{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"114: Existential-Humanistic Therapy ","description":"\u201cAdventure and awe are key to the perpetuation of vibrant, evolving lives, and in combination with technological advances may bring marvels to our emerging repertoires.\u201d \u2014 Kirk Schneider Kirk Schneider is a psychotherapist who has taken a leading role in the advancement of existential-humanistic therapy and existential-integrative therapy.&amp;nbsp;He has authored or coauthored ten books, including&amp;nbsp;The Paradoxical Self,&amp;nbsp;Humanity\u2019s Dark Side,&amp;nbsp;Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy,&amp;nbsp;The Psychology of Existence&amp;nbsp;(with Rollo May),&amp;nbsp;The Polarized Mind,&amp;nbsp;The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, and&amp;nbsp;Awakening to Awe. Dr. Schneider is the 2004 recipient of the Rollo May award for \u201coutstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology\u201d from the Humanistic Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association. In this episode, Kirk teaches us how we can connect with the mystery and discovery in our daily lives in a way that allows us to feel, sense, imagine, create, wonder, and to feel the dysphoric feelings as well, the poignancy of sadness of hurt or anger, and in essence, experience a larger sense of life and of creative work. Kirk's seminal work in existential-humanistic therapy has helped many people be more open to new possibilities and sensitivities to oneself as well&amp;nbsp;as other people, other species, and have a more profound appreciation of our fleeting time in&amp;nbsp;space. Among these topics, we also discuss the following:  What is existential-humanistic therapy? Kirk\u2019s kinship with Rollo May Kirk's debate with Ken Wilbur about &quot;ultimate consciousness&quot; Kirk's vision of an awe-based era in the age of roboticism Kirk's vision of &quot;depth healers&quot; How to preserve the core of humanity in this brave new world  Links  The Spirituality of Awe  Existential-Humanistic Therapy (2nd edition)  The Deified Self: A &quot;Centaur&quot; Response to Wilber and the Transpersonal Movement&amp;nbsp;by Kirk Schneider  Rollo May: Personal Reflections and Appreciation&amp;nbsp;by James F.T. Bugental ","author_name":"The Psychology Podcast with Scott Barry Kaufman","author_url":"http:\/\/www.thepsychologypodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6089169\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/01babb\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/6089169"}