Encounter

Encounter may refer to:

In psychology:

• Encounter (psychology), an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals
• Encounter group, a form of group psychotherapy

In games:

• Encounter (game), an international network of active urban games
• Random encounter, a feature in role-playing and video games
• Cosmic Encounter, a science fiction-themed strategy board game

In music:

• Encounter (album), a 1988 album of space music (sub-genre of New Age) by Michael Stearns
• Encounter, aka Place Vendôme, a 1966 Swingle Singers album with the Modern Jazz Quartet
• Encounters (album), a jazz album by pianist Mal Waldron
• Encounters, a progressive rock album by German group Sylvan

In TV and film:

• Encounter, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and American Broadcasting Company joint venture of dramatic teleplays which ran for five episodes in the fall of 1958.
• Encounters (TV series), a TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena
• "The Encounter", a 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone
• Brief Encounter, a 1945 British film
• Random Encounter (film), a 1998 film
• Encounter, a 1997 Indian film directed by Nimmala Shankar

Other uses:

• Encounter (magazine), a literary magazine
• Encounters (anthology), a 2004 anthology of speculative fiction
• Encounter killing, a type of extrajudicial killing in which police kill alleged criminals in gun battles
• Close encounter, a claimed UFO sighting
• Encounter Bay, a bay in South Australia

See also

• HMS Encounter, the name of several ships in the British Royal Navy