Upcoming EHI Colloquium November 15 - Dialogue and Discussion on "The Future of Psychotherapy"

EHI Colloquium

The Future of Psychotherapy

A Day of Discussions & Dialogue about E ffective E-H Psychotherapeutic Practices

Open to Educators, Clinicians, Trainers, Schools & Practicing Therapists!

DATE: Nov 15, 2014

TIME: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm / Check-in and Refreshments 9:30 am

LOCATION: AgeSong, 624 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

COST: $75

CEU: 4 CEU’s available for BBS (RNs, MFTs & LCSWs) & Psychologists

REGISTRATION: Online Registration Here

How do we train developing therapists and how do we continue to deepen our practice throughout the years? This colloquium 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. We hope that our discussions and dialogue will contribute to the profession of psychotherapy by stimulating clinicians, educators, trainers, schools, and licensing agencies to reflect upon the necessary components of eff ective psychotherapy. Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you at this year’s EHI “The Future of Psychotherapy” Colloquium. Sincerely, Nader Shabahangi, EHI President and Conference Coordinator & Mary G. Madrigal, EHI Board Member and Conference Coordinator

Questions? Contact us by email at info@ehinstitute.org 

Find out more info about this and other upcoming events at www.ehinstitute.org/events

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The EHI Colloquium is Sponsored by Pacific Institute and Agesong

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 or www.agesong.com for information about these programs.

Engage with Kirk Schneider and EHNW at Upcoming Workshop!

From the Polarized Mind to the Rediscovery of Awe: An Existential-Integrative Perspective on Healing

"The Polarized Mind targets an important problem and shows how it has surfaced throughout the entire world, and chronologically, through the whole of recorded history. The book's scope is mind-boggling and its message crucial."

--Huston Smith, Author of "The World's Religions" on Kirk Schneider's new book The Polarized Mind: Why It's Killing Us and What We Can Do About It."

Presented by: Kirk J Schneider, Ph.D.
Join leading spokesperson for Existential-Humanistic psychology, Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D. for a day of lecture, discussion and experiential exercises in existential-integrative therapy. Drawing from his new book as well as past work, Dr. Schneider will lead us in examining what he identifies as “The Polarized Mind” – its causes and development, existential issues and qualities, and its treatment via existential-integrative therapy. Dr. Schneider defines the Polarized Mind as the product not of sickness but of unaddressed and unacknowledged fear - which leads individuals and societies to become rigid, narrow, and destructive.
When: Friday, September 26, 2014 9:00am to 4:30pm
Where: Ambridge Event Center, Portland, OR
Cost*:

• Early Registration by September 1 - $115
• After September 1 - $140
• Students - $75

*Includes continental breakfast, beverages and lunch
We encourage you to register early - space is limited

REGISTER HERE: EHNW Workshop with Kirk Schneider
CEU's: 6 CEU's approved by Oregon Counseling Association/NBCC

Find out more about the Upcoming EHNW Workshop with Kirk Schneider here on the EHNW website.
Workshop Syllabus:Read the full workshop syllabus online here.
Register here for the EHNW Workshop with Kirk Schneider - From the Polarized Mind to the Rediscovery of Awe.
More Questions? Contact EHNW direcly at workshop[at]ehnorthwest.org

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.

Our Friends at Saltman Center Celebrate 10yrs With Special Presentation

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution presents

Making Peace with Your Enemy: Nelson Mandela and his Contributions to Conflict Resolution

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014 | 3:00 p.m.
UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
Thomas & Mack Moot Court
Moderator
Andrea Schneider
Speakers

• Carrie Menkel-Meadow: “Nelson Mandela’s Procedural Transition From (Violent) Cause Activist to Peace and Justice Seeking Activist”
• Robert Mnookin: “Nelson Mandela’s Decision to Bargain with the Devil”
• Richard Goldstone: "Nelson Mandela's Skills in Conflict Negotiation: A Personal Reflection"
• Penny Andrews: "Nelson Mandela, Forgiveness and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission"

Saltman Center for Confilict Resolution

Special 10th Anniversary Presentation  

 "Making Peace with Your Enemy - Nelson Mandela and his Contributions  to Conflict Resolution"

When: November 1, 2014 - 3:00pm
Where: University of Nevada at Las Vegas  
 Event Location: Thomas and Mack Moot Court Facility

Registration
To RSVP for this special presentation, click here.
Questions? Contact Sandra Rodriguez at sandra.rodriguez[at]unlv.edu  or 702-895-2428.

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

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.

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