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EHNW Lunch-n-Learn: Psilocybin Sessions for Existential and Death Anxiety

Facilitated by Lindsey Lerner, PhD Psilocybin Sessions for Existential and Death Anxiety Date: Friday, September 12, 2025Time: 1pm–2:30pm Pacific TimeFee: $20 for non-affiliates. $15 for students. $0 for EHNW affiliates Online: via ZoomHost: Existential-Humanistic Northwest (EHNW) Participants will gain a better understanding of Oregon’s psilocybin service model, including the roles of preparation, administration sessions, and integration, while […]

$20

Philosophical Resources for Clinicians

Facilitated by: Carol Swanson, LCSW and Gestalt Practitioner

Dates: September 2025 – May 2026. Meeting first Friday of each month.
Online: via Zoom
Host: Existential-Humanistic Northwest (EHNW)

This is the 3rd year this seminar is being held. It is designed for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, and clinicians who are interested in deepening their work through philosophical reflection and dialogue. We will explore ethical, hermeneutic, and humanistic dimensions of clinical practice by reading Donna Orange’s The Suffering Stranger: Hermeneutics for Everyday Clinical Practice.

$300

Salon: Our Life’s Narrative and Meaning Making

On August 26th, EHI is hosting a two-hour virtual community space for exploring "Our Life's Narrative and Meaning Making." Personal, relational, and cosmological aspects are considered in group discussion, practical demonstration, possible dyad or small group engagement—we will be flexible to follow emergent wishes from the group. 

$25

Recommend: EHNW Lunch-n-Learn

Clinician Self Care - Suicide Prevention Awareness Presenter: Michaele P. Dunlap, PsyD  June 13, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm Location: OnlineRegular Pricing: $20 for Professionals, $15 for Students, and $0 for EHNW affiliates Dr Dunlap's description: "That human beings sometimes commit suicide is a fact. As mental health professionals we are required to understand suicide […]

$20

May Retreat: Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Principles of Practice

A Deeper Dive Into E-H Therapy Practice

The experiential intensive involves a combination of relationship-building, learning of theoretical foundations, and first-hand experiences wherein theory comes to life.

Hands-On Experiential Training!

Engage in intensive, immersive experiential learning

Practice working in the "here and now" with an E-H focus

Learn to build the therapeutic relationship using E-H skills

Experience how E-H therapy is practiced up close and personally

Join professionals/graduate students in a facilitated and safe environment

EHI Salon: Transforming the Ordinary to the Remarkable

Online Salon Facilitated by: Sonja Saltman, MS - EHI Core Instructor, and Joshua Diliberto, LCMHC, NCC, RYT - EHI TA Date/Time:  Tuesday April 15, 2025 at 11am-1pm PDT | 2pm-4pm EDT & 6pm-8pm UTCLocation: Online Via ZoomEnrollment: $25 for General tickets. To promote effective discussion we are limiting registration to 30 people and we offer […]

$25

Recommended Lunch-n-Learn: So, CBT & EH Walk Into a Bar…

EHNW Lunch and Learn  So, CBT & EH Walk Into a Bar… Facilitated by: Kayla Birkeland Date: Friday, 4/11/2025Time: 1pm–2:30pm Pacific Daylight Savings TimeFee: $20 General  Online: via Zoom In this Lunch & Learn, Kayla will be taking the time to explore the proclivity towards an either/or mindset when it comes to how we approach […]

$20

Strategies that Deepen Therapeutic Presence: An Existential-Humanistic Perspective w/ Orah Krug, PhD, LMFT

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Online Workshop

The workshop offers practical strategies for therapists to enhance their therapeutic presence, a fundamental aspect of effective therapy. Participants will learn through discussion and demonstration how to cultivate a deeper connection with clients by actively following the therapeutic process and offering insightful process comments. Process comments deepen the work by focusing for example, not simply on the “problem” the client brings to therapy but on their way of relating to the problem. 

$10 – $25

Recommended: Case Conceptualization, Consultation, and Discussion from an E-H Perspective

Online via Zoom

Facilitated by Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT Online Event Host: EHNW in Portland Participants will review therapy cases, including client’s presenting issues and potential therapeutic responses, from within an Existential-Humanistic framework. Please feel free to bring a current case for which you would like some consultation. You can also just listen to others, ask questions, and contribute […]

$20

Salon: The Psychotherapeutic Relationship

EHI is excited to be continuing the new series of experiential salons into the new year. The intention for these salons is to honor EHI's commitment to experiential learning as well as the time honored group process of discussion and integration.

On January 30th, EHI is hosting a two-hour virtual community space for encountering The Therapeutic Relationship. Personal, relational, and cosmological aspects are considered in group discussion, practical demonstration, dyad engagement, and will be flexible to follow emergent wishes from the group.

Facilitated by: Sonja Saltman, EHI Core Instructor and Josh Diliberto, EHI Teaching Assistant

$25

Recommended: Working With the Grieving Client

EHNW Lunch-n-Learn

Working With the Grieving Client: Using existential humanist principles to support the client on their journey

Facilitated by: Adam Marx, MA, Professional Counselor Associate

This workshop, hosted by EHNW in Portland, Oregon, is designed for therapists who wish to deepen their work with grieving clients through the lens of existential humanist counseling principles. Participants will focus on the concepts of being versus doing, process versus content, inclusion not amputation, and others.

$10

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