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.”
The Existential Moment will return soon. For this mini-break we will share links to some of the posts.
Over time, Scott has shared posts about the relational foundation of E-H therapy, an understanding of which can be deepened by looking at the interpersonal dimension of the therapeutic encounter.
By Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug
“EH therapy blends the European heritage of self-inquiry, struggle, and responsibility with the American tradition of spontaneity, optimism, and practicality. This book helps therapists and trainees understand how to help people address critical life questions and attune to how clients relate to themselves and to others, appropriately reflecting back aspects of themselves that are evident but unnoticed.
New to this edition are significant updates to research and theory, including the work of Otto Rank, an often-overlooked pioneer in EH therapy, and new concepts like existential unconsciousness and life-enhancing anxiety. The cultivation of presence as a central component of the therapeutic relationship is also emphasized.”
lato’s Allegory of the Cave describes people chained in darkness, mistaking shadows on the wall for the whole of reality. Only by turning toward the light—toward what casts the shadows—can they begin to see the world as it truly is. In therapy, we often work in the shadows: the protections, old narratives, and self-world constructs that shape experience. Yet each of these is influenced by something deeper and less visible. Turning toward that source can open the way to meaningful change.
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