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Monday, August 21, 2017

2nd Edition of Existential-Humanistic Therapy by Schneider and Krug

Existential-Humanistic Therapy, 2nd Edition

by Kirk J Schneider and Orah T Krug

Published June, 2017
$24.95
Now available online from these sellers:
From the APA
From Amazon

Existential–humanistic therapy melds European existential philosophy — which values self-inquiry, struggle, and responsibility — with the American tradition of spontaneity, optimism, and practicality.

In this updated edition of their popular book, Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug demonstrate how this unique approach can help clients free themselves from self-imposed limitations and develop a deeper understanding of their authentic life goals by cultivating skills such as experiential reflection.

Schneider and Krug explore existential–humanistic therapy's theoretical and historical underpinnings, its empirical foundations, the therapeutic process and mechanisms of change, as well as future developments. Detailed case examples vividly illustrate the work of existential–humanistic therapy, highlighting key takeaways that are equally accessible and valuable to graduate students and veteran practitioners.

New to this revised edition is an increased focus on a more integrative perspective, which makes existential–humanistic therapy applicable to a wider array of settings and diagnostic populations. This flexibility also makes it more adaptable to other therapeutic approaches and expands its influence on clinical psychology as a whole.

This is the textbook used by the faculty at Existential-Humanistic Institute in our program offerings. Students use this at the Existential-Humanistic Training Retreats and in the Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Therapy Certification program. Both Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug are EHI Faculty and members of the EHI Board. This year's faculty will be Orah Krug, Troy Piwowarski, Kirk Schneider, Nader Shabahangi, and Sonja Saltman.


Wednesday, November 2, 2016

EHI 9th Annual Conference Scheduled Topics and Events

The EHI 9th Annual Conference, ‘Always Going Home’: Human Evolution and Digital Revolution will take place November 12, 2016 at AgeSong University in San Francisco.

This year's conference will be a dynamic, interactive group discussion hosted by EHI's Nader Shabahangi, PhD, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Sonja Saltman, MA, MFT, Orah Krug, PhD, Mary Madrigal, PhD, Troy Piwowarski, PsyD, and Suzan Bollich, PhD.

Erv Polster 2016 Keynote Presenter

Conference Topics

  • Nader Shabahangi, PhD:
    What makes us human beings feel alive, content, loved? If it is connection (to oneself, one another), what is this ‘connection’, what is it made of, how does it smell and feel? Does this need for connection to feel alive, happy, loved get satisfied digitally? Humanly? Both?
  • Kirk Schneider, PhD:
    How to cultivate a sense of awe as both a counterpoint to and complement of high tech. Highlighting some points from a book I'm working on tentative title of the book is "The Spirituality of Awe: Challenges to the Robotic Revolution."
  • Sonja Saltman, MA, MFT:
    How we use technology in creative and innovative ways.
  • Mary Madrigal, PhD:
    Exploring the breakdown of and in the human relationship as it relates to the use of technology over conversation and how the use of technology offers a false sense of relationship and knowing a person via social media.
  • Troy Piwowarski, PsyD:
    The specific ways people reconcile the increasing speed associated with the digital age (faster communications, faster ways of getting products, etc.) with the intention of going slower when it comes to our interpersonal work as existential therapists and relational beings.

Cocktail Party and Book Signing to follow conference. Join us from 5pm-6:30pm for book signings, libations and nibbles!

These EHI authors will be on hand to sign their books!
  • Dr Orah Krug & Dr Kirk Schneider will be signing the recently published Supervision Essentials of Existential-Humanistic Therapy.
  • Dr Mary Madrigal will be signing her recent books Enough: You are Enough and Spirit of the Female Warrior.
  • Dr Kirk J Schneider will be signing his latest book, The Polarized Mind, and Awakening to Awe.
  • Dr Nader Shabahangi will be signing his recent book Ambiguity of Suffering, and Elders Today, Deeper into the Soul, and Encounters of the Real Kind.
*There will be copies of the above books available.

EHI 9: " 'Always Going Home': Human Evolution and the Digital Revolution"


Exploring the Intersection of the Digital Age and the E-H Therapeutic Perspective

DATE
November 12th, 2016
Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Cocktail Party & Book Signing: 5:00pm - 6:30pm

LOCATION

AgeSong University
350 University Street
San Francisco, CA 94102


COST

Professionals: $100
Students: $50
Find out More and Register Online >> 

Questions?
Contact EHI's Conference Chair, Dr Mary Madrigal at 2016Conf@ehinstitute.org.

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Join Us Nov 12th EHI Conference and Cocktail Reception & Book Signing



The Existential-Humanistic Institute Presents:

‘ALWAYS GOING HOME’: HUMAN EVOLUTION AND DIGITAL REVOLUTION

Existential Therapists Explore Concerns of the Modern World
The German poet Novalis, when asked where he thinks the human being is going, answered that ‘we are always going home’. Artists and thinkers from many different cultures have expressed similarly that in our seeking a ‘home’ we are searching for a place where we belong. This search relates to our need to feel connected, both in terms of relationships to other people and in terms of a need to contribute to our humanity.
As existential thinkers and therapists we ask ourselves how the digital revolution helps and hinders our need to find ‘home’. Is the digital revolution contributing to our human evolution to be more at home in this world or does it prevent us from being truly in relationship with others, from experiencing a sense of awe and wonder? Do we feel there are more opportunities to connect through the many digital means afforded us today?
On this day of our gathering, we will try to explore and find answers to these questions and more. Our hope is to understand more deeply for what we humans long as we are ‘on our way home’.
 Exploring the Intersection of the Digital Age and the E-H Therapeutic Perspective
This 9th Annual conference will be a dynamic, interactive group discussion hosted by EHI's Nader Shabahangi, PhD, Kirk Schneider, PhD, Sonja Saltman, MA, MFT, Orah Krug, PhD, Mary Madrigal, PhD, Troy Piwowarski, PsyD, and Suzan Bollich, PhD.

DATE
November 12th, 2016 
Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm
Cocktail Party & Book Signing: 5:00pm - 6:30pm


LOCATION
AgeSong University 
350 University Street
San Francisco, CA 94102


Join us after the Conference!
Cocktail Reception & Book Signing* 5:00pm  - 6:30pm

These EHI authors will be on hand to sign their books!
Dr Orah Krug & Dr Kirk Schneider will be signing the recently published Supervision Essentials of Existential-Humanistic Therapy.
Dr Mary Madrigal will be signing her recent books Enough: You are Enough and Spirit of the Female Warrior.
Dr Kirk Schneider will be signing his latest book, The Polarized Mind, and Awakening to Awe.
Dr Nader Shabahangi will be signing his recent book Ambiguity of Suffering, and Elders Today, Deeper into the Soul, and Ecounters of the Real Kind.
*There will be copies of the above books available

Find out more about EHI's 9th Annual Conference>> 


Special thanks to our sponsor AgeSong

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Orah Krug in 2nd Edition of Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy

EHI would like to congratulate Orah Krug on her recent contribution to the second edition of the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy. Her chapter is entitled, Existential, Humanistic, Experiential Psychotherapies in Historical Perspective by Orah Krug (Chapter 7)

Comprehensive Textbook of Psychotherapy
Edited by:  AndrĂ©s J. Consoli, Larry E. Beutler, and Bruce Bongar
Published by: Oxford University Press
2016
$129.95
Find out more and purchase at Oxford University Press.

30% off Promotional discount available if you use code: ASPROMP8


Monday, August 22, 2016

EHI's Fall E-H Therapy Consult Group

Monthly Saturday Sessions
September, 2016 thru January, 2017
Updated as of August 22, 2016

We are pleased to continue the monthly Existential-Humanistic Consult Group in San Francisco.

In this group you will work with Dr. Orah Krug to deepen your understanding of how to work with clients from an e-h perspective.

  • We'll focus on:
  • a) cultivating personal and relation presence,
  • b) tracking and reflecting process, and
  • c) increasing your facility to resolve clients' detrimental protective patterns.
  • By role-playing your clients we'll deepen your understanding of:
  • a) their self and world constructs,
  • b) how their protective patterns may trigger you, and
  • c) how to work with your personal contexts to resolve therapeutic impasses and help your clients accept disowned aspects of themselves.

When and Where: Saturdays from 10:30am -12:30pm at Agesong in Hayes Valley

Dates: Sept 17th, Oct 15th, Nov 19th, Dec 10th, and January 14th

Cost:$300 for the set of 5 sessions*


Please contact Michelle, the EHI Administrative Assistant, by email at admin[at]ehinstitute.org to register.

*Due to the nature of the consult group missed sessions are non-transferable.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Congratulations to Orah Krug & Kirk Schneider on Publication of Latest Book


Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy

by Orah Krug, PhD and Kirk Schneider, PhD Pages: 184
Publisher: APA
Item #: 4317423
ISBN: 978-1-4338-2281-0
Publication Date: May,2016
Format: Softcover
Availability:Available

 Find out more and order the book today on the APA website.

This latest book in APA's Clinical Supervision Series is authored by Orah Krug and Kirk Schneider.

EHI would like to congratulate Dr's Orah Krug and Kirk Schneider on the recent publication of their new book Supervision Essentials for Existential–Humanistic Therapy. 

Excerpted from the Cover:

This concise guide applies the principles of existential–humanistic (E-H) therapy to the practice of clinical supervision. With the skillful use of case examples—including transcripts and analyses of real sessions with a real clinical trainee—the authors utilize the key ingredients of the E-H therapeutic approach, including empathy, acceptance, and genuineness, to model how trainees can create safe, collaborative, and supportive relationships with clients. E-H supervisors help trainees learn to enter their clients’ self-constructed worlds, using their own personal contexts to develop responsiveness to clients, while also cultivating the “presence” that enables genuine encounters and real therapeutic change.
This book is part of the American Psychological Association Clinical Supervision Essentials Series, the central resource for understanding contemporary models of psychotherapy supervision. 
 Recommendations for Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy:
"This book is a clear, concise, and comprehensive guide to the art of clinical supervision. It skillfully teaches beginning supervisors the essentials of cultivating curiosity and empathy, examining interpersonal process, and respecting the uniqueness of each client. I recommend it highly."
—Irvin Yalom, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

"Krug and Schneider, as leaders in the existential–humanistic therapy movement, offer an essential read in Supervision Essentials for Existential–Humanistic Therapy. They aptly demonstrate the supervision process in existential–humanistic therapy through showing its uniqueness from other approaches and illustrating how it is rooted in the existential–humanistic tradition. This book is sure to help advance existential–humanistic therapy through deepening the training and supervision process."
—Louis Hoffman, PhD, Department of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology, Saybrook University; Author, Existential Psychology East-West

Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy by Orah Krug, PhD and Kirk Schneider, PhD. - Order the book today on the APA website.

Companion DVD for the book by Kirk Schneider, PhD


For information about the companion DVD for this book, please visit APA webpage for Existential–Humanistic Psychotherapy Supervision with Kirk Schneider, PhD, please visit the http://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310953.aspx

Monday, April 4, 2016

Congratulations to Orah Krug, PhD and Kirk Schneider, PhD on Upcoming Book "Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy"


The latest book in APA's Clinical Supervision Series is authored by Orah Krug and Kirk Schneider.

Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy

by Orah Krug, PhD and Kirk Schneider, PhD Pages: 184
Publisher: APA
Item #: 4317423
ISBN: 978-1-4338-2281-0
Publication Date: May 16,2016
Format: Softcover
Availability: Preorder

 Find out more and preorder the book today on the APA website,

EHI would like to congratulate Dr's Orah Krug and Kirk Schneider on the upcoming publication of their new book Supervision Essentials for Existential–Humanistic Therapy. 

Excerpted from the Cover:

This concise guide applies the principles of existential–humanistic (E-H) therapy to the practice of clinical supervision. With the skillful use of case examples—including transcripts and analyses of real sessions with a real clinical trainee—the authors utilize the key ingredients of the E-H therapeutic approach, including empathy, acceptance, and genuineness, to model how trainees can create safe, collaborative, and supportive relationships with clients. E-H supervisors help trainees learn to enter their clients’ self-constructed worlds, using their own personal contexts to develop responsiveness to clients, while also cultivating the “presence” that enables genuine encounters and real therapeutic change.
This book is part of the American Psychological Association Clinical Supervision Essentials Series, the central resource for understanding contemporary models of psychotherapy supervision. 
 Recommendations for Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy:
"This book is a clear, concise, and comprehensive guide to the art of clinical supervision. It skillfully teaches beginning supervisors the essentials of cultivating curiosity and empathy, examining interpersonal process, and respecting the uniqueness of each client. I recommend it highly."
—Irvin Yalom, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

"Krug and Schneider, as leaders in the existential–humanistic therapy movement, offer an essential read in Supervision Essentials for Existential–Humanistic Therapy. They aptly demonstrate the supervision process in existential–humanistic therapy through showing its uniqueness from other approaches and illustrating how it is rooted in the existential–humanistic tradition. This book is sure to help advance existential–humanistic therapy through deepening the training and supervision process."
—Louis Hoffman, PhD, Department of Humanistic and Clinical Psychology, Saybrook University; Author, Existential Psychology East-West
Supervision Essentials for Existential-Humanistic Therapy by Orah Krug, PhD and Kirk Schneider, PhD. - Pre-order the book today on the APA website.


For information about the companion DVD for this book, please visit APA webpage for Existential–Humanistic Psychotherapy Supervision with Kirk Schneider, PhD, please visit the http://www.apa.org/pubs/videos/4310953.aspx

Monday, June 15, 2015

Orah Krug to Present at EHNW Annual Workshop on Existential Meaning-Making


Our friends at Existential Humanist Northwest (EHNW) in Portland Host their Annual Workshop

Existential Meaning-Making:
The Heart of Therapeutic Change

Presented by Orah Krug, Ph.D.

When: Friday, October 2, 2015 9:00am to 4:30pm
Where: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, OR
Registration: www.ehnorthwest.org

Join author, therapist, and thought-leader in Existential-Humanistic psychotherapy Orah Krug, Ph.D. for a day of lecture, discussion and experiential exercises in meaning-making as a central element of therapeutic change.

For more information  please visit http://www.ehnorthwest.org/ehnw-workshop-2015


Sunday, May 3, 2015

Pre-congress workshop with Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug at World Congress for Existential Therapy London

Will you be in London May 14th?

You can see Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug present at the World Congress for Existential Therapy at Dean's Yard, Westminster.

Kirk and Orah are presenting a Pre-congress workshop on May 14th, entitled  "The New Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Personal, Interpersonal, and Cosmological."

Tickets are available for pre-congress workshops! 
Get your tickets to attend the workshop here.


Find out more about the World Congress for Existential Therapy 

Visit the World Congress for Existential Therapy website for all of the event details.

Tickets have been made available for the full conference, for specific days, and pre-congress workshops.

Book Tickets here: http://www.eventzilla.net/web/event?eventid=2139012802
(Note: Be patient I have found the booking page to be very slow loading)

Interested in Orah and Kirk's Presentation Schedule for the World Congress?

See Orah and Kirk's full conference presentation schedule on our events page.



Monday, April 20, 2015

See EHI's Orah Krug and Kirk Schneider at the 1st World Congress for Existential Therapy in London in May 2015


first world congress for existential therapy logo
EHI Faculty members, Kirk Schneider, EHI Vice President and Orah Krug, EHI Clinical Director will be presenting multiple sessions at the World Congress in Existential Therapy May 14-17th, 2015.

Kirk is the Keynote Speaker on Saturday with his presentation: "Human Responsibility and the Polarized Mind." 



Orah and Kirk's Presentations at World Congress for Existential Therapy 


Thursday May 14, 2015 Pre Congress 

10.00-13.00 
Workshop
The New Existential-Humanistic Therapy: Personal, Interpersonal, and Cosmological
Orah Krug & Kirk Schneider

Friday, May 15, 2015

13.30-15.00 
Symposium
Symposium on Saybrook University's Contribution to Existential-Humanistic Psychology: Past, Present and Future.
Convenor: Louis Hoffman, with Orah Krug, Veronica Lac, Shawn Rubin, Kirk Schneider, Monica Mansilla, Mark Yang

15,20-16,30 
Workshop 
Dealing with Dreams in Existential Therapy
Stephen Diamond, Alfried Laengle and Kirk Schneider:


Saturday May 16, 2015

09.30-10:00
Keynote
Human Responsibility and the Polarized Mind.
Kirk Schneider

13.30-15.00
Workshop
Addressing and 'Treating' The Polarized Mind
Kirk Schneider

11.00-13.00 
Symposium
Symposium on Key Concepts and Methods of Existential Therapies.
Convenor: Patrycia Huf with Orah Krug, Simon du Plock, Anne Willi

Thursday, February 12, 2015

EHI Faculty Asked by APA and Wiley to Author and Edit Upcoming Publications

The Existential-Humanistic Institute(EHI) is excited to congratulate faculty members Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug on recent news about two upcoming publications and a video series. Kirk and Orah have been asked by the APA to do a book and video series on supervision from an existential perspective. Kirk Schneider has also been asked to co-edit The World Handbook of Existential Therapy commissioned by Wiley.

bio pic of Orah Krug, PhD, EHI Clinical Director
Orah Krug, PhD

Kirk Schneider, EHI Vice President, and Orah Krug, EHI Clinical Supervisor both teach at EHI and are practicing clinical supervisors.

Orah Krug, PhD is a psychotherapist in private practice in Oakland and Sausalito, CA.  She serves as EHI's Clinical Director in addition to her EHI teaching faculty position, is one of EHI's Consult Group leaders, and she is an Existential-Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology faculty member at Saybrook University in San Francisco. Orah is co-author of the text book of Existential-Humanistic Therapy with Kirk Schneider.

Kirk Schneider, PhD
Kirk Schneider, Phd is a psychologist in private practice in San Francisco as well as an author and editor of  books such as Awakening to Awe and the recent, The Polarized Mind and Handbook of Humanistic Psychology. Kirk Schneider is EHI Vice President as well as faculty and Consult Group leader. This May at World Congress of Existential Therapy Kirk has been asked to Keynote on Saturday, May 15th with his presentation, "Human Responsibility and the Polarized Mind."

Both Kirk Schneider and Orah Krug are presenting at the 1st World Congress of Existential Therapy in multiple presentations, symposiums and workshops Thursday - Saturday, May 14 through May 17, 2015. Explore the World Congress of Existential Therapy Program here.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Register for Upcoming EHI Event: Colloquium on The Future of Psychotherapy

Therapists, Trainers, Clinical Directors, Interns and Students are Invited to Join EHI on Nov 15th in San Francisco to meet and discuss the role of the therapist at the "The Future of Psychotherapy" Colloqium.


How do we train developing therapists and how do we continue to deepen our practice throughout the years?


This colloquium and one-day workshop will encourage participants to share their ideas about the vital skills and attitudes that a therapist in training needs to learn and develop, and with regard to the practicing therapist, which skills and attitudes will not only enrich and deepen clinical work but also perhaps impact society in general.

NOV 15, 2014
Day-long event for E-H Therapists and Therapists-in-Training
9:30am – 5:00pm
EHI at AgeSong
624 Laguna Street
San Francisco, CA 94201
EHI Event Updates  
www.ehinsitute.org/events

Register Today!
SPONSORED BY

PACIFIC INSTITUTE AND AGESONG LIVING

Pacific Institute’s GeroWellness Program is an Existential-Humanistic Oriented Internship and Practicum Program for Developing Therapists and is part of the AgeSong Living Platform.
Visit www.pacificinstitute.org and www.agesong.com for more information on these programs.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

EHI's Orah Krug and Troy Piwowarski are Contributing Authors to The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

The Handbook of Humanistic Pyschology 2nd Edition Cover

EHI and The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology - EHI Contributor Profiles

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

Theory, Research, and Practice Second Edition


Edited by Kirk J Scheider, J Fraser Pierson and James T Bugental
Sage Publications, 2014



This post features the contribution of Orah Krug, EHI's Clinical Director and Troy Piwowarski, Student Outreach Coordinator with Editor J Frasier Pierson and Jeffrey G Sharp, a presenter at EHI:7 conference.

Chapter 41 

Cultivating Psychotherapist Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs
J Pierson, Orah Krug, Jeffrey Sharp and Troy Piwowarski


This chapter presents the reader with a perspective on what it means to cultivate therapeutic artistry from an existential-humanistic (E-H) lens.  At the heart of E-H therapy training is attending to the therapist-student as a genuine person who is the instrument of the therapy.  This chapter demonstrates two training models that illustrate how the person of the therapist is woven into the fabric of the learning experience.  The first model is based on Jim Bugental's Art of the Psychotherapist training, a model that emphasized students' learning of how to cultivate presence to the subjective world of themselves and their clients.  The second model is the Existential Humanistic Institute's certificate training program, which trains small groups of students and practicing therapists through a combination of theoretical learning and first-hand practice at experiential retreats.  Each of these models are illustrated not only by the theory behind their implementation, but by direct student feedback about what was most poignant.

This Chapter was chosen as one of the sample chapters for the Handbook - You can read Chaper 41, Cultivating Psychotherapist Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs here in PDF form. In this chapter EHI's certificate programs are included as one of the models of training programs highlighted in the article.

Orah T. Krug, Ph.D., is a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Oakland, and Sausalito, CA. She is a faculty member of Saybrook University, an editor for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and the clinical training director of the Existential-Humanistic Institute of San Francisco. EHI has recently launched a new Modular Training program and three certificate programs, one in partnership with Saybrook University that offers a Certificate in the Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Practice. Dr. Krug co-authored a textbook with Dr. Kirk Schneider entitled, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, part of a monograph series for the American Psychological Association and is  is a co-author of the above chapter in the second edition of The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology entitled "Cultivating Psychotherapist Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs."  She has produced two videos entitled, Conversations with Jim and "Joe" A Demonstration of the Consultation Process, with James Bugental. Her current research focuses on the relationship between existential meaning-making processes and therapeutic change. Dr. Krug may be reached at info[at}ehinstitute.org Attention: Orah Krug.

Read Orah's Presentation at DIV32 6th Annual APA Conference 2013:

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


Troy Piwowarski, Psy.D. Candidate, LLP is an Existential-Humanistic psychotherapist currently complete his doctorate in clinical psychology at the Michigan School of Professional Psychology in Detroit. He had previously been working with elders at AgeSong, an assisted living community with E-H roots in the Bay Area.  As a doctoral student, Troy is passionately exploring what the E-H perspective has to offer, and is investigating through his dissertation how phenomenologically-minded therapists attune to their clients as persons-in-context.  He has published one article on Terror Management Theory entitled "The Effects of Mortality Salience and Belief in Afterlife on the Manifestation of Homonegativity," is a co-author of the above chapter in the second edition of The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology entitled "Cultivating Psychotherapist Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs" and has assisted in editing two books by EHI President Nader Shabahangi.
Troy has been collaborating with the student outreach team as EHI launches its newest training program this year. He currently acts as student outreach coordinator for EHI, and is available to discuss questions regarding the certificate tracks and training programs.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Orah Krug, PhD EHI Clinical Director

Orah Krug, PhD

EHI Clinical Director

Orah Krug is a s a licensed psychotherapist with a private practice in Oakland, and Sausalito, CA. In addition to her work at EHI she is a faculty member of Saybrook University, and an editor for the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Most recently, Dr. Krug is a contributing author to the 2nd Edition of The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology and has co-authored a textbook with Dr. Kirk Schneider entitled, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, part of a monograph series for the American Psychological Association. She has produced two videos entitled, Conversations with Jim and "Joe" A Demonstration of the Consultation Process, with James Bugental. Her current research focuses on the relationship between existential meaning-making processes and therapeutic change.

She has shared her experiences heading EHI's education programs recently at DIV32 at the 6th Annual APA Conference 2013 in a presentation entitled The Renewal of Humanism: Lessons from an Existential-Humanistic Training Program (PDF dowload)

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




Thursday, May 8, 2014

EHI Advanced Certificate Program Info Updated!



The Existential-Humanistic Institute is pleased to announce a new and unprecedented Advanced Certificate in Existential-Humanistic Therapy Awarding Certification as an Existential-Humanistic Therapist. This program is open to students who have completed the certificate program in "Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Practice".

The Advanced Certificate Program

The intention of this Advanced certificate program is to build on the educational foundation laid in the “Foundations” certificate program. This Advanced certificate program is envisioned as a two or three year program, awarding the candidate certification as an Existential-Humanistic Therapist.
By adding this advanced level to the introductory Foundations program, EHI now offers students interested in specializing in E-H Therapy a comprehensive and intensive three or four year educational program, unlike anything that presently exists in the United States. It is akin to the training programs in London headed by Emmy van Durezen and Ernesto Spinelli respectively.
To be awarded the Advanced certificate, candidates need: (a) to possess the Foundations certificate, (b) to complete the advanced program requirements, and (c) to receive EHI faculty approval. For faculty approval the candidate must demonstrate above average proficiency as an E-H therapist. CE credits will be available for most of the course work.

Find out more about the Advanced Certificate Program

The learning objectives, program requirements, program curriculum and fees/schedules are all detailed on the EHI website here.


YES! I'm interested in learning more about EHI's certificates!
Please send me more information!
 

 

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

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

EHI Experiential II Spring 2014 at Angela Hall in Santa Rosa
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/

 


Sunday, March 2, 2014

2nd Edition of The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology Available Now!

The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, Second Edition
Edited by Kirk J. Schneider, J. Fraser Pierson and James F. T. Bugental

View book details on the Sage Publications page Thoroughly updated and revised, with 23 new contributors and 13 new
chapters!
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With leading person-centered perspectives of our time and including contributions from 23 additional authors this newly published 2nd edition of The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology represents the latest scholarship in the fields of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy.


EHI and The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology

In addition to being edited by EHI's Vice-President Kirk Schneider, there are contributions from EHI Board Members, present and past, EHI Advisors and other leading Existential-Humanistic professionals associated with EHI Conferences and Events. The work features chapter contributions from these EHI Professionals: Nader Shabahangi, Kirk Schneider, Orah Krug, Troy Piwowarski, Bob Edelstein, Amedeo Giorgi,Tom Greening, J Pierson and Ilene Serlin.

  • EHI President, Nader Shabahangi, authored "Ch.16: Humanistic Eldercare: Toward a New Conceptual Framework for Aging a chapter on Humanistic Eldercare"
  • EHI Vice-President, Kirk Schneider, authored "Ch 6: Rediscovering Awe: A New Front in Humanistic Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Society," "Ch 26: The Renewal of Humanism in Psychotherapy: A Roundtable Discussion" and "Ch 39: An Existential-Integrative Approach to Experiential Liberation."
  • Director of Certificate Programs, Orah Krug, with co-authors Troy Piwowarski, EHI Student Outreach Coordinator, and J Pierson, EHI Board Advisor, authored "Ch 41: Cultivating Psychotherapeutic Artistry: Model Existential-Humanistic Training Programs."
  • EHI Board Advisor, Bob Edelstein, authored  "Ch 27: Frames, Attitudes, and Skills of an Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapist."
  • EHI Board Advisor, Amedeo Giorgi, authored  "Ch 5: The Search for Psyche."
  • Tom Greening, EHI Board Advisor, authored  "Ch 13: Becoming Authentic: An Existential-Humanistic Approach to Reading Literature."
  • EHI Board Advisor, Ilene Serlin with EHI 2014 Conference Presenter, Eleanor Criswell, authored  "Ch 42: Humanistic Psychology, Mind/Body Medicine, and Whole Person Healthcare."
More info regarding this latest Edition of the The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology from the flyer:

The Second Edition of the cutting edge work, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, by Kirk J. Schneider, J. Fraser Pierson and James F. T. Bugental, represents the very latest scholarship in the field of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy. Set against trends inclined toward psychological standardization and medicalization, the handbook offers a rich tapestry of reflection by the leading person-centered scholars of our time. Their range in topics is far-reaching——from the historical, theoretical and methodological, to the spiritual, psychotherapeutic and multicultural. The handbook illuminates the vibrant "heartland" of the humanistic perspective and invites the reader to experience its profundity and inspiration.

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

•• Offers the latest scholarship in the fields of humanistic psychology and psychotherapy with contributions from 23 additional authors
• Thirteen new chapters and sections are included in the thoroughly updated Second Edition
•• Covers important new developments in neurophenomenology, humanistic-integrative therapies, humanistic multiculturalism, humanistic perspectives on development, personality, organizational psychology, social activism, peace and ecological psychologies, existential and transpersonal psychologies, whole-person healthcare, gender, and humanistic eldercare

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•• Promotes the fuller, deeper, and more personal psychological orientation for which students and professionals yearn
•• Provides readers with a multifaceted understanding of the field through expertise in a vast range of topics
•• Contains the leading person-centered perspectives of our time
•• Illustrates the application of existential-humanistic perspectives in ways readers can draw upon personally and professionally

Check out the 2nd Edition's full Table of Contents on the Sage Publications page


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Check back here for our new series on EHI Professionals and their contribution to The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology. The series will introduce the EHI Professional's Chapter topic in the book and share examples of their field of study and practice.  


Thursday, September 5, 2013

New Speakers Announced for Upcoming EHI:7 Conference

Speakers Sessions for EHI Conference on November 15/16, 2013 

EHI is excited to present these Speakers and their sessions at the 2013 E-H Institute Conference in SF. 

View these Presenters' Session Outlines:
>>Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT: "Six Existential-Humanistic Philosophical Frames: Empowering the Therapist "

>>Tom Greening, PhD & Lisa Vallejos, MA: "Existential Shattering"

>>Orah Krug, PhD: "Contact and Context—The Paradox of Relational Presence"

>>Kirk Schneider, PhD: "The Polarized Mind—Its Nature, Basis, and Therapeutic Implications"

Session Updates: More Sessions are to be announced here on the EHI blog- Follow us for updates!

Register for EHI:7:  Download the Registration Form here .

EHI:7 More Information: Find out more about EHI:7 here on the EHI website.