Core Skills in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy Fall 2026

Availability Update July 22nd: 16 places left in the cohort. Registration opened July 15th for 32 places.

Apologies for the delay and confusion.If you tried to visit us here online on July 15th, you might have noticed our website went down for the day. It should be available to most of the world by the evening of July 16th. Thanks for your patience, Michelle

FULL SCHEDULE: 9AM-1:15PM Pacific Time Each Day

Friday, October 16, 2026 (4.25 hours)
Saturday, October 17, 2026 (4.25 hours)
Friday, October 23, 2026 (4.25 hours)
Saturday, October 24, 2026 (4.25 hours)

• Hosted and Facilitated by EHI Instruction Team
• Experiential & Hands-On
• Via Zoom
• Mandatory Cameras On Participation
• Continuing Education*: Was Approved for up to 16-Hours of CE Credit in 2025; $ 70 Separate fee

Core Skills in Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy Practice- An Online Continuing Education Workshop

In this 16-hour online 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.

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.

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 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.

Am I eligible as a practitioner?

We offer this to licensed and pre/licensed professionals who work in clinical therapeutic settings, no matter the modality. See our blog posts on Existential-Integrative therapy. Therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses, doctors, and more are very welcome to join this training. If you are unsure or would like more information please reach out to see if we would be a good fit for each other. This workshop is appropriate for Master’s and PhD students with clinical experience. International practitioners are also very welcome!

Tuition Fee Schedule and Offers

General Licensed/Pre-Licensed fee for this training is $685 but the following offers are available*:

• The Elder/Student rate is $635 ($50 off) | Elder is 65 and older, please & Student is in a Master’s or PhD clinical program
• Early Early Bird discount from July 16- August 17 is $ 70 off
• Early Bird discount from August 18- September17 is $40

*Continuing Education Information

This program was approved for up to 16 CE credits in 2025 for full participation for all days (4 credits per day). CE Fee is separate. Many state boards accept CE credits from our APA-approved co-sponsor. Example: CA BBS accepts these credits for renewals.

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 reach out to Michelle via our contact form for course info and accessibility arrangements.