Haven’t we all pushed harder and harder on a door that would not open, only to pause, look at the handle, or see the sign “pull,” realizing then it was never meant to be pushed at all? Existential-Humanistic (E-H) therapy is experiential and relational. Working with “resistance,” therefore, does not mean overcoming an obstacle or dismantling a defense. It means meeting protective ways of being
Seeing a line of windmills as ominous giants, Don Quixote lowers his lance and charges, unable to sense that the world long passed him by. Living in an age of commerce and gunpowder, that of 17th-century Spain, he remains faithful to a medieval, chivalric order that had faded into legend centuries earlier. What appears as resistance to reality is, in
To Our Dear Community, In the midst of these winter months, we wait…we sense our faces turning toward the dark, and then returning again to the light as the earth travels her path. We collectively feel the season shift and sing as Spring whispers quietly and slowly of a new beginning- a new becoming. Each of us here at EHI
Website Difficulties Will be Resolved Soon Existential Humanistic Northwest (EHNW) is our close peer organization up in Portland, Oregon, and they have had some difficulties with their brand new website. Some of you may have noticed that the EHNW website went down on the 10th. The technical difficulties are being worked out, but it is taking longer than they hoped.
The board and instructors are excited to have Chris join EHI as an Affiliate Instructor. Chris was one of the instructors at this year’s recent Core Skills in E-H Psychotherapy workshop, which is held annually each November for 32 clinicians.
Chris Deussing, DSW, LCSW, C-DBT, is a licensed clinical social worker and a leading clinician specializing in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and contemporary psychoanalysis. He is the owner and director of Integrative DBT & Psychotherapy LLC, a practice dedicated to offering humanistic, action-oriented, and client-centered care to individuals seeking “a life worth living.”
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