By Kirk Schneider, PhD PsychologyToday.comMay 22, 2023 Kirk Schneider has a recent article on the topic of Ernest Becker, Otto Rank and Psychotherapy as “an intimate trio.” Key points: Read the whole article on Kirk’s PsychologyToday blog, Awakening to Awe.
EHI Board members and students met up with colleagues in Athens, Greece for the 2023 Existential World Congress for 4 days of presentations, symposiums, workshops and Keynotes! Presentations by EHI and Friends of EHI at EWC 2023! What the world needs now: Life-enhancing anxietyKeynote Presented by: Kirk J Schneider, PhD, EHI President, Private Practice, SF, USA Does it grow corn?
During a recent symposium at the Existential World Congress, Almudena Sánchez Mazarro, Vasilis Georgalakis and Nader Shabahangi introduced the newest E-H Therapy organization in Europe! EHI Europe promotes the development of humanistic existential therapists and advocates for a change in paradigm in the way we view and approach therapy. With training and making use of therapeutic presence we look to
“…it is he who is dead and not I.”
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy is a powerful exploration of mortality. Through the story of Ivan Ilyich, a successful and respected lawyer, Tolstoy portrays the tragedy of a life lived without acknowledging the certainty of one’s own death. Instead, as articulated in the quote, denial is a staunch ally in the process: others die, not me.
Questions endure about the origin or meaning of dreams, from unconscious, repressed desires and archetypal symbols of the collective unconscious to modern theories about memory consolidation, emotional processing, and problem-solving. Regardless, dreams are one thing most surely: an opportunity. Take it!
Existential-Humanistic therapy draws its way of working with dreams from its humanistic heritage. Notably, it approaches dreamwork with the same emphasis on presence and experience as therapy. Furthermore, it avoids one-sized fits all dream interpretations.
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