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How Should I Approach Heidegger as a Therapist?

There is an approach to psychotherapy that follows in the footsteps of 20th century 'existential' or 'ontological' phenomenology, borrowing mostly from Heidegger and Sartre. One of my professors sent me some articles as an introduction to the matter and I want to start reading Heidegger. But since my interest is more clinical than philosophical (but I think the two are closely intertwined anyway), how should my approach reflect this? My goal is to read his *Being and Time*, but not as close as a philosopher maybe would; I'm trying to understand his fundamental concepts to help me formulate my own therapeutic orientation. It looks like there are two translations (Macquirre-Robinson and Straumbaugh). There also seems to be a few read-along guides (notably by King and Llewelyn). Is there a preference for any of this? Is a guide required for my goals? How long should I expect to spend on this book, estimating 4-5 hours a week on this alongside my actual studies for classes? 

Bonus: if anyone knows any papers out there reconciling Heidegger to psychotherapy or psychoanalysis, that would be awesome.
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Frankly, its going to be a rough read (and maybe not super fruitful) unless you have a clinical-specific read-along guide. If your choice could be between Being and Time, or lots of material on the specific clinical applications/discussions of Heidegger, I'd pick the latter. It's very easy to get lost in the weeds, even with a good translation, and while there is an overlap with some psychotherapy, it can be *really* hard to see where it is for *long* stretches in the text.