O significado da ansiedade na clínica existencialhumanista: uma leitura a partir de Rollo May.

The purpose of the present work is to think about the meaning of anxiety from an existential-humanist perspective. Hence, we will begin with Rollo May's (1909-1994) reflection on the oversimplification executed by current psychology, as well as the techniques developed to deal with the complexity of the human experience. Thus, the work The meaning of anxiety (1950) written by the American psychologist will be crucial for thinking about anxiety in the existential-humanist clinic. In the mentioned work, May claims that anxiety is a threat to being. Anxiety being a threat to being, it can arise as a threat to some value, a threat of physical death, and psychological threat. Finally, following the author's thinking, we are able to conclude that anxiety is always present in our experiences of self-realization and creativity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]