A sense of meaninglessness often results from the client’s taking a galactic view of the world in which all culture-based meanings fall away, leaving only an absurd, indifferent universe in its wake. No self-respecting existential psychotherapist would argue that life has any inherent or ultimate meaning. Instead, she would try to bring the client down to a less grand perspective on life by encouraging the person to focus on what matters to him in his life.
