Anxiety is part of the human condition.
The approach is especially appropriate for those seeking personal growth. Clients experience anxiety rising out of existential conflicts, such as making key choices, accepting freedom and the responsibility that goes with it, and facing the anxiety of their eventual death. These existential realities provide a rich therapeutic context. Few techniques flow from this approach, because it stresses understanding first and technique second. The therapist can borrow techniques from other approaches and incorporate them into an existential framework.