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Man is Not Only a product of his family setting and his socio-cultural environment, but an existential phenomenon in terms of his unique characteristics among the living creatures in this world. Survival, growth, and fulfillment require man to adapt himself to his fellow man, his family, to social, cultural and economic conditions. However, beyond all this, he is inescapably faced with the task of adjusting to the fundamental Order of Things as well. It seems, therefore, desirable to bring about an integration of the psychodynamic and socio-dynamic perspectives into a broader existential viewpoint, based on the contributions of the schools of phenomenological anthropology and, particularly, ontology. These schools of thought illuminate the human being and his existence in an all-encompassing and deeply meaningful way. Among the many significant contributions, some have direct bearing on psychoanalytic practice, such as:
The nature of existential communication.
The significance of dialogue as an authentic response to one's fellow man.
The problems of estrangement, objectification, and existential anxiety.
The human condition as such.
The dynamics of freedom and responsibility.
The existential task and existential guilt.
The way to a religious orientation based on experiencing the transcendental.
The meaning of man's finitude as an ever-present and unsurmountable reality.