Orah Krug, Ph.D.
Training Director
Orah T. Krug, Ph.D., is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Oakland CA. She is the clinical training director of the Existential-Humanistic Institute of San Francisco and teaches at Saybrook Graduate School. Dr. Krug received her Ph.D. from Saybrook Graduate School where she was awarded the Rollo May Scholarship for an essay comparing the theoretical approaches of her two mentors, James Bugental and Irvin Yalom. She has produced two videos entitled, Conversations with Jim and "Joe" A Demonstration of the Consultation Process, with James Bugental and Orah Krug. Most recently, Dr. Krug co-authored a textbook with Dr. Kirk Schneider entitled, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, part of a monograph series for the American Psychological Association. Her current research focuses on the relationship between the cultivation of intra and interpersonal presence and the contextual factors of therapy associated with therapeutic change. Her article in the Journal of Humanistic Psychotherapy entitled, "James Bugental and Irvin Yalom, Two Masters of Existential Therapy Cultivate Presence," begins an exploration of this topic. Dr. Krug may be reached at orahkrug@sbcglobal.net.