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Newly Published: APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology

APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology Louis Hoffman, L. Xochitl Vallejos, Dan Hocoy, Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, and Eugene DeRobertisAPA Books, 2026 The 2-volume APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of the rich history, diverse theoretical perspectives, clinical and social applications, and important emerging issues and directions in the field. This Handbook is both a map of the current

March 13, 2026

EHNW Lunch n Learn: Focusing on Process is Key to Effective Existential-Humanistic Therapy

Presented by: Bob Edelstein, LMFT Date: Friday, March 20th, 2026Time: 1 pm–2:30 pm Pacific TimeFee: $0-20 Online: via ZoomHost: Existential-Humanistic Northwest (EHNW) Process is how the client expresses themselves in a session. This reveals how the client lives in the present moment. Through focusing on the client’s process, the client can expand and modify their present identity to discover more of

February 10, 2026

The Existential Moment: Working With Resistance

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

February 1, 2026

The Existential Moment: Why “Resistance” Matters—The Existential Cost and the Therapeutic Aim

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

January 5, 2026

Gratitude

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

January 1, 2026

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Newly Published: APA Handbook of Humanistic and Existential Psychology

EHNW Lunch n Learn: Focusing on Process is Key to Effective Existential-Humanistic Therapy

The Existential Moment: Working With Resistance

The Existential Moment: Why “Resistance” Matters—The Existential Cost and the Therapeutic Aim

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