This is a grim time–and certainly an existentially challenging time. It is also a time when we rightly turn to our medical caregivers for life-changing interventions and support. We look to our political leaders, at least the ones we can trust, to turn the gears of government in a healing direction. But far too often we forget to turn to
Nathaniel Granger, Chair of the Society of Humanistic Psychology’s Conference Committee, has announced that the annual SHP Conference has been cancelled and hopefully only postponed. Greetings SHP Friends and Family, It is with saddened hearts that the Society for Humanistic has cancelled/postponed its conference in light of COVID-19. Many of our attendees and presenters fall into the categories outlined by
EHI recommends the California Psychological Association (CPA) Convention APRIL 23-26, 2020 in Newport Beach. Featuring 3 Master Lecturers You Won’t Want to Miss! Kirk J Schneider, Sara Nasserzadeh, Mark Rittenberg, and many more at this annual
Interview by Somatic Healer Serge Prengel becomes an experiential exploration of polarization Kirk and Serge sat together recently for an interview on the polarized mind that started as a straight interview and as Dr Schneider describes it “gradually shifted to an exploration of the somatic dimensions evoked by our discussion. This organically turned into a kind of depth/process take on
Existential therapy in the news in 2019-articles, audio and video pieces on existential-humanistic therapy practice in the past year.
I also began to pay more attention to my own experience and encounters with others from moment to moment. I was no longer a slave to my reactions. Rather, I learned to take the time to pause and understand them, and choose how I wanted to respond. And I slowly began to learn to appreciate the concept of presence that
Orah Krug presents “Lessons From an Existential-Humanistic Training Program” during the DIV32 Conference of the American Psychological Association held February 28 to March 3, 2013, about directing the Existential-Humanistic Institute’s (EHI) Certificate Program in Existential-Humanistic Therapy. She outlines the history of the program and lessons learned along the way that inform the current focus of the program. Hear student voices
By Troy Piwowarski, Psy.S. Coming fresh off part two of the E-H certificate training, I find myself in reverie over what took place in the small container of the Westin airport hotel conference room. As a participant in the role of teaching assistant, I found myself in a much quieter space than I am accustomed to embodying. The hush of my
Lisa Xochitl Vallejos, PhD, LPC, is an author, professor, and in private practice in Denver, Colorado. Dr Vallejos teaches at CIIS, Antioch University and Naropa University. She received her Foundations Certificate from EHI in 2012 and attended additional experiential training retreats in 2013-2014. I have just walked out of the most transformative three days of my life. I find myself
By Kirk Schneider “The First International (East-West) Existential Psychology Conference” took place in Nanjing, China between April 2nd and April 5th this year and was a smashing success. I along with several Western colleagues were honored to take a central part in that momentous, and I would add, historic occasion, and the bridgebuilding that is sure to grow from
Thursday; February 19, 2009By Candice Miller Hershman, MA – Community Outreach [Reprinted from Winter 2009 Newsletter] On behalf of the EHI board of directors, I would once again like to thank EHI’s supporters for your interest and participation in our organization. Your endorsements, whether through attendance of our conference, our learning communities, donations, or word of mouth publicity, are so
By Ed Mendelowitz Not understanding although they have heard, they are like the deaf. The proverb bears witness to them: “Present yet absent.” Heraclitus Let us then know our limits; we are something, but we are not all. What existence we have conceals from us the knowledge of first principles which spring from the nothing, while the pettiness of that
By Daniel Burston In “The Secular Cure of Souls” (JSEA, issue 14.2), and a talk delivered to the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education on November 2, 2002, entitled “The Cure of Souls in The Therapeutic State”, Thomas Szasz goes to great lengths to differentiate between himself from R.D. Laing, whose life and work I have studied in some detail. It
My Life Is My Message There is a story told about Mahatma Ghandi in which a reporter was running up to him as his train was gradually pulling out of the station. ‘Mr. Ghandi,’ the reporter asked loudly, ‘I would like to bring a message back to your people. What shall I tell them?’ Ghandi quickly took a piece of
[reprinted from 2003 Newsletter] The last 6 months have been a vibrant period for EHI. On July 9th, 1999 we completed our last class of the ten week training course “Principles of Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy.” In fitting style, Honorary Chair, James Bugental, had the final word in that class, and it was a riveting demonstration of his craft. By most accounts
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