EHI at Existential World Congress

EHI Board members and students met up with colleagues in Athens, Greece for the 2023 Existential World Congress for 4 days of presentations, symposiums, workshops and Keynotes!

Presentations by EHI and Friends of EHI at EWC 2023!

What the world needs now: Life-enhancing anxiety
Keynote Presented by: Kirk J Schneider, PhD, EHI President, Private Practice, SF, USA

Does it grow corn? The practical application of EH therapy
Workshop Presented by: Nader Robert Shabahangi, PhD, LMFT, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Stephanie Weissman, PsyD, Nance Reynolds, LCSW, Bonnie Rose, LMFT, and Sonja Saltman, LMFT. Instructors from EHI, San Francisco, California, USA

A cross-cultural dialogue on life-enhancing anxiety
Oral Session Presented by: Kirk J Schneider, PhD, Saybrook Univ., USA & Katerina Zymnis Georgalos, PhD, Director of Gignesthai

“Practicality” in existential case consultation and supervision: how we approach it.
Symposium Presentation by: Nader Robert Shabahangi, PhD, LMFT, EHI Clinical Co Director & Clinical Director, Elder Ashram, Oakland, USA

E-H psychotherapy for the second half of life and final years
Project Presentation by: Nader Robert Shabahangi, PhD, LMFT, Clinical Director, Elder Ashram, Oakland, USA

Introducing the European Institute of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI-Europe)
Symposium Chair(s): Almudena Sánchez Mazarro (EHI Europe), Nader Robert Shabahangi (Elder Ashram, EHI), Vasileios Georgalakis (Private Practice)

Three core conditions for effective existential-humanistic therapy
Workshop Presented by: Bob Edelstein, LMFT, Psychotherapist, Trainer, and Clinical Supervisor/Private Practice, Portland, OR, USA

EHI Europe: A new pragmatic and practical training program bridging US and European Existential-Humanistic therapy approaches
Symposium Presentation: Almudena Sánchez Mazarro, EHI Europe, Psychotherapist Private Practice, Assoc. Professor Comillas University, Madrid, Spain

Presence, what else?
Symposium Presentation by: Vasileios Georgalakis, Private Practice, Athens, Greece

Photos from Existential World Congress 2023

EHI table, brochures, flyers and postcards with Kirk Schneider's latest book, Life Enhancing Anxiety- at 2023 Existential World Congress in Athens, Greece
EHI’s table at the Existential World Congress in Athens, Greece on May 5th, 2023

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