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Nietzsche's philosophy anticipated psychoanalysis, expressionism, existentialism, phenomenology, surrealism, humanistic psychology, post-structuralism and several other innovative cultural movements of the twentieth century. Some would say we are still catching up with its many landmark insights, particularly in the field of psychology and psychotherapy. Drawing on a hundred-plus years of international Nietzschean scholarship - often allied to progressive hermeneutics and epistemologies, this groundbreaking book discusses some of the unexplored psychological reaches of Nietzsche's thought and their implications for psychotherapeutic practice. It builds the foundations for a differential psychology: a life-affirming psychology that is able to deal squarely with the challenges, joys and sorrows of being human.