EHI Announces Experiential Dates for Upcoming 2016/2017 Cohorts

EHI 2016/2017 Experiential Dates Announced

EHI is excited to once again hold the program Experiential Residentials at lovely Westerbeke Ranch.
The students who are accepted into the upcoming cohorts will enjoy the wonderful ambiance and food that are provided by the fantastic staff and environs of Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma, California. Westerbeke Ranch as a retreat center has historic significance for our community, as it was the meeting place for many of the seminal writers in E-H theory and practice such as Rollo May and James Bugental.

Experiential Dates for 2016/2017 Cohorts

Experiential I
• Sun, October 23rd, 2016 - Thurs, October 27th, 2016
Experiential II
• Fri, March 24th, 2017 - Tues, Mar 28th, 2017
Visit the Westerbeke Ranch website to see where we hold our retreats!

EHI's Sonja Saltman works in triad with students at Experiential

Enrollment is Open for 2016-2017 Education and Training Programs

Orah Krug, Ph.D. EHI Clinical Director

EHI's 2016/17 teaching staff, Orah Krug, Kirk Schneider, Sonja Saltman, Nader Shabahangi, Mary Madrigal and Troy Piwowarski invite you to join one of our three unprecedented Existential-Humanistic education and training programs this upcoming 2016/2017 curriculum year. 

EHI offers a Certificate in the Foundations of E-H Practice for students looking for a basic grounding in E-H therapy practice, an Advanced Program awarding a Certificate as an E-H Therapist for students who have completed the Foundations Program and the Modular Training Program for students who would like to participate in EHI's two curriculum year Experientials.

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Troy Piwowarski and Orah Krug at EHI Retreat

Questions?
We are here to answer them!

Do you have questions about a program or about becoming an EHI student?
Orah Krug, our Clinical Director, and , EHI's Student Coordinator and Teaching Assoicate will be happy to give you more information and to answer your questions about the upcoming EHI programs.

Contact either Orah or Troy by email: info@ehinstitute.org

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EHI 2014/15 Cohorts Final Experiential of Curriculum Year at Westerbeke

The EHI Cohorts for the Foundations Certificate Program, the Advanced Certificate Program and the Modular Training Program attended the second and final Experiential of the 2014/2015 Curriculum.Year this March.

Experiential II had the students building on their practical work from Experiential I. Many of the students and attendees are continuing their work together in the Video Consult Group and in the Consult with Master Therapists Group; both held monthly.

Interested in doing case consultation from an E-H perspective?
Find out more about the Consult Group with E-H Master Therapists here on our Events page: the http://ehinstitute.org/events.html

Here are the attendees at experiential leaders and teachers in training working with the group in triads:

Interested in the EHI Experientials?

Experiential Retreat Details

The four day experiential residentials are the core of EHI's training. They allow participants who are graduate students in psychology or counseling and licensed professionals to come together in a safe environment, get to know one another intimately, and experience how E-H therapy is practiced up close and personally. Each of the two experiential residentials involves a combination of relationship-building, learning of theoretical foundations, and first-hand experiences wherein theory comes to life. At times, this may involve faculty members demonstrating their way of working with clients and inviting commentary; at other times, participants work in dyads with each other, and receive direct feedback from a faculty member as they work. Through these various ways of learning, participants begin to drop into a deeper, more embodied sense of what E-H therapy has to offer. The experiential training also provide participants a way of deeply understanding how work on themselves mirrors their ability to work with clients.

EHI Offers Two Programs Where Eligible Student Engage in the Experiential Retreats

Certificate in the Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Practice: The intention of the certificate program coursework is to provide students with such a foundational core by integrating both theory and practice into each course. By gaining competency in these fundamental principles, the student will have a solid core of practice and have a foundation from which additional modalities such as a cognitive-behavioral approach can be employed. The program is intended as a mentoring experience that emphasizes the development of the trainee as a whole person, appreciating that psychotherapy is an art as much as a science.

EHI Modular Training Program: This individualized training program is for those primarily interested in the experiential trainings that we offer. Once accepted into the program, participants may sign up to attend the two experientials, and may also opt to participate in video consultations with our faculty

Upcoming Event: EHI Experiential II March 25- 29, 2015

Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Experiential II

• March 25 - March 29, 2015 - - Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma CA

EHI Experientials at Westerbeke Ranch Conference Center

Westerbeke Ranch - In beautiful Sonoma Valley, CA

EHI Student Experiential Retreat

Experiential II March 2015 - Check-in/Check-out Times

• Dates: March 25 - March 29, 2015
• Detailed Information for Currently Enrolled Students: View here on the Travel and Lodging page

We hold our experientials at a beautiful retreat center, Westerbeke Ranch, in the heart of Sonoma County. The cost includes modern, cabin-style lodging, superb family style meals and the use of all the facilities at Westerbeke such as the pool, hot tub and walking trails.
Tucked in the hills of wine country in Sonoma County California, Westerbeke Ranch and Conference Center is the ideal location to connect with nature, commune with like-minded people, and experience the many ideas and evolution of those attending the Existential Humanistic Experiential. These aspects of the Ranch include:

• The country and family style shared lodging and buffet dinning to encourage connection and fellowship
• Maps and information about various hiking trails to explore nature and take advantage of solitude
• Quiet time at 10pm to gain much needed reflection and rest to be prepared for the following day’s work
• A small convenience store and cantina for snacks and other small items
• Massage services available by appointment to relieve stress and re-energize you
• Swimming pool and hot tub

All of these amenities are included and available to you as a paid participant in the EHI Experientials. We have chosen these grounds to help support the exploration and deep work you will be doing during your time with us. We encourage your use of these facilities to help ground you as you grow and become enriched as you share with other students, staff and facilitators at the retreat. We invite you to explore what Westerbeke Ranch has to offer by visiting their web site at Westerbeke Ranch.

Interested in the EHI Certificate and Training Programs?

Find out more about the different EHI Certificate programs here
View the EHI Modular Experiential Training Program details here

Upcoming EHI Existential-Humanistic Experiential Retreat

EHI Experientials at Westerbeke Ranch Conference Center

Westerbeke Ranch - In beautiful Sonoma Valley, CA

Experiential Retreat Details

October 2014 Experiential I Dates - Check-in/Check-out Times

• Dates: Oct 31, 2014 thru Nov 4, 2014
• Check-In: 4:00 pm Oct 31st
• Introductions & Ranch Orientation: 5:00 pm Oct 31st
• Check-Out: 3:00 pm Nov 4th

Directions:

Westerbeke Ranch Conference Center
2300 Grove Street
Sonoma, CA 95476
Phone (707) 996-7546
Directions to Westerbeke Ranch here on their website.

We hold our experientials at a beautiful retreat center, Westerbeke Ranch, in the heart of Sonoma County. The cost includes modern, cabin-style lodging, superb family style meals and the use of all the facilities at Westerbeke such as the pool, hot tub and walking trails.

October's course is the first of two four-day experiential courses taught by EHI/Saybrook instructors as part of the EHI's Foundations Certificate program, the Advanced Certificate Program and the new Modular Training program. The certificate programs require that both Part I and Part II be taken sequentially. The Modular Training Program offers students the opportunity to participate in the Experientials outside the certificate programs. The courses are held off site, in October and March.
The experientials are designed as skill development courses and have specific learning objectives: (a) how to cultivate personal and relational presence, (b) how to attend to intrapsychic and interpersonal processes, (c) how to illuminate personal life meanings, (d) how to cultivate a therapeutic relationship that effects change, (e) how to work with transference and counter transference within an existential context, (f) how to work existentially with resistance, and (g) how to recognize and work with existential life issues which may be present but disguised. Instructors will teach the principles of the e-h approach through live and video demonstrations, experiential exercises, and dyad work.
CEUs available for for MFTs. LCSWs and Psychologists. (Appx 50hrs)

Learn more about EHI's Certificate Programs here.

Find out more about the Modular Training Program here- EHI's new experiential-specific program.

Announcing New EHI Modular Training Program!

EHI now offers an individualized training program for those primarily interested in the experiential trainings that we offer. Once accepted into the program, participants may sign up to attend the two experientials, and may also opt to participate in video consultations with our faculty. The Modular Training Program is basically an a la carte program, for students who want to participate in our experiential trainings without enrolling in a certificate program. Students may always opt into the certificate track if they so desire.

MT Program Specifics

As an MT student you will be able to participate in one or both of the training modules, that is, the experiential module and the video consult module. If you choose to participate in the experiential module, you will join a cohort and attend two sequential trainings, one in October of 2014, and the second in March of 2015. You may also choose to participate in a video group consultation module which consists of five 2-hour group consults, which take place between Experiential I and Experiential II. The experiential trainings and video consultations are priced individually so you have the option to take part in one or both, depending on your particular learning needs.

Find out more about the new Modular Training Program here on the EHI website.

Report from E-H Institute's Experiential II Spring 2014 Session

See More EHI 2014 Experiential II Photos on EHI Gallery Page

by Juanita Ratner, EHI Advanced Certificate Student

I recently returned from a retreat-style experiential training course, a part of EHI’s certificate programs in Existential-Humanistic Therapy. It was held at the Angela Center in Santa Rosa, CA. In a retreat environment a field was created and maintained, thanks to the closed, intimate setting.  The work was able to go much deeper; discussions were more open, thanks to the level of trust created; and the shared search proved fruitful. We were all quite enthusiastic about the learning that went on, the bonds created, and the support for our individual practices. Also included were guest presentations by Ilene Serlin on dance/movement in therapy and Sonja Saltman, executive director, on working with dreams in therapy. Kirk Schneider, a core teacher, guided us through an exercise on bringing dimensions of awe into the field of our counseling, and Orah Krug, director of the certificate programs, helped us to experientially deepen our awareness of how our own context can affect our therapeutic interactions.

There were many opportunities to work in dyads and practice with each other, with faculty observing. I was struck by how much everyone had grown in their openness and ability to stay with each other since the first experiential training. I found myself able to do some good inner work that was perhaps just ready to be done. It seemed others around me and in the dyads I worked in were also truly searching within and with each other.  We were able to see in concrete manifestations the principles and constructs we had read about—but now they came alive in the moment; for example, how one’s context manifests in the way we enter into (or avoid) the therapeutic encounter; the experience of being, of presence. We practiced attending to both the intrapersonal and the interpersonal.

This has been my second year in the program; I’m currently pursuing the Advanced Certificate.  I completed all the work for the Foundations program at the beginning of January and was ready to receive that certificate.  We were all in a circle for the closing.  People offered their heartfelt impressions and gratitude for the work together.  One of us sang a lovely song, appropriate for the moment and somehow also integrating the poignant energy of leaving and going on into life.  As I walked across the circle to receive my certificate from Orah, someone began to hum Pomp and Circumstance.  Everyone joined in and I made my way around the circle collecting hugs from each participant. It was a beautiful moment; so full of good wishes that I’m sure the memory will remain with me the rest of my life. I looked around the circle at the faces, expressions all radiant.  During the brief three and a half days we had let go of so much, found so much, and learned to enter into the realm of unknowing together.  I heard many vows to remain in touch, to come back next year for more, perhaps every year.

Plans are already firming up for the next two experiential courses to be held in the fall and spring at Westerbeke Ranch, which not only provides a wonderful setting in the rolling hills of Sonoma County but delicious food!  Deposits are needed - see Certificate Programs Travel and Lodging page for details as they become available. 

EHI Experientials I & II are held Fall and Spring consecutively...The next dates for the Fall 2014-Spring 2015 Sessions are: 

Fall Experiential I - 

Oct 31 to Nov 4, 2014. 

Spring, Experiential II - 
March 25 to March 29,  2015. 



For more information about the certificate programs that EHI offers which includes the certificate program offered jointly with Saybrook, see the EHI website at:
http://ehinstitute.org/ehi-eh-therapy-certificate.html

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The Saybrook website has information only about the EHI/Saybrook certificate program. Go to: http://www.saybrook.edu/academic-affairs/non-degree/pii/existential-humanistic-therapy



**Note that the Foundations Certificate is included in Saybrook PII tuition, though travel and residential fees are additional. These experiential courses offer students’ training in the application of Existential-Humanistic theory, and opens the individual to the depth of their being as only a shared experience can facilitate.


Contact EHI at info [at] ehinstitute.org for more specifics on registering for next upcoming Experientials.

To see Westerbeke Ranch, check out:
http://www.westranch.com/