Core Skills Training Workshop Registration is Open!
2026 Core Skills in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy Practice
September 4th Update: 1 place available in the cohort.
Waitlist for when the workshop cohort fills up.
If you want to register for this offering and are able to join this training between now and the start of the workshop, please consider joining this waitlist.
If you can be flexible chances are good for the waitlist. Last year 4 people withdrew at the last minute.
This workshop is held on 2 Fridays and 2 Saturdays from 9am-1:15pm (Pacific time).
If you only want to be on the waitlist until a certain date close to the start of the workshop, please include that information in the Message field of the form.
Michelle will be reaching out to those on the waitlist when/if an opening becomes available.
We will offer this workshop again in 2027. Registration usually open in mid-July and we announce all Core Skills news via our mailing list.
Sign Up Here for the Waitlist
Core Skills Workshop
EHI Clinical Training Committee: Nance Reynolds, PhD, LCSW (Co Chair),Stephanie Weissman, PsyD, MSEd, (Co Chair), Kirk Schneider, PhD , Nader Shabahangi, PhD, MFT; Teaching Affiliates: Chris Bradshaw, PhD, LPC & Joshua Diliberto, LCMHC, NCC, RYT and TA: Sophie Ducrocq Archibald, PhD, LCSW.
The Existential-Humanistic Institute is pleased to offer this unprecedented online existential therapy skills training workshop each year.
4 Half-Days Over 2 Weekends
Friday, October 16th, 2026
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
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Friday, October 23rd, 2026
Saturday, October 24th, 2026
Daily Schedule: 9am-1:15pm Pacific Standard Time
Continuing Education*: Approved for up to 16 CEs by SHP, an APA Approved CoSponsor
This is a fully remote workshop – online via Zoom!
Format: This is an hands on Intensive. Expect short presentations, demos and discussion in large groups. Participants will be assigned in small groups to participate in demonstrations and discussion, and will also have dyad-work role playing the topics. It is a “Cameras On” workshop and is held in English.
An Existential-Humanistic approach to psychotherapy can be a foundation for all therapists seeking to do deep and life-changing work with their clients. The E-H approach is based on core ways of being and working with clients that help facilitate greater awareness, greater sense of choice, increased agency and adaptiveness, and a deeper connection to self and others – all in the service of healing and growing.
There are core capacities and skills an E-H therapist uses to help clients effectively explore and work through their existential predicaments so they can more fully access what deeply matters to them.
In this 16-hour online existential therapy training, leading instructors in the E-H field will provide theoretical explanation and experiential opportunities for the development and/or strengthening of skills and capacities that are not only core to the E-H approach but can also support therapists of many other modalities cultivate a foundation for optimizing their technical skills.
Topics covered include:
- The cultivation of presence as both the ground of therapy and one of its primary objectives
- The focus on the “living moment” in working with the “here-and-now” experience of clients – staying with what presents itself phenomenologically rather than employing theoretical interventions
- The differentiation between primary, direct experience and secondary, interpretive experience – and the emphasis on working with phenomenological experience
- The meaning-making process and the formation of the Self-and-World Construct – helping client and therapist understand identity construction and de-construction
- How to work with the client’s ways of being in the world and how to utilize the therapist-client relationship to help shift unhelpful ways of being
- How to identify and work through clients’ inner battles in order to support their longings to emerge, and feel more choice-ful and psychospiritually whole
- Integrating and embodying your theoretical beliefs and authentic sense of self in your work as a therapist
Who is This Training Designed For?
This training is ideal for those who have not yet had any intensive training in E-H therapy and does not require any didactic preparation. The workshop is also an excellent refresher for those who have had prior training and are seeking reinforcement of what they’ve learned.
This training works in and of itself but can also be a precursor to the longer residential training EHI holds each year.
International and Domestic Clinicians and Practitioners are welcome.
Please note: The workshop is not the same as our Foundations Certificate program. That certificate program has a mandatory in-person retreat. Though portions of that program are remote, we do not offer an online version of that retreat. This Core Skills workshop does cover some of the same topics/skills which attendees cover in the retreat, so it makes it great for people who want to get to know or refresh their E-H therapy skills.
Times (All Pacific Time)
Friday, 1/26/24: 12pm – 4pm
Saturday, 1/27/24: 8am – 3:15pm (including one hour break for lunch)
Sunday, 1/28/24: 8am – 3:15pm (including one hour break for lunch)
Registration and Fees
We will have a link for practitioners to register online starting July 15th and we will send a notice out via our mailing list!
Fee Information**: The 2026 General Licensed/Pre-Licensed fee for this training is $685 and the following offers are available*:
- The Elder/Student rate is $635 ($50 off)
- *Elder (65 and older) and Student (Master’s or PhD clinical program)
Available Offers:
“Regular early-bird” tuition from 08/18/26 through 09/07/26: Professional -$645 | Elder/Student – $595
Separate CE Fee: $70 for up to 16 Continuing Education credits .
Two Payment Options Available: If you register before 09/12/26, you can either pay in full or choose the split-payment option and balance is due by relevant early bird discount or by 9/18 at the latest. For this split-payment option, there is a $150 deposit needed to hold one’s spot ($100 deposit for Elder/Student ticket). If you register choosing the split-payment option and are hoping to receive one of the early bird discounts, your balance due must be paid by the relevant early bird deadline in order to receive the discount. Paying the deposit holds a place until 9/18/2026 at the latest. For those registering after 09/12/26, full payment is due immediately.
Refund Policy: You’ll receive a full refund, minus $75, if withdrawn by 09/10/26. There are no refunds after that.
More Info Available on the Enrollment Page!
*Continuing Education Info
This program is approved for up to 16 CE credits for full participation for all days. Separate CE Fee.
APA Division 32, Society for Humanistic Psychology, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. APA Division 32, Society for Humanistic Psychology, maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
EHI endeavors to make this accessible for interested learners. Please email Michelle via the contact form for disability accommodations and more course info.
Can You Use CEs From an APA-Approved Provider?
LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCs: You too might be eligible for APA Continuing Education Credit for your renewals!
Many state licensing boards for LPCs, LCSWs, and LMFT’s accept CE credits from an APA Approved Provider for their continuing education requirements. Please check with your Board to ensure they accept CEs from an APA Approved Provider like Society for Humanistic Psychology. (Example: California BBS accepts these CE credits. Oregon, Washington and Colorado do too.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
I can only attend 3 of the 4 days. Will there be recordings to review? There will not be any recordings for later viewing. We invite attendees to engage in demonstrations and to foster participation we do not record attendee interactions. Without the interactions, the recordings of the short didactic presentations will not be enough to ground you in the work that day.
Who is this workshop for? This event is designed for both US and International licensed/ pre-licensed professionals in the therapeutic fields. Master’s/graduate students in therapeutic programs are very welcome. Students, therapists, psychologists, MFTs, social workers, counselors, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and doctors are all invited!
I need to register 2 people, what should I do? Reach out to us via our contact form–that sends us an email. Michelle will arrange to invoice you and once you have paid, she will send you codes so your attendees can register under their own names and email addresses.
Is this workshop a live training only? Yes, this workshop is only held live and includes experiential engagement–it is not offered for on-demand viewing.
May I attend with my camera off? Please do not. Having your camera on during the sessions is expected, as this is an experiential hands-on workshop. We ask that you please be present to our instructors and your fellow participants by having your camera on. We anticipate that enrollees will be engaging in the work and in the dyads and small groups. At times we understand you might need to turn off your camera for a short periods, if you are not doing continuing education and you need to have your camera off for a few moments.
How do I get my Zoom link? The Zoom link to join will be in your Registration Confirmation email that will arrive minutes after you register- please check for your confirmation email. If you do not see it, please check your spam folder too. If it is not there, please email Michelle; perhaps you have a spelling error in your email address.
Does this workshop have the option for CE credits? This workshop is approved for up to 16 CE credits for live participation ( large group, experiential dyads, and small groups). Fee: $70. CE participants are responsible for meeting the requirements and ensuring their licensing board accepts continuing education credit from an APA Approved Sponsor like ours, The Society for Humanistic Psychology (Div. 32 APA).
Many state licensing boards accept APA credit for Social Workers, Counselors, Psychologists, and Marriage & Family therapists (for example: CA BBS accepts APA CE credits) . If it is offered after registration begins, previous registrants will be offered the opportunity to register for the credits via email and online invoicing. (NY does not accept these CEs, we are sorry)
Can I get a Certificate of Attendance/Documentation of Attendance for this workshop for my work/school? Yes! We can provide this on EHI letterhead for attendees who attended and participated in full.
I cannot seem to register; what can I try? Try the registration steps in this order: 1) select the number of tickets you would like to purchase and 2) initial for the payment agreement and initial for the waiver. These need to be completed before continuing. If you need assistance, reach out to us via our contact form or find more contact info on the registration page.
Do I really need to give you my real email address? I am worried about spam. No Spam! You do need to give a real email address. You will get your initial Registration Confirmation email and your zoom link and resources will be sent after the training. We also send reminders to the email address you give us. We will send you only reminder emails, thank you discount codes, and notes about upcoming events- but those will be created and initiated by us not the ticketing service. We will never share your info with a third-party..i
