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The Existential Moment—Existential Integrative: The Unconscious

In 19th-century Vienna, Sigmund Freud confronted a mystery that medicine couldn’t explain: patients with symptoms like paralysis and seizures, yet no physical cause. One case, Anna O., became a turning point. Her symptoms eased as she recounted long-buried, painful memories during “talking therapy,” revealing an astonishing insight: the mind held hidden forces influencing the body and behavior. Freud spoke then

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New Salon: The Psychotherapeutic Relationship

Existential-Humanistic Institute, Inc. Presents:The Psychotherapeutic Relationship Salon Facilitated by: Sonja Saltman, MFT – EHI Core Instructor, and Joshua Diliberto, LCHC, NCC, RYT- EHI Teaching Assistant Date/Time:  Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 11am-1pm Pacific | 2pm-4pm Eastern & 6pm-8pm UTCLocation: Online Via ZoomHost: Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI)Enrollment: $25 for General tickets. To promote effective discussion we are limiting registration to 30 people.

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The Existential Moment: New Year’s Resolutions

“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky…” Tennyson’s words from In Memoriam call us to a reckoning with the old year and the birth of the new. His poem pulses with the longing to discard what weighs us down personally and socially—detachment, pride, regret, etc. — and to embrace a brighter beginning. But the transformation he invokes is not simply a celebration; it is a call to action, a challenge to confront ourselves honestly toward living differently.

What do we leave behind as the bells ring out, and what new commitments do we make as they ring in? 

This moment of transition mirrors a deeper, ongoing question central to Existential-Humanistic therapy: “How am I presently living?” and “How am I willing to live?” These questions, like Tennyson’s appeal, invite us to envision change and engage with it courageously.

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The Existential Moment is on a Mini Break

The Existential Moment, the series found here on EHI’s blog, is currently on a hiatus and will be back in the new year.

Here are some lists of of posts related to some topics in the series from the last couple of years.

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Society for Humanistic Psychology Student Ambassador Meeting

Recently the Existential-Humanistic Institute’s Clinical Co Directors, Nance Reynolds, PhD, LCSW and Kirk Schneider, PhD were invited to introduce the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI) to the Student Ambassadors of The Society for Humanistic Psychology (Div. 32 of the APA).  EHI’s Clinical Co Directors Meet with Div 32 Student Ambassadors The Society for Humanistic PsychologyFall, 2024 The Student Ambassador group, founded and

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