This present article is based on clinical experience and takes Maurice Merleau-Ponty's criticism of anthropocentric humanism. from anthropological phenomenology, as its epistemological foundation. Possible contributions from Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology to psychotherapeutic intervention are discussed as well as the understanding of lebenswelt (lived world) in the psychotherapeutic process.
Humanistic-phenomenological psychotherapy; empathy; lebenswelt (lived world)