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The Existential Moment: Working with the Cosmological Dimension

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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The Existential Moment: Notice and Deepen

On September 10, 2025, under an open white tent at Utah Valley University, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was debating all comers in front of 3,000 people when everything changed. At 12:23 p.m., a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. Chaos erupted—screams, running, ducking, simple panic. The shock was immediate. In that rupture, spectacle gave way to death’s terror. For

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The Existential Moment—Existential-Integrative: Cognitive Empiricism

Collaboration is central in both CBT and Existential-Humanistic therapy—whether as co-investigators (CBT) testing ideas or as “fellow travelers” (E-H) exploring lived experience and meanings. Openness and curiosity likewise are central to both. Integration builds on this shared spirit by reframing CBT’s empirical approach through an E-H lens.

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EHI at Saybrook’s 2025 Community Learning Experience

EHI’s Kirk Schneider, PhD, EHI President and Nance Reynolds, PhD, EHI’s Clinical Committer Chair with Tyler Gamlen, PhD will be at the 2025 CLE! If you are a Saybrook Student, Alumni, or faculty please consider checking out these 2 events at the Saybrook 2025 Community Learning Experience in Los Angeles in August. This in-person event is an opportunity to build

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Call for Papers: 4th World Congress of Existential Therapy (2026)

The Call for Papers for the Fourth World Congress of Existential Therapy is open. In 2026 the World Congress will be held June 3-6 in Boulder, CO. The host for the next biannual is the Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychotherapy Association (RMHCPA). The conference committee encourage all those interested in submitting a proposal to begin thinking about what you

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