ARCHIVED EVENTS
Thursday June 10th | 7:30 PM | Presentation and Book Signing
Kirk Schneider & Orah Krug — Existential-Humanistic Therapy
Saybrook Residential Conference
San Francisco Airport Westin Hotel |
1 Oldshore Highway |
Millbrae, CA 94030
Saturday, May 22 | WORKSHOP
Deepen Your Therapeutic Work Using an Existential-Humanistic Perspective
with Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT
One-day workshop | Portland, OR | 6 CEs Approved
Click here to download workshop flyer
Thursday, May 20 | 8:00 - 9:30pm | Book Reading
Conversations with Ed - Ed Voris, Nader Shabahangi, Patrick Fox
Fields Book Store | 1419 Polk Street, San Francisco | (415) 673-2027
Learning Community Event | Saturday March 13, 2010 12:30pm
"The Phenomenology of Nature."
Learning Community Event | Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:30pm - 9:30pm
"The Phenomenology of Food."
EHI's Third Annual Conference
From Crisis to Creativity: Necessary Losses, Unexpected Gains
November 19-21, 2009
First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center
1187 Franklin, San Francisco, CA 94109
The theme of our conference reflects the paradoxical nature of life and our times. In order to change and grow, a familiar way of being must end. As people and therapists, we are often at the center of a person's dance between loss and gain, between the comfort of the old and the anxiety of the new. This conference will attempt to further our understanding of this dance and the richness and diversity of its movements.
14.0 CEUs available to MFTs & LCSWs, and Psychologists (APPROVED by MCEP / California Psychological Association Accrediting Agency)
List of Workshops & Sessions
Thursday - November 19th:- Humanizing Governance: Bringing Experiential Democracy to the Legislature (no CEUs)
- Fiona Ma and Discussion with Kirk Schneider
Friday - November 20th:
- Artistic & Creative Dimensions of Psychotherapy: Research, Theory, and Practice (1.5 CEUs)
- Louis Hoffman, David Elkins, Cathy Calvert, Jason Dias
- Worldview: What Are They and Why You Would Need to Know About Them (1.5 CEUs)
- Stephen Curtin
- Authentic Engagement: A Radical Way of Being (1.5 CEUs *Psychologist CEU pending Approval)
- Bob Edelstein
- When the Honeymoon Ends: Helping Couples to Embrace Each Other (1.5 CEUs *Psychologist CEU pending Approval)
- Louis Dangles, Christine Armstrong
- Post-traumatic Embitterment Disorder: Existential Roots of Anger, Rage, and Resentment (1.5 CEUs)
- Stephen Diamond
- Developing Together: Mutual Development between Adult and Child (1.5 CEUs)
- Josette Luvmour
- Existential Political Psychology (1.5 CEUs)
- Thomas Greening
- Art and Artist, War and Warrior: Creativity and the Transformation of Trauma, Self, and Society (1.5 CEUs)
- John Galvin
- Evanescence: The Abstract Art and Phenomenal World of John Urbain (1.5 CEUs *Psychologist CEU pending Approval)
- Ed Mendelowitz
- The Poetics of Aging & Dementia (1.5 CEUs)
- Nader Shabahangi
- The Inter-ness of Subjectivity: Reckoning with the Ambiguity of Authenticity (1.5 CEUs)
- Kenneth Bradford
- Personal Crisis: An Extraordinary Opportunity for Transformation (1.5 CEUs)
- Leland Baggett
- The Phenomenology of Collective Trauma: Toward a More Authentic Relationality (1.5 CEUs)
- Robert Stolorow
Saturday - November 21st:
- Existential and Intersubjective Therapy in Dialogue (1.5 CEUs)
- Robert Stolorow & EHI Panel
- "The Readiness is All": Unnecessary Losses, No Forseeable Gains (1.5 CEUs *Psychologist CEU pending Approval)
- Benjamin Tong
- Paradox and the Nature of Change: Beyond the Veil of the Visible (1.5 CEUs)
- Donald Mihaloew
- The Cultivation of Intra and Interpersonal Presence: A Comparative Study of James Bugental & Irvin Yalom: Two Masters of Existential Psychotherapy (1.5 CEUs)
- Orah Krug
- The Western Cultural Rigidly Bounded Self, The Individualist Paradigm and Global Warming (1.5 CEUs)
- Stephan Tobin
- Post-traumatic Growth (1.5 CEUs)
- Ilene Serlin
- The Nature and Power of Awe: Personal Stories of Profound Transformation (1.5 CEUs)
- Kirk Schneider, Jim Hernandez, Fraser Pierson, Candice Hershman, Michael Cooper
- Towards a Common Goal: Creativity in Motion (2.0 CEUs)
- Sonja Saltman, Candice Hershman
Existential Humanistic Institute | Learning Community Event | Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Day of the Dead Celebration
Learning Community Event | Saturday, February 21st - 2009 @ 10:45 am
SFMOMA exhibit: Paul Klee's Pedagogical Sketchbook
2008 Second Annual EHI Conference
Existential Psychotherapy for a World Gone Mad
| Thursday - November 13, 2008 | ||
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| Time | Activity | Topic & Presenter |
| 3:00pm - 6:00pm | Registration & Check-In | Pacific Institute Administration |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Opening Session & Welcome/td> | EHI Directors & Dr. Elizabeth Bugental (Keynote Speaker) |
| 7:00pm - 8:30pm | Opening Poster Session |
Meaning-Making and Hope (Alexander M. Bacher, Stacie L. Cooper)
Reflections on the Existential-Humanistic Approach in Working with the Elderly (Rochelle Suri) Humanistic Approach in Organization Psychology (Taylere Joseph) Aging Women in Search of Meaning (Tamar Shirinian) Open to Not Knowing: Existential and Process-Oriented Approaches to Therapy with Elders and Dementia (Puran Khalsa, Matt Spalding) Through The Circle - Artists and their Mandala Drawings: How Differential Dementia Diagnosis Reflect Behaviors as Seen Through the Making of the Mandala (Rev. Patti Goldstein, MA) |
| 7:30pm - 9:00pm | Cocktail Reception | All presenters, staff and VIP guests |
| Friday - November 14, 2008 | ||
| Time | Activity | Topic & Presenter |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Morning Plenary | The Daimonic & Existential Depth of Psychology: Putting the Punch Back into Therapy (Stephen A. Diamond) |
| 10:45am - 12:15am | Concurrent Workshops | Existentialism & Taoism (Benjamin Tong) |
| The Use of Therapeutic Enactment in Experiential Supervision (Kevin Keenan, Shawn Rubin) |
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| The Power of Now: Innovative Approaches to Cultivating Personal and Relational Presence in the Therapeutic Encounter (Orah Krug) |
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| 12:30pm - 1:45pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Concurrent Workshops | Applying Existential Therapy in a Culturally Sensitive Manner (Louis Hoffman) |
| Existential Integrative Psychology: The Art of "Being With" (Kirk Schneider) |
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| Poetically the Human Being Dwells - Psychotherapeutic Applications of a Heideggerian-based Psychology (Nader Shabahangi) |
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| 3:45pm - 5:00pm | Afternoon Plenary | On What is Hidden: The Limits of Knowledge (Edward Mendelowitz) |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Special Activity | EHI; Student Lounge; Film |
| Saturday - November 15, 2008 | ||
| Time | Activity | Topic & Presenter |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Morning Plenary | A Shaking of the Foundations (David Elkins, Alexander Bacher, Stacie Cooper, Dave Fischer, Pernilla Nathan) |
| 10:45am - 12:15pm (**please note extended time of 1 workshop) | Concurrent Workshops | To See and To Be Seen (Bill Staudenmaier, Bruce McBeath) **extended workshop: 10:45am-1:45pm |
| Existential Orientation Survey (Tom Greening, Scott Kiser) |
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| Beyond Therapy: Bearing Witness to Will-Expression, Self-Generation, and Social/Cultural Engagement in the Pursuit of Optimal Living (John Galvin) |
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| 12:30pm - 1:45pm | Lunch Break | |
| 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Concurrent Workshops | Polarization: Unlocking Impasses in Couples Therapy (Louis Dangles, Christine Armstrong) |
| Kinesthetic Imagining (Ilene A. Serlin) |
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| Authenticity & the Play of Unconditioned Presence: From Resolute Search Process to Natural Release (Kenneth Bradford) |
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| 3:45pm - 5:00pm | Closing Plenary | EHI Directors & Keynote Speaker |
2007 First Annual EHI Conference - The Evolution Conference
Workshop Sessions:
Memories of our Mentors: Bugental, May, and Yalom.
Students of James Bugental, Rollo May, and Irvin Yalom discuss the impact of these mentors on their lives and work.
Orah Krug, Kirk Schneider, Stephen Curtin
Schneider and May's Existential-Integrative Therapy: Latest Developments.
One of the authors of this model of therapy discusses its evolution and his vision of its future applications.
Kirk Schneider
Cultivating Presence: The "You," the "Me" and the "We".
A seasoned therapist, who studied with James Bugental and Irvin Yalom, she presents her research and perspective on deepening presence in the client, the therapist and the space "in-betwee" by integrating a subjective and intersubjective focus.
Orah Krug
East meets West: An Existential-Contemplative Model of psychotherapy.
A long time practitioner of meditative practices presents his therapeutic model that integrates that experience with what he has learned during his extensive collaboration with James Bugental.
Ken Bradford
Age Song: An Existential-Humanistic Environment for Elders
One of the creators of this spiritually rich elder care facility presents the lessons this endeavor offers him and his trainees.
Nader Shambahangi
Integrating dance and movement into Existential-Humanistic Therapy
A leading teacher encourages exploring and experimenting with the "physical." She encourages therapists to integrate movement and dance into their therapies.
Ilene Serlin
Four in the Room: Existential-Humanistic informed Couple Therapy
Drawing on their training with Bugental and Yalom, these seasoned therapists present their experiences with couples.
Christine Armstrong and Louis Dangles
Conformity and Agency: Existential-Humanistic informed Child Therapy
A student of Bugental and contributor to Schneider’s publications, he uses case material to emphasize the encouragement of agency in his work with children.
Stephen Curtin
Presenters:
Christine Armstrong, M.F.T. is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in individual, couple, and group psychotherapy with adults from an Existential perspective. Past board president of Marin Horizon School. Co -authored article with Jim Bugental in The Psychology of Existence and Integrative, Clinical Perspective. Currently serving on the board of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, and providing pro bono supervision for Apple Family Works in San Rafael, CA.
Ken Bradford, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist in private practice, specializing in Existential-Contemplative oriented psychotherapy. He is an Adjunct Professor at John F. Kennedy University and CIIS, Formerly, Co-Director of Maitri Psychotherapy Institute and senior teaching associate with James Bugental, Ph.D. Ken has been a practitioner in the Theravada and Tibetan Buddhist traditions for over 30 years, and is professionally engaged in applying meditative sensibilities to psychotherapy practice. His recent publications include: Listening from the Heart of Silence: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy, Vol. 2 with John Prendergast, and articles on Therapeutic Courage and Natural Resilience: A Heart Sutra for Psychotherapy.
Stephen Curtin, Ph.D. o-Founder of EHI. He is a licensed psychologist in private practice. He is a graduate of Saybrook Institute and trained with James Bugental, Ph.D.. He has lectured and written on applying the Existential-Integrative model to psychotherapy with children and adolescents.
Louis Dangles, M.F.T. is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in individual, couple, and group psychotherapy with adults from an Existential perspective. Currently serving on the board of Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, and providing pro bono supervision for Apple Family Works in San Rafael, CA. He is an enthusiastic student of jazz trumpet.
Orah Krug, Ph.D. Co-Founder of EHI and Training Director. A licensed psychotherapist, supervisor and consultant in private practice, she received her doctoral degree from Saybrook Graduate School. She has lectured and written on aspects of existential psychotherapy with a particular interest in the cultivation of intra and interpersonal presence.
Irene Serlin, Ph.D., A.D.T.R., is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Francisco and a registered dance movement therapist. She is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association. She has studied Gestalt, Existential, and Archetypal psychology with Laura Perls and James Hillman, and has taught at Saybrook Graduate School, UCLA, the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich, and Lesley University. Her writings include: Humanistic psychology and women: A critical-historical perspective, and Laura Perls and Gestalt therapy: her life and values.
Kirk Schneider, Ph.D. Past President and Co-founder of EHI. A licensed Psychologist with a Ph.D. from Saybrook Institute. Author of a number of publications that defined and elaborated on the Existential-Integrative Model of Psychotherapy. His application of this model is the subject of a recent APA video on Existential Psychotherapy. His most recent publication, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, is due out in the Fall of 2007.
Nader Robert Shabahangi, Ph.D Current President and Co-Founder of EHI. Also President and Founder of the Pacific Institute. A licensed Psychologist with a Ph.D. from Stanford University. A leader, trainer and writer on applying the Existential-Humanistic approach to the treatment of elderly in the United States and Europe.
1998
Grand Opening Dinner Celebration with guest speakers: Dr. James F.T. Bugental and Dr. Irvin Yalom.
Discussion on Grief with Mary Goulding, M.S.W.
The Art of the Psychotherapist with James F.T. Bugental, Ph.D. at the Westerbeke Retreat Center.
Educational Programs:
Bridging Philosophy and Practice
Evoking the Inner Search Process
Subjectivity and Encounter
The Existential-Humanistic Conception of Resistance
Meaning and Alignment
Existential Transcendence
Integrating Existential Psychotherapy Into Your Current Practice
Existential-Contemplative Perspectives and the Integration of the Spiritual in Depth Psychotherapy. Workshop with Bill Staudenmaier, Ph.D. and Bruce McBeath, Ph.D.
The Legacy and Future of R.D. Laing's Contribution to Contemporary Thought: A Two-Day Symposium with moderators: Dr. Michael Guy Thompson and Dr. Kirk Schneider.
Evoking the Edge: Applying Existential Principles to Live Cases with consultants: Nader R. Shabahangi, Ph.D., MFT, Karla Boyd, Ph.D., MFT, and Orah Krug, MFT.
Person-Centered Expressive Arts for Therapists and Healers. Weekend workshop with Natalie Rogers, Ph.D., R.E.A.T.
What is Existential Humanism- A Dialogue with the Directors of EHI.
Writing, Editing, Publishing- Existential Humanistic Psychology with Tom Greening, Ph.D., Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., Frances Vaughn, Ph.D., and Leslie Berriman.
A History of the Breast with Marilyn Yalom, Ph.D.
The Art and Wonder of Psychotherapy with Children with Deborah Cohen, M.A., M.P.H., and Stephen Curtin, Ph.D.
Diversity: Exploring Existential-Humanistic Psychology with Various Populations with Sonya Grant Arreola, Ph.D., Lou Dangles, M.F.C.C., and Gregg Richardson, Ph.D.
Supervision and Consultation with Individuals and Groups with Ken Bradford, Ph.D., Jeff Sharp. Ph.D., and Molly Sterling, Ph.D.
Sufism and Psychotherapy with Myrtle Heery, Ph.D., an Bryan Wittine, Ph.D.
Meditation and Self-Inquiry for Existential Therapists: A workshop with Bryan Wittine, Ph.D.
1997
Discussion on Community and Brunch with panelists: Elizabeth Bugental, Ph.D., Richard Kleiner, Ph.D., and Nader Robert Shabahangi, Ph.D.