-term recovery.
5. Maintenance & Growth
Treatment in the existential prism means not only quitting the use of substances but also self-determined life. We will also help you to carry on the momentum, change your mission and be in touch with your inner being.
Who Can Benefit?
Existential therapy is especially beneficial if you are facing:
- Feeling of emptiness, meaninglessness, or loss.
- Our transitions in life, like a change of occupation, death, again, or redefining our identity.
- Continuous worry, despondency, or emptiness, which have not been resolved properly by conventional therapy.
- The need to have a more authentic life, live according to your values, and claim your life direction.
- People who are trapped by recurring patterns of relapses due to the unaddressed presence of emotional gaps.
- Desire a conversational, reflective, and personal empowerment style of therapy.
Existential-informed therapy in Orlando Treatment Solutions can complement or be a great approach by itself to living your life to the fullest.
Ready to Begin Your Journey?
If you’re ready to move beyond addiction and live a life guided by meaning, freedom, and authentic choice, call Orlando Treatment Solutions now. Speak with our admissions team and begin your journey toward a purposeful, self-directed life. Your next choice matters. Make it count.
Call us at (321) 415-3213 now to speak with our intake team and take the first step toward purpose-driven healing. We’re here to support you in choosing a life that feels truly yours.
FAQ: Existential Therapy
Q: What makes existential therapy different from other therapies?
A: While many therapies focus on symptom relief or behaviour change, Existential Therapy goes further by exploring the underlying questions of meaning, choice, and authenticity. It invites you to view your life as a project you are actively shaping.
Q: Is it only for people experiencing major crises?
A: Not necessarily. While existential therapy is helpful for major life changes or distress, it also supports people seeking richer meaning, deeper connection and more purposeful living even when symptoms are mild.
Q: How long will the therapy take?
A: The length depends on your personal goals and pace. At Orlando Treatment Solutions, we tailor the approach to your unique journey, sometimes a shorter phase of reflection and choice-making, sometimes a longer process of transformation.
Q: Can I combine existential therapy with other treatment types?
A: Yes. Many clients at Orlando Treatment Solutions pair existential work with cognitive-behavioural, psychodynamic or mindfulness-based approaches. Integrating existential reflection with other therapeutic tools often enhances depth and efficacy.
Q: What will I feel or notice as therapy progresses?
A: You might become more aware of your values and how you live them. You may shake off limiting roles or patterns, recognise freedom in choices you once felt powerless over, and move toward a sense of purpose and authentic presence. As you engage in this work, you’ll likely find deeper satisfaction, clarity, and alignment with your own life.
