The article analyzes natural realization of the principles of the existential tradition in psychological counseling. The existential tradition is taking root in the modern psychological science, and more and more researches and practitioners turn to the phenomenological method being the key one. The urgency of the topic has been justified by the analysis of the authoritative scientific sources. The Gestalt method being clearly phenomenological in orientation has been used as an example of for studying the evidence of the existential tradition in psychological counseling. The cycle of contact of psychological counseling in the framework of the Gestalt approach reflects the content of phenomenological reduction. The stages of the interaction of a counseling psychologist with a client prove to be essentially phenomenological (suggest empathy, “presence”, etc.), with the principle of dialogism being the key one. Besides, psychologist’s appealing to the subjective experience of the client is of great importance.

Kutsenko Nadezhda Yurievna, Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Baikal State University, 11, Lenin st., 664003, Irkutsk, Russian Federation, e-mail: ny.kutsenko@yandex.ru

Yaroslavtseva Irina Vladilenovna, Doctor of Sciences (Psychology), Professor, Head of the Basic Department of Medical Psychology, Irkutsk State University, 1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: ya-irk@yandex.ru

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