WCET4 Program & Schedule
Enhance Your Congress Experience – More than just Programming
Meals
Meals will be available for purchase June 3rd–6th in the Café Lounge, located on-site at the Hyatt Convention Center.
Meal service times:
- Morning: 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
- Midday: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Evening: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Workshops
All pre- and post-congress workshops require separate registration.
Click the Registration button above to be directed to Eventify and complete your purchase.
Banquet
The banquet on Saturday, June 6th requires separate registration.
Click the Registration button above to register through Eventify.
Book Signings & Bookstore
Select book signings will take place in the foyer the evenings of June 3rd–5th as a part of the social events.
Books are available via pre-order through email us at bookstore@wcet4.com, and will be available for purchase at the on-site pop-up bookstore.
Evening Social Events
Join us in the foyer each evening from 5:00 to 8:00p.m., June 3rd–5th, for cocktails, live music, networking, and engaging activities. Beverages will be available for purchase.
Be sure to check the schedule for updates as we are working to add even more exciting additions. You can also sign up for e-mail updates here.
| Time | Conference Room I (1) | Conference Room II (2) | Conference Room III (3) | Conference Room IV (4) | Conference Room VIII (8) | Registration Desk | Conference Hotel Lobby |
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| 6:30 – 9:00 | Pre-Conference/ Early Badge Pickup and Registration | ||||||
| 7:00 – 7:30 | – | Pre-Congress Workshop Transportation Meet Up | Pre-Congress Workshop Transportation Meet Up | ||||
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Tending the Fire: Existential-Phenomenological Perspectives on Group Therapy, Presented by Invited Speaker Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles, and Barbara Godoy | Personal Existential Analysis: Engaging the Practical Method of Existential Analysis, Part 1 of 2, Presented by Invited Speakers Alfried Längle, Janelle Kwee, & Derrick Klassen | The Cultural Context of the Direct Approach and its Resonance with Existentialism, Presented by Invited Speaker Xuefu Wang | Evidence-based Existential Therapies: A Research Overview for Practitioners, Researchers, Training Institutions, and Society, Presented by Invited Speaker Joel Vos | Love: The Prohibited Substantive Factor in Existential-Humanistic Therapy – Reclaiming Love as a Transformative, Ethical, and Courageous Clinical Force, Presented by Invited Speaker Nathaniel Granger Jr. | Where the Hell am I? Bushwhacking Through Life’s Existential Wilderness, Presented by Michael Moats | Existential Work with Dreams, Presented by Invited Speaker Emmy Van Deurzen |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Break | ||||||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Being With the Unknown: Existential-Phenomenological Contributions to the Psychedelic Renaissance in Therapy, Presented by Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles | Personal Existential Analysis: Engaging the Practical Method of Existential Analysis, Part 2 of 2, Presented by Invited Speakers Alfried Längle, Janelle Kwee, & Derrick Klassen | Our Ethical Responsibility in Promoting Epistemological Justice in Psychotherapy, Presented by Invited Speaker Theopia Jackson | Evidence-based Meaning in Life and Meaning-centered Therapies: a Research Overview for Practitioners, Researchers, Training Institutions, and Society, Presented by Invited Speaker Joel Vos | Carrying Existence Forward: Introducing Experiential-Existential Psychotherapy, Presented by Invited Speaker Siebrecht Vanhooren | ||
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| 3:00 – 4:00 | |||||||
| Time | Aurora Ballroom I&II (1&2) | Aurora III (3) | Aurora IV (4) | Conference Room I (1) | Conference Room III (3) | Conference Room IV (4) | Conference Room VI (6) | Conference Room VII (7) | Conference Room VIII (8) | Foyer |
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| 7:00 | Badge Pickup and Registration | – | ||||||||
| 8:45 – 10:00 | Welcome and Keynote Black Existential Therapy, Twenty-first Century Challenges, Presented by Lewis Gordon |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Roundtable: Existentialism in Africa and the African Diaspora, Presented by Chair: Terri Davis, Presented by Participants: Lewis R. Gordon, Leswin Laubscher, Theopia Jackson, Anthony Nyki, Nathaniel Granger Jr., Sheba Boakye-Duah | Choosing Between New and Old Cultures: Introducing a Zhi Mian Approach to Psychotherapy, Presented by Invited Speaker Xuefu Wang | Marcel Contra Sartre. Who is the Real Existentialist?, Presented by Digby Tantam | The Architecture of Adulthood: An Existential-Developmental Model Using the Four Fundamental Motivations, Presented by Hannah Frankel | On Climate Anxiety: An Experiential-Existential Systematic Case Study, Presented by Invited Speaker Siebrecht Vanhooren | Out of Bounds: Existential-Humanistic Therapy in a California Prison, Presented by Stephanie Golinveaux, & Kelly Johnson | Pathways to Change in Existential Group Treatment: Experiences from Older Adults with Psychological Distress in Primary Care, Presented by Isak Erling | What Is a Good Existential Supervision?, Presented by Paulius Skruibis | 10:00 – 10:30 Meaning in Life, Mental Distress and Wellbeing in University Students: An Exploratory Network Analysis, Presented by Anne H. Berman ____________ 10:30 – 11:00 |
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| 11:00 – 12:00 | Antigone, Kierkegaard, and Sartre: Authenticity in Defiance, Presented by Invited Speaker Evgenia Georganda | Organized Existential Resistance, Philosophy, Force, and Art, Presented by Richard Bargdill | – | Culturally Adaptive Mindfulness for Multicultural Populations: Integrating Existential-Humanistic Perspectives in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders and Criminal-Justice-Involved Individuals, Presented by O’Dell Johson | Honoring therapists’ Lived Experience, Presented by Sophie Ducrocq Archibald | Transience, Authenticity and Freedom: An Existential Phenomenological Arc, Presented by Burcu Tuncel | Performing Authenticity: Sartre, Pop Psychology, and the Social Media Community, Presented by Ana Segala | 11:00 – 11:30 From Polarity to Presence: A Middle Way Approach, Presented by Chuck Craytor _________________
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Roundtable: Frantz Fanon and Existential Psychology, Presented by Chair: Louis Hoffman, Participants: Lewis Gordon, Leswin Laubscher, Neresia Osbourn | Break | Class and Authenticity: Intersectionality, Freedom, and Contradiction Across the Therapist’s Journey, Presented by Matthew Gonzales | Existential Foundations for Life and Work, Presented by Norma Hernández | In the Depths of Despair Discussing the Question “How Should Life be Lived?” Presented by Nicholas Rose | Alive Together: The Integrative Core of Existential-Humanistic Therapy, Presented by Christopher Deussing | 12:00 – 12:30 From inner peace to Peace with Others. Contributions from Contemporary Existential Analysis to Democratic and Peaceful Coexistence, Presented by María Laura Asid
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| 1:00 – 2:00 | Roundtable: LGBTQIA+ Perspectives on Existential Therapy, Presented by Chair: Shawn Rubin, Presented by Participants: Justin Walmsley, Jack Thomas, Dan Johnson, Journay Clinch | Break | – | |||||||
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Blueprints for a New Society in Which It Will be Easier to Love: A Pedagogy of Hope, Presented by Invited Speaker Nisha Gupta | Somatic Art Therapy and EMDR for Traumatic Stress, Presented by Alexis Morgan | – | – | Embodied Mystery: Exploring Being and the Between, Presented by Mar Amaral (Bring your own sit pillow) | Phenomenology Beyond What They Teach: Tapping into Husserl’s Wisdom to Widen Our Phenomenological Practice, Presented by F. Jak Icoz | Becoming Together: Humanistic Values in Group Supervision, Presented by Vanessa Brown et al. | – | – | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | The Vibrant Center, A Healing Alternative for Our Broken Times, Presented by Invited Speaker Kirk Schneider | Roundtable: Research Supporting Existential Therapy, Presented by Co-Chairs: Valerie Martin & Phillip Benoist, Presented by Participants: Siebrecht Vanhooren, Joel Vos, Andrew Bland, Louis Hoffman, Pninit Russo-Nester | – | – | Exploring the Transformative Role of Humor in Counseling and Counselor Education, Presented by Claire Critchlow, & Jason Rose | Poetry:A Portal to Connection, Mystery and Healing, Presented by Nance Reynolds, Nader Shabahangi, Gaspar Segafredo | The Zen of Camus and Satre, Direct Experience at the Edge of the Absurd, Presented by Thiago Leáo | Hearing Existential Whispers: The Bench, the Bottle, and the Therapeutic Struggle with ‘Befalling’ in Latino Immigrant Men, Presented by Ronald Ulises Vega Pardo | 3:00 – 3:30 Beyond Death Denial: An Examination of Cultural Narratives Surrounding Death, Its Impact on Grief Support & Beyond, Presented by Hank Shuler ____________ 3:30 – 4:00 |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 | Affect and Affectivity in Existential Phenomenology: Frantz Fanon’s Challenge and Elaboration, Presented by Invited Speaker Leswin Laubscher | – | A Narrative Inquiry into Black Women’s Engagement with Buddhism for Collective Healing, Presented by Chioko Juliette Grevious | Drives, Self-Creation, and the Mystery of Becoming: Implications of Nietzsche’s Philosophy for Existential Theory and Practice, Presented by Invited Speaker Joel Givens | Reconciling Trauma by Coming Home to the Body, Presented by Stanisław Sądowski | “Oh! You’re Having Sex?”: Understanding the Experience of Ovarian Cancer Survivors to Inform the Adaptation of eSense-Cancer, a Digital Health Platform Treating Sexual Difficulties After Cancer.”, Presented by Anilā Lacroix | Recentering Myth: The Value of Mythology in Liberation from Oppression, Presented by Jasmine Hobson | Ontological Reclamation through Hip Hop and Lyric Writing, Presented by Alfredo Palacios | – | |
| 5:00 – 8:00 | Social & Cocktail Gathering, & Book Signings with, and Dr. Siebrecht Vanhooran, Dr. Louis Hoffman, Olivia Michael, Edbury Enegren & more. – Foyer | |||||||||
| Time | Aurora Ballroom I&II (1&2) | Aurora III (3) | Aurora IV (4) | Conference Room I (1) | Conference Room III (3) | Conference Room IV (4) | Conference Room VI (6) | Conference Room VII (7) | Conference Room VIII (8) | Foyer |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 | Authenticity and the Mystery of Being a Person, Presented by Invited Speaker Alfried Längle | Existential Compassion: An evidence-based call to open our HEARTS for our clients and our polarised world, Presented by Invited Speaker Joel Vos | Steppingstones: Writing Landscapes of our lives, Presented by Kate Thompson | – | – | A Rogerian Experience of the Conference Theme, Presented by Robert Edelstein | Authenticity Is Not Individuality: A Closer Look at Authenticity in the World of Psychotherapy, Presented by F. Jak Icoz | My Professional and Personal Life (Part 1), Presented by Terri Davis, Loe Bock, Olivia Michael, Jack Thomas, Brittany Varisco | ALIVE: A Phenomenological Framework for Re-Humanizing Clinical Encounters in High-Pressure Healthcare Environments, Presented by Ricardo Mitrani | – |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Roudtable: The Mystery of Being, Presented by Chair: Joshua Diliberto, Presented by Participants: Emmy van Deurzen, Jeff Singer, Kirk Schneider, Digby Tantum, Erik Craig | Roundtable: Relationships in Existential Therapy, Presented by Chair: L. Xochitl Vallejos, Participants: Nisha Gupta, Chris Bradshaw, Matt Thelen, Myrtle Heery, Derrick Sebree Jr. | Opening to the Mysteries of Being: A Dialogue of Existential Perspectives, Presented by Invited Speakers Erik Craig, & Kirk Schneider | Existential Resilience in the Face of War: Empirical Evidence from Ukraine, Presented by Yaryna Kaplunenko | Beyond the Individual: The Existential Reality of Racialized Trauma in Communal Worlds, Presented by Courtney Cabell | Existential Vacuum in the Digital Era, Presented by Nitin Kalra | From Suffering to Meaning with EASE: A Process within The Purposehood® Method for Existential Health, Presented by Ammar Charani | My Professional and Personal Life (Part 2), Presented by Terri Davis, Loe Bock, Olivia Michael, Jack Thomas, Brittany Varisco | WHO Are We and When Are We: Identity, Time, and Aliveness in Existential Psychotherapy, Presented by Michael Stadter | – |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Encountering Death, Grief, and Loss: Lessons for Existential Therapy, Presented by Invited Speakers Louis Hoffman, & Mark Yang, with Edbury Enegren, and Tyler Gamlen | Affect and Liberation: Authentic Self-Creation from the Inner Life to Class Consciousness (Part 1), Presented by Alfredo Palacios | Accessing Längle’s 4FMs Through Guided Meditation, Presented by Graham Nelson-Zutter | Crossroads and thresholds: Towards a cross-cultural and sacramental existential therapeutic practice, Presented by Mihaela Launeanu | 11:00 – 11:30 Existentialism & Patañjali — A Comparative Analysis, Presented by Rosy Datt (Mann) _________________ 11:30 – 12:00 The Phenomenological Structures of Existential Meaning and Their Psychotherapeutic Relevance, Presented by Jacob Bell |
11:00 – 11:30 Existential Analysis as a Method of Helping People with Anxiety Disorders, Presented by Dmytro Lubiv _________________ 11:30 – 12:00 Relational Presence in the Vibrant Human Realm: Warmth and Echoes of Chinese “Being-Present” — A Gentle Dialogue with Existential-Humanism, Presented by Yaxuan Zhang
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Fear vs. Freedom: Interacting Forces in the Psychology of Human Growth and Self-Expansion, Presented by Invited Speaker Tom Pyszczynski | Break | Affect and Liberation: Authentic Self-Creation from the Inner Life to Class Consciousness (Part 2), Presented by Alfredo Palacios | Break | Climate Distress: A Systematic Mixed-Method Case Study from an Experiential-Existential Perspective, Presented by Invited Speaker Siebrecht Vanhooren | The Shadow Beneath: Unmasking Death Anxiety as a Catalyst for Nationalism and Violence and the Counselor’s Responsibility, Presented by Jason Rose, Claire Critchlow, Ece Hardaway, Zach Pharr | – | – | ||
| 1:00 – 2:00 | Roundtable: Authenticity – What is it?, Presented by Chair: Drake Spaeth, Presented by Participants: Joe Vanderhoff, Evgenia Georganda, Claire Arnold-Baker, Matt Thelen | Roundtable: Existential Therapy in Time-Limited Contexts, Presented by Chair: Nicole Harrison, Participants: Jeff Singer, Edbury Enegren, Cathy Calvert, Christopher Deussing | – | Break | Going Beyond, Together, Presented by Elena Wolf | Break | – | |||
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Art Therapy to Support Existential Authenticity, Presented by Elizabeth Hlavek | Three Disciplines, 3 Clinicians, 3 Philosophers: Toward a Shared Language of Healing and Dialogue, Presented by Michell Ruiz-Suárez | Beyond the Consulting Room: Benefits of Existential Therapy in Education, Presented by Monica Ortega-Quiroz | Meaning at the Threshold: Authentic presence and Existential Accompaniment of Terminally ill Clients, Presented by Monika Ulrichová, Mihaela Launeanu | Relationship Anarchy as a Decolonial Framework for Community, Relational Ethics, and Collective Liberation, Presented by Invited Speaker L. Xochitl Vallejos | – | BREEMA: phenomenologically oriented embodiment practice as a path to the authenticity of Dasein., Presented by Stanisław Sądowski | – | ||
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Roundtable: Existential Therapy and Community, Presented by Co-Chairs: Brittany Varisco & Jeff Singer, Presenters: Nathaniel Granger Jr. Jr., Shawn Rubin, Emmy van Deurzen, Claire Santos | Living Authentically and Finding Meaning (Part 1): Theoretical and Historical Perspectives, Presented by Invited Speaker Derrick Klaassen | Elevating Indigenous Existential-Humanistic Ideologies, Presented by Theopia Jackson, Drake Spaeth, Courtney Chung, Chioko Juliette Grevious, Chinmay Surpur, and Courteney Suiter | Out of Tragedy Comes Hope: An Existential Humaistic Model of Psychological First Aid for Trauma Recovery in the US and Conflict Zones in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, Presented by Howard Dotson | The Healing Process of Relationality, Presented by Chris Bradshaw, Invited Speaker Kirk Schneider, Sophie Archibald | Authentically Integrating Lived Experience of Loss, Presented by B. Tammy Bartel, Mihaela Launeanu | Existential Phenomenological Description of How Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a Defining Technology of our Era, Has Fostered a Form of Mediated, Efficient, and Dependent Communication on Standing-reserve (Bestand), Often at the Expense of Authentic Human Encounter and Pre-reflective Exploration., Presented by Alex Bravo | 3:00 – 3:30 The Primary Human Experiences: A Phenomenological Framework for Existential Practice, Presented by Mackenzie O’Brien _________________ 3:30 – 4:00 Towards a Theory of Development in the Existential Paradigm: from Attachment to Creation, Presented by Vitalina Ustenko |
3:00 – 3:30 The Gaze of the Other Sets Us in Motion, Presented by Alexandra Feoli _________________ 3:30 – 4:00 Does existential revolt belong to social justice, and can it coexist with evolution and natural selection: imagining new societal structures, Presented by Natalia Khudokonenko |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 | Living Authentically and Finding Meaning (Part 2): Experiential & Clinical Applications, Presented by Invited Speaker Janelle Kwee | – | Dancin’ Toward Liberation: Communal Movement for D, Presented by Courtney Cabell, Devon Kardel, Lauren Dushane, Desirae Peel, Jadyn Iseler, Kendra Oja, Muzammil Khan, Madalyn Bailey, Serenity Littrell, Vrinda Mot, Zunaira Tirmizi | 4:00 – 4:30 The Phenomenon of Manipulation as an Impediment to the Development of Personal Authenticity, Presented by Jekaterina Rozdestvenskaja ____________
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4:00 – 4:30 Health Trauma and Existential Shattering, Presented by Andreas Ioannou
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| 5:00 – 5:30 | Tribute to Brent Robbins -Aurora Ballroom 1&2 | |||||||||
| 5:00 – 8:00 | Social & Cocktail Gathering, & Book Signing with Dr. Emmy van Deurzen, Dr. Kirk Schneider, & Dr. Orah Krug – Foyer | |||||||||
| Time | Aurora Ballroom I&II (1&2 | Aurora III (3) | Aurora IV (4) (Tables and chairs) |
Conference Room I (1) | Conference Room III (3) | Conference Room IV ( 4) (Experiential w/ Circle chairs) |
Conference Room VI (6) | Conference Room VII (7) | Conference Room VIII (8) | Foyer |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 | The Art of Existential Freedom, Presented by Invited Speaker Emmy van Deurzen | No Easy Answers: Justice and Freedom in Today’s World, Presented by Invited Speaker Apryl Alexander | The Corps of Depth Healers: A New Movement and Certificate Program to Promote Emotionally Restorative Relationships (Part 1), Presented by Invited Speakers Kirk Schneider, Tyler Gamlen | Early Career Perspectives on Practicing Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy, Presented by Ash Lee, Payton Ward, Rebecca Wickersham, Heidi Streicher | Exploring Existential Concerns Across Settings: Cross-Cultural, Clinical, and Policy Perspectives, Presented by Sabina Musliu | It’s In The Room: Confronting Death and Mortality, Presented by Suzan Bollich | Fellow Travellers: The experience and findings of a participant-researcher investigation into the lived experience of Existential-Humanistic consultation group members, Presented by Orah Krug, Megan Andersen, Julie Wratten | Hermeneutic Phenomenological Description of the Experience of Child Sexual Abuse in an Adult Man., Presented by Alex Bravo | How to Remain True to Oneself Without Getting Lost in the Attempt: The Authenticity of the Self vs. Our Attachment System in Romantic Relationships, Presented by María de los Ángeles Martínez | – |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Positive Anxiety and Existential Authenticity: Toward Meaning and Radical Hope, Presented by Invited Speaker Pninit Russo-Netzer | Freely Bound: A Resolute Unworking of the Psyche, Presented by Invited Speaker Brett Wilkinson | The Corps of Depth Healers: A New Movement and Certificate Program to Promote Emotionally Restorative Relationships (Part 2), Presented by Invited Speaer Kirk Schneider, & Tyler Gamlen | The Courage of Vulnerability According to an Integrated Psycho-Pedagogy, Presented by Maria Roberta Cappellini | Existential Perspectives on Hypnosis and Dissociation (Part 1), Presented by Ian Wickramasekera, II, Eric Proescher | Co-Creating Connection and Curiosity: A Relational, Presented by Rafael Cortina | Everyday Moments That Matter: Existential Love, Time, and Meaning in Therapeutic Encounter, Presented by Justin Rock | Agape Selves Therapy: The Existential Therapy of Choosing Selves for Living with Love instead of Fear, Presented by Dr Edward Chan | 10:00 – 10:30 The Wounded Healer Between Two Worlds: How Existentialism and Vedanta Inform Therapeutic Presence in Ruptured Family Systems, Presented by Rosy Datt (Mann) ____________ 10:30 – 11:00 |
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| 11:00 – 12:00 | Listening to the Mystery of Being: A Road Less Traveled, Presented by Invited Speaker Erik Craig | Collapse Psychology, Presented by Vanessa Brown | Working existentially with displaced populations, Presented by Maria Galani | AI, Authenticity, and the Future of Existential Therapy: A Three-Voice Debate on Promise, Peril, and Practice, Presented by Ammar Charani | Existential Perspectives on Hypnosis and Dissociation (Part 2), Presented by Ian Wickramasekera II, Eric Proescher | Connecting community through embodied storytelling, Presented by Jennifer Tam | Indigenous and existential perspectives in facing life directly: A response to toxic positivity and spiritual bypassing, Presented by Drake Spaeth | Freedom to Be in the Face of Fear: Existential Support for the Latine Community, Presented by Linda Ruvalcaba | 11:00 – 11:30 Del Ego al Amor: Cultura narcisista y crisis del encuentro, Presented by Fernando Nicolas Sanchez _________________ 11:30 – 12:00 Autenticidad y culpa (Authenticity and Guilt), Presented by Facundo Marinucci |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Roundtable: Legacy and Contemporary Perspectives on Existential Therapy, Presented by Chair: Theopia Jackson, Presented by Participants: Kirk Schneider, Alfried Längle, Drake Spaeth, Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles, Zenobia Morrill | Vita Activa – A call for Existential Rebirth, Presented by Invited Speaker Claire Arnold-Baker | Break | A Neuropsychological Examination of Music as an Existential-Humanistic Intervention: How Music Augments Our Brains and Deepens Connection, Presented by Joseph Vanderhoff, Zach Pharr | Existential Themes in Education and Entertainment: Exploring Authenticity with Students and Stars, Presented by Jared LaGroue, Ashley Lanaux, Ori Gutin | Cultural Considerations in Therapeutic “Presence”, Presented by Chris Bradshaw, & Jennifer O’Neill | Gelassenheit Freedom for Gathering and Letting Be: Meister Eckhart, Heidegger, and the Therapoetics of Mystery, Authenticity, and Logos, Presented by Janeta Tansey | Existential Therapy with Solid-organ Transplant Recipients: A Case Series, Presented by Amy Christianson | 12:00 – 12:30 Nuestras máscaras, nuestra inautenticidad – Our masks, our inauthenticity, Presented by Diana Esther Miguel _________________ 12:30 – 1:00 Meditation, Community, Authenticity, and the Mystery of Being, Presented by Mariam Holmes |
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| 1:00 – 2:00 | Roundtable: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Existential Therapy, Presented by Chair: Joshua Dilberto, Presented by Presentors: Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles, Shawn Rubin, Ian Wickramasekera, Elizabeth Olson | From Existential-Humanistic Case Formulation to Evidence Based Practice, Presented by Louis Hoffman, Philip Benoist, Tyler Gamlen, Valerie Martin, Jack Thomas, Joseph Vanderhoof, & Rebecca Wickersham | Break | – | ||||||
| 2:00 – 3:00 | The Therapist’s Fears, Presented by Invited Speaker Susana Signorelli | – | – | Being With Addiction, Presented by Raquel Glória Mert Ulusoy | Empowering traumatized clients to reclaim choice: A case study demonstrating a dramatic (and easy to learn) new eye movement therapy, Presented by Margit Henderson | 2:00 – 2:30 Psychometric properties of the Existential Scale and the Existential Motivations Test for adolescent population, Presented by María Laura Asid ____________ 2:30 – 3:00 |
2:00 – 2:30 Existential psychotherapy: A phenomenological qualitative study on loneliness, Presented by Jarryd Lunger ____________ 2:30 – 3:00 |
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| 3:00 – 4:00 | Roundtable: Existentialism in Latin America, Presented by Chair: Alfredo Palacio, Presented by Participants: Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles, Susanna Signorelli, Myriam Protasio, Ana María Díaz González, Alexandra Feoli, Katerina Zymnis | Roundtable: Terror Management Theory, Presented by Chair: Rebecca Wickersham, Presenters: Tom Pyszczynski, Brad Johnson, Hank Shuler, Tomi Ann Roberts | Existential Therapy between Meaning and Being: Reflections on Our Teachers, Philosophy, and Living Practice, Presented by Invited Speakers Erik Craig, and Alfried Längle | – | The Existential Unconscious and Existential Unconsciousness, Presented by Will Wadlington, Invited Speakers Kirk Schneider, & Siebrecht Vanhooren | Parkinson’s Disease and Existence, Presented by Suzan Bollich | From Theory to Presence: An Existential Guide for Therapists, Presented by Jack Jaffe | Leopold Szondi’s Fate Analysis: a lost central-European School of Existential Psychology, Presented by Zoltan Kovary | – | – |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | – | Humanistic Pedagogy, Presented by Vanessa Brown & Derrick Sebree | Freedom and the Mystery of Being, Presented by Bárbara Godoy | Personality of existential psychologists, Presented by Dmitry Leontiev | – | 4:00 – 4:30 Reframing OCD: Structure and Treatment Through Personal Existential Analysis, Presented by Sebastian Wingfield ____________ 4:30- 5:00 |
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| 5:00 – 5:15 | 4th World Congress Group Photo – Aurora Ballroom | |||||||||
| 5:15 – 5:45 | 5th World Congress Candidate Presentation and Information Session – Aurora Ballroom. Voting will be via the Eventify App | |||||||||
| 5:15 – 8:00 | Social & Cocktail Gathering, & Book Signing with Dr. Joel Vos, Dr. Pninit Russo-Netzer, & Ammar Charani – Foyer | |||||||||
| Time | Aurora Ballroom I&II (1&2 | Aurora III (3) | Aurora IV (4) (Tables and chairs) |
Conference Room I (1) | Conference Room III (3) | Conference Room IV ( 4) (Experiential w/ Circle chairs) |
Conference Room VI (6) | Conference Room VII (7) | Conference Room VIII (8) | Foyer |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 | Expansion of the Existential Tribe into Southeast Asia: Lessons Learned from Decades of Community Building, Presented by Invited Speaker Mark Yang | Globalizing and De-colonizing Existential Therapy, Presented by Invited Speakers Xochitl Vallejos, Nathaniel Granger Jr., & Louis Hoffman | The Politics of Power in Psychotherapy: understanding the roles of freedom, integrity and community in an ever more fragmented world., Presented by David St. John | We might cheat death if we worship it: The Impact of Death Anxiety on Counselors’-in-Training Efficacy with Substance Use Populations, Presented by Jason Rose, Claire Critchlow, Ece Hardaway | The Humorous Condition: Exploring the nature of humour and the tragi-comic dimensions of Being, Presented by Neil Gibson | Mapping the Self With EASE, Presented by Ammar Charani | Creating a Personal Existential Map: Toward Mastery Within Mystery, Presented by Suhua Zhao | 9:00 – 9:30 Zhuangzi on Authenticity, Presented by Shiyan Zheng ____________ 9:30 – 10:00 |
9:00 – 9:30 Underdogs, Misfits and Outliers in School: The Success stories of Singaporean Millennials, Presented by Kinmeng Choi ____________ 9:30 – 10:00 |
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| 10:00 – 11:00 | Roundtable: Existentialism in South and Southeast Asia, Presented by Chair: Ian Wickramasekera, Presented by Presenters: Xuefu Wang, Mark Yang, Magdalen Cheng, Vincent Thomas Evangelista | Three Existential Approaches, Presented by Invited Speakers Alfried Längle, Kirk Schneider, & Emmy van Deurzen | Intimacy with Waters of Body and Waters of Earth, Presented by Alja Lah (bring paper and a pen) | Psychological Growth After Trauma: Insights from Phenomenological Research, Presented by Simon Wharne | The Process of Forgiveness, understood with Nietzsche’s Philosophy, Presented by Monica Ortega-Quiroz | Embodied Freedom: Movement, Meaning, and Healing, Presented by Courtney Cabell, Devon Kardel | – | 10:00 – 10:30 The impossibility of the therapeutic relationship, Presented by Peter Donders ____________ 10:30 – 11:00 |
10:00 – 10:30 Existential Resilience: Philosophical and Therapeutic Perspectives, Presented by Yaryna Kaplunenko ____________ 10:30 – 11:00 |
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| 11:00 – 12:00 | Wounded Child, No Surviving Family: Relational Orphanhood, Emotional Inaccessibility, and the Intergenerational Legacy of Oppression in Palestinian Families, Presented by Rasha Khalaf, & Invited Speaker L. Xochitl Vallejos | – | The Psychosis of Existential Training, Presented by Sheba and Neresia Boakye-Duah, & Osbourne | Life at the Last Minute: Procrastination, Time, Meaning, and Existential Choice, Presented by Ganna Baryshnykova | Marital Dissolution as an Existential Process: Co-creating the Living Human Document through mapping of the Subterranean Life of the Hour, Presented by Bavly Kost | 11:00 – 11:30 Being at Home Without an Address, Presented by Snezhana Wein Wein ____________ 11:30 – 12:00 |
11:00 – 11:30 Personal Position in Emigration Therapy, Presented by Katya Kiiaeva ____________ 11:30 – 12:00 Existential Awe and Transpersonal Psychology, Presented by Shawn Rubin |
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| 12:00 – 1:00 | Resting in Kindness, Presented by Invited Speaker Myrtle Heery | Poster Session in Foyer | – | Whose Freedom? Reclaiming Existential Liberty from Neoliberal Capture, Presented by Bárbara Godoy | What is Psychosis?, Presented by Jack Thomas, & Laura Jensen | The Shower Dance, Presented by Pablo Gonzalez | From Defense to Dialogue: Using TMT and the Four Worlds in Existential Coaching Practice, Presented by Brad Johnson | Psychotherapy in Our Turbulent Contemporary Times: The Need for Existential Therapy, Presented by Invited Speaker Louis Hoffman, Rebecca Wickersham, Tyler Gamlen, and Joseph Vanderhoff | 12:00 – 12:30 Their death – Our death: The mutuality of death in existential therapy, Presented by Eli Buchbinder ____________ 12:30 – 1:00 |
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| 1:00 – 2:00 | Voices We’ve Yet to Hear: Relational Existential Therapy and Other Worlds, Presented by Invited Speaker Yaqui Andrés Martinez-Robles Martinez | Therapy demonstration, Presented by Invited Speaker Alfried Längle | Poster Session in Foyer | |||||||
| 2:00 – 3:00 | The Quest for Shared Meaning in a Seemingly Meaningless World: An Existential Integrative Family Therapy Odyssey, Presented by Invited Speaker Katerina Zymnis | Roundtable: Existential Approaches to Advocacy and Activism, Presented by Chair: Matt Thelen, Presented by Participants: L. Xochitl Vallejos, Apryl Alexander, Nisha Gupta, Joel Vos | Voicing the censored self: A hermeneutic phenomenological exploration of navigating silence and authenticity in South-East Asia, Presented by Magdalen Cheng | Finding Meaning Through Art Making: The Art and Artists of the Holocaust, Presented by Elizabeth Hlavek | The Taxonomy of Participatory Knowing in Suicide Assessment: Beyond Risk Calculation Toward Meaning Restoration, Presented by Alfredo Palacios | We Gather Here: Ritual as Existential Practice, Presented by Claire Santos | Existential Health: Defining a Missing Pillar of Human Well-Being, Presented by Ammar Charani | Linking Mindfulness to Prosocial and Pro-Environmental Behaviour through Authenticity: A Conceptual Framework and Research Agenda, Presented by Anton Skolzkov | 2:00 – 2:30 Phenomenological Hermeneutical Description of the Experience of Repressed Anger in an Adult Woman, Reflecting How the Containment of a Vital Emotion Leads to the Forgetfulness of Being (Dasein)., Presented by Alex Bravo ____________ 2:30 – 3:00 |
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| 3:00 – 4:00 | Mystery, Miracle, and Mortality: Living with what we don’t know and cannot explain, Presented by Invited Speakers Evgenia Georganda, & Erik Craig | Between Two Worlds: Authenticity, Community, and the Mystery of Being a Middle Eastern American Therapist, Presented by Jifune Hermiz | Existential Empathy in Psychotherapy: Insights from Qualitative Research, Presented by Gianina Frediani | Unfolding the Mystery of the Self Through Arts-Based Reflection, Presented by Emily Lichtenberg | Yoga Darśana: An Indigenous Theraputic Framework Anchord in Eastern Existential Philosophy, Presented by Aparna Ramaswamy | Freedom-For Behind Walls: Ontological–Existential Coaching with People Impacted by Incarceration, Presented by Christy Hey | Toward a Decolonial Existential Clinic: Corporality, Otherness, and Dignity, Presented by Nissarindany Bernal
Emilia Diener León Portilla |
3:00 – 3:30 “Do You Understand?!” Best Practices using Artificial Intelligence in Research (and Life), Presented by Graham Nelson-Zutter ____________ 3:30 – 4:00 |
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| 4:00 – 5:00 | Social Gathering | Poster Session | ||||||||
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| 6:00 – 8:00 | Banquet Dinner | – | ||||||||
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| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Taoist Principles Within the Practice of Existential-Humanistic Psychology, Presented by Invited Speaker Mark Yang, & Xiao Han |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Break |
| 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | The Dream as an ‘Existential Message’: An Experiential Training Using Dream Dialogues to Explore the Mystery of Being Human, Presented by Betty Cannon, & Barbara Godoy |
Poster Session 12:30-1:30pm
Listed in Alphabetical Order
– Arrojados a la Consciencia: La Ignición del Ser en la Etapa Perinatal Desde la Neurobiología y el Análisis Existencial, by
Giuseppe Hammurabi Pérez
– Creation as Survival: The Existential Imperative to Work Creatively in Dissociative Therapy, by Dana Owens
– Death Anxiety, by Begüm Orhan, Dr. Margaret Nauta
– Existential Identity Formation in Cross-Cultural Contexts, by Omar Haddad
– Existential Perspectives on Chronic Illness and Meaning Reconstruction, by Julia Thompson
– Existential–Humanistic Perspectives on Self-Compassion, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Posttraumatic Growth, by Cheyenne Neukomm
– Finding Comfort in Complexity: A Personal Narrative Exploring Existential and Awe Based Therapy, by Abigail Geddes
-Humanistic Approach to Meaning Making Under Fatigue for Endurance Athletes, by Bradley Spargur
– Integrating Existential and Compassion-Focused Approaches to Self-Criticism, by Jason Brown
– The Lived Experience of the Physical Body in Greek Women Following Multiple Cosmetic Surgeries: An Existential–Phenomenological
Study Using SEA, by Ilia Galouzidi
– Meaning Making in the Face of Climate Anxiety, Nora Whitfield
– On the Opacity, Authenticity, and Ethics of Transition for Transgender People of Color, by Kyung In Lee
– Reclaiming Agency After Trauma: An Existential-Humanistic Case Study, by Laura Stevens
– The Role of Awe in Existential Therapy, by Matthew Doyle
– Thrown Into the Current: Finding the Authentic Self in Whitewater, by Maya Finlayson
– What May Underlie Fate Acceptance in Early Adulthood: Construct Validation of the Russian Version of
Amor Fati Scale, by Dmitry Leontiev
Poster Session 4:15-5:15pm
Listed in Alphabetical Order
– Annhilation to Salvation – Surrendering to the Ontological Mystery of Being, -by Sushree Sahu
-Between Worlds: Soul Loss and the Failure of Archetypal Defenses, by Sarah Gallagher
-Cultivating Resilience and Authenticity in the Modern Workplace, by Sage Breslin
– Deep Ecology: An Educational Proposal for the Practice of Existential Psychotherapy in the 21st Century, by Norma Hernández
– Digital Existential Interventions for Adults: A Systematic Review, by Sarine Agopian
– The Eagala Model with Military Populations, by Vanessa Harris
– Existential Approaches to Grief and Meaning Reconstruction, by Hannah Lee
– Existential Courage in the Face of Collective Trauma, by Daniel Okafor
– Existential Loneliness in the Age of Digital Connection, by Oliver Grant
– Existential Psychotherapy and Social Justice Praxis, by Priya Narayan
– Forecast, Project, or Dialogue with the Future? Psychometric Validation of a Three Factor Questionnaire of Modes of Dealing
with the Future, by Dmitry Leontiev
– Integrating Phenomenological Psychopathology into Existential Therapies: Toward a Mutual Enlightenment in
Clinical Practice, by Victor Monteiro
– Is Gadamerian Dialogue Possible Without Junk Code? by Sonakshi Bidyadhar
– Reproductive Choice as an Existential Crossroads, by Whitley Blake
– Re-Storying the Self: The Role of Narrative Identity in Healing Moral Injury Through Poster Session Enactment, by Richard La Fleur
– Therapeutic Presence and the Experience of Being Seen, by Michael Adler
*All dates, titles, presenters, and rooms are subject to change.