These
pictures are from my remarkable journey to Lithuania to give workshops
and a keynote for the East European Association for Existential Therapy(EEAET)
conference held last September, 2012. These are scenes from my 3-day
workshop. As perhaps can be seen, the attendees were an engaged and
diverse group representing 5 or 6 East European countries, including
Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Russia, and Poland. The fellow I am sitting
with in the sweater was my
astute and gracious translator. Overall, the cross-cultural connections
were beautiful to see, both in small groups and in one-on-one
exchanges. It was also enthralling to feel the commonality of interest
in existential themes- meaning, purpose, fear, exaltation in and for
life--and the shared yearning for a broadening world community.
~Dr. Kirk Schneider
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Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D., is a leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. Dr. Schneider is current editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, vice-president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI), and adjunct faculty at Saybrook University, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and Teachers College, Columbia University. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), Dr. Schneider has published over 100 articles and chapters and has authored or edited eight books.
