| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第6-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-12页 |
| Ⅰ.Introduction | 第12-20页 |
| ·Introduction to the author and the text | 第12-14页 |
| ·Literature review | 第14-17页 |
| ·Significance of the study and structure of the thesis | 第17-20页 |
| Ⅱ.Existential Psychology and Psychotherapy | 第20-28页 |
| ·Historical context and development | 第20-21页 |
| ·Its representatives and their general assumptions | 第21-23页 |
| ·Key concepts | 第23-28页 |
| ·Freedom vs. responsibility | 第23-24页 |
| ·Death vs. human limitation | 第24-25页 |
| ·Isolation vs. intimacy | 第25-28页 |
| Ⅲ.Nicholas' Existential Isolation from the World | 第28-36页 |
| ·Interpersonal isolation | 第28-33页 |
| ·Isolation from his parents | 第28-29页 |
| ·Isolation from his colleagues | 第29-30页 |
| ·A twisted relationship with women | 第30-33页 |
| ·Intrapersonal isolation | 第33-36页 |
| ·Isolation from the middle-class culture he belongs to | 第33-34页 |
| ·The failure of seeking for his own identity | 第34-36页 |
| Ⅳ:Conchis's procedures of existential therapies | 第36-53页 |
| ·Introducing Nicholas into meta-theater | 第36-39页 |
| ·Showing Nicholas's shortcomings and teaching lessons | 第39-53页 |
| ·Using Julie as the reflection of Nicholas's selfishness towards women | 第39-42页 |
| ·Using Alison's arrival in Greece and her false death to test Nicholas | 第42-45页 |
| ·Conchis teaching lessons through stories | 第45-53页 |
| Ⅴ:Nicholas Achieving Intimacy in London | 第53-62页 |
| ·Nicholas knowing the essences of Godgames with the help of Lily | 第53-55页 |
| ·Nicholas achieving interpersonal intimacy | 第55-60页 |
| ·Acquiring "family" with Kemp | 第55-56页 |
| ·Having friendship with Jojo | 第56-57页 |
| ·Realizing the essence of love and proposing to Alison | 第57-60页 |
| ·Nicholas achieving intrapersonal intimacy | 第60-62页 |
| ·Negotiating with his middle-class culture | 第60页 |
| ·Realizing his imperfect character | 第60-62页 |
| Ⅵ.Conclusion | 第62-63页 |
| Bibliography | 第63-64页 |
