Recommended Articles

The team at EHI would like to recommend these articles related to Existential-Humanism (E-H) practice, theory, and philosophy. You will find articles from national periodicals, journals, links to blog posts, and PDFs of submitted articles. 

Big 10: How to depolarize America, Part 2
News-Gazette, June 9,2023
Jeff D’Alessio


Becker, Rank, and Existential Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy.net blog, May 22, 2023
Kirk Schneider, PhD


What the World Needs Now Is ‘Life-Enhancing’ Anxiety
Psychotherapy.net blog, July 24, 2022
Kirk Schneider, PhD


Inside an Existential-Humanistic Therapy Session
Authentic Engagement blog, May 23, 2023
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


On Presence: Engaging Deeply With Life
Authentic Engagement blog, February, 2023
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


The Value of Existential Guilt

Authentic Engagement blog, November 15, 2022
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


The I-Thou Relationship and Unconditional Positive Regard
Authentic Engagement blog, August 21, 2022
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


The Existential Unconscious: A Re-Visioning of Our Hidden Selves
Psychotherapy.net blog, November 25, 2021
Kirk Schneider, PhD


Existential Therapy in the Time of COVID
Psychotherapy.net blog, April 22, 2021
Robert Gordon, PsyD


Using Authentic Dialogue to Create a More Caring World
Authentic Engagement blog, February 2, 2021
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


An Antidote for Death Anxiety
Awakening to Awe blog, January 28, 2021
Kirk Schneider, PhD


Regret as a Path to Resilience
Authentic Engagement blog, October 31, 2020
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


The Compelling Need for a Psychologist General
Awakening to Awe blog, October 17, 2020
Kirk Schneider, PhD


Leading Psychology in Existential Times: An Interview with Kirk Schneider
MadinAmerica.com, September 22, 2020
Kirk Schneider, PhD


My Vision for Psychology at This Critical Time
Awakening to Awe blog, September 16, 2020
Kirk Schneider, PhD


We Are Always Connected and We Are Always Alone
Authentic Engagement blog, August 4, 2020
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


What Existentialists Can Teach Us About COVID-19
Awakening to Awe blog, May 12, 2020
Kirk J. Schneider


Facing My Death: Embracing My Life
Authentic Engagement blog, April 30, 2020
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


How to Engage Life’s Deeper Questions
Authentic Engagement blog, January 30, 2020
Bob Edelstein, LMFT


Existential Therapy for the Digital Age
Awakening to Awe blog, January 27, 2020
Kirk J. Schneider


The Awe of Being Alive
Aeon, November 12, 2019
Kirk J. Schneider


New Work on Existential Therapy
Awakening to Awe blog, October 25, 2019
Kirk Schneider, PhD


Silicon Valley Goes to Therapy
NYTimes, September 20, 2019
Nellie Bowles


Today’s Biggest Threat: The Polarized Mind

Scientific American, April 16, 2019
Kirk J. Schneider and Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi


What it’s Like to Visit an Existential Therapist: It’s not meant to be comforting but somehow it is

The Atlantic, January 17, 2019
Faith Hill


Presence, Being, Initiation: Understanding and Teaching Presence, the Lineage and Legacy of James Bugental

Award winning doctoral essay presented for the Elizabeth K. and James F. T. Bugental Student Scholarship Award, Saybrook University
Juanita Ratner, PhD, LPC, Doctoral Graduate Saybrook University, EHI Advanced Certificate Graduate


Dr E. Mark Stern’s Keynote Address at EHI ‘s Seventh Annual Conference [PDF]

EHI 2013 Conference: November 15, 2013
E. Mark Stern, EdD, ABPP


The Courage to Seek: An Awakening Journey of Being: Part Five: The Struggle to Stay Awake

New Existentialists [Saybrook.edu]: November 21, 2013
Joann Loo, EHI Graduate


The Courage to Seek: An Awakening Journey of Being: Part Four: Being Awakened

New Existentialists [Saybrook.edu]: November 13, 2013
Joann Loo, EHI Graduate



The Courage to Seek: An Awakening Journey of Being: Part Three: The Paradoxical Experience of Being—Isolation & Meaning

New Existentialists [Saybrook.edu]: November 7, 2013
Joann Loo, EHI Graduate


The Courage to Seek: An Awakening Journey of Being: Part Two: The Paradoxical Experience of Being—Freedom & Death

New Existentialists [Saybrook.edu]: October 31, 2013
Joann Loo, EHI Graduate


The Courage to Seek: An Awakening Journey of Being–Part One: Being on a Continuum

New Existentialists [Saybrook.edu]: October 24, 2013
Joann Loo, EHI Graduate


How to Prevent Extremism – Combat the Polarized Mind

Awakening to Awe [PsychologyToday.com]: August 26, 2013
Kirk Schneider, PhD



A Historical Haiku on Human Conflict – A Review of The Polarized Mind

Tikkun.org: August 26, 2013
Gloria Saltzman



Nine Points to Consider – Celebrating the multi-faceted nature of being human.

Authentic Engagement Blog [Psychology Today]: July 2, 2013
Bob Edelstein, L.M.F.T., M.F.T



Mental Health Europe makes important statement about DSM and bio-psychiatry

Mental Health Europe: May 17, 2013
Press Release


The Renewal of Humanism: Lessons from an Existential-Humanistic Training Program

DIV 32 6th Annual Conference Spring: 2013

Orah Krug


The Renewal of Humanism in Psychotherapy: A Roundtable Discussion

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012

Schneider, Kirk J. and Längle, Alfried


The Renewal of Humanism in European Psychotherapy: Developments and Applications

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Längle, Alfried and Jürgen Kriz


Humanism and Multiculturalism: An Evolutionary Alliance

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Lillian Comas-Diaz


The Renewal of Humanism in Psychoanalytic Therapy

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Robert D. Stolorow


Humanism as a Common Factor in Psychotherapy

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Bruce E. Wampold


Humanistic Psychology and Contextual Behavioral Perspectives

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Steven C. Hayes


The Humanistic and Behavioral Traditions: Areas of Agreement and Disagreement

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
David N. Elkins


Toward a Renewal of Personology in Psychotherapy Research

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Robert D. Stolorow


A European Perspective on the Position Papers

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Kriz, Jürgen and Alfried Längle


The Renewal of Humanism in Psychotherapy: Summary and Conclusion

Special Section – Humanism in Psychotherapy [APA PsychNet]: December, 2012
Schneider, Kirk J. and Alfried Längle


An Interview with Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., on Existential Humanistic Psychotherapy

MentalHelp.net: March 1, 2010

David Van Nuys, Ph.D.


Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy Coming of Age

Review of Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy: Guideposts to the Core of Practice by Kirk Schneider, PhD

Bruce E. Wampold


Bringing Awe-Based Consciousness to Psychotherapy

Tikkun Magazine: Winter 2011

Richard Whittaker


What Is God?: A Conversation with Jacob Needleman

Conversations.org: December 19, 2009

Richard Whittaker


For Alzheimer’s, Detection Advances Outpace Treatment Options

New York Times: November 15, 2012

Gina Kolata


The Quantum Matrix

Awakin.org: October 25, 2004

Raphael Kellman


Uniting Generations Provides Direction to Older Adults and Youth

CalHealthReport.org: November 4, 2012

Matt Perry


How Do You Raise a Prodigy?

New York Times: October 31, 2012

Andrew Solomon


Biology and Awe: Psychology’s Critical Juncture

Awakening to Awe [Psychology Today]: February 17, 2012

Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.


The Power of Silence

Authentic Engagement [Psychology Today]: January 31, 2012

Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT


A Baker’s Dozen: Proposed Therapeutic Interventions of an Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapist

AHP Perspective 2011 (forthcoming)
Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT


Toward a Humanistic Positive Psychology: Why Can’t We Just Get Along?

Awakening to Awe [Psychology Today]: November 29, 2010
Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.


The Case for Existential Psychotherapy

Awakening to Awe [Psychology Today]: September 29, 2010
Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.


Reframing Alzheimer’s: Book Helps Deepen Understanding of Memory Loss

UCSF Today: July 12, 2010
Andrew Schwartz


The Power of Witnessing One Another

Healing into Possibility [Psychology Today]: June 2010
Alison Bonds Shapiro, MBA


Everyday Creativity and Healing

Healing into Possibility [Psychology Today]: June 2010
Alison Bonds Shapiro, MBA


Notes on the First International Existential Psychology Conference, China, 2010
Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.


Understanding End-of-Life Care in Schizophrenia: Mortality, Stigma, and Innovations

2010
Mary Madrigal, Ph.D.


Existential Meaning Making and Therapeutic Change: A Case Study

APA Presentation in Toronto: August, 2009
Orah T. Krug, Ph.D. –
Clinical Director of Training and Education, EHI (2009-2018)


25 Proposed Qualities, Attitudes, and Skills of an Existential Humanistic Psychotherapist

AHP Perspective: February/March 2009
Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT


Letter From The EHI Board

February 19, 2009
Candice Miller Hershman, MA – Community Outreach


Toward a Sustainable Myth of Self
Journal of Humanistic Psychology: November 2008
Louis Hoffman


Existential Experience of a Woman with a Terminal Diagnosis and Schizophrenia

2008
Mary Madrigal, Ph.D.


The Mystery of Being

April 2, 2007
Ed Mendelowitz


Why become an Existential Psychotherapist?
2005
Louis Hoffman, PhD


Enchanted Agnosticism

Tikkun: July/August 2003


Szasz, Laing and Existential Psychotherapy

January 20, 2004
Daniel Burston


Musings on Being an Existential Psychotherapist

July 21, 2003
Nader Robert Shabahangi


A Letter From the President

July 14, 2003
Kirk Schneider


Gaining the Existential Perspective:
a Tribute to Carl Rogers and AHP

AHP Perspective: April 2002
Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT