Existential-Humanistic Therapy in Practice

Description

This course is a live, interactive webinar held on February 19, 2027, from 12-4:30pm Eastern Standard Time.

This reduced price webinar does not offer CE Credits. The same live event is available for purchase and offers 4 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

Registration closes at midnight (EST) the day before the event

Understanding existential-humanistic therapy is one thing. Knowing how to use it in the moment with a client is another. How can you translate principles of presence, empathy, and meaning into therapeutic responses that deepen awareness and support meaningful change?

This 4-hour live webinar explores what existential-humanistic therapists actually do in sessions and why their interventions matter. Discover how to work more intentionally with clients’ emotions, lived experiences, and relationships while honoring their individual needs and readiness for change.

Led by Louis Hoffman, PhD, a licensed psychologist and internationally recognized educator in existential-humanistic psychotherapy, this training draws on decades of clinical practice, research, and teaching. Dr. Hoffman is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and nine of its divisions, recipient of the Rollo May Award, and author or editor of 28 books, including Case Formulation in Existential-Humanistic Therapy and The Evidence-Based Foundations of Existential-Humanistic Therapy. His extensive experience in psychotherapy and clinical supervision brings both scholarly depth and practical relevance to the training.

Dr. Hoffman will demonstrate how existential-humanistic principles inform moment-to-moment therapeutic decisions. Through a phenomenological approach, participants will examine how to set aside assumptions, explore clients’ subjective experiences, and select interventions that respond to what is unfolding in the therapeutic encounter. The workshop connects existential-humanistic theory with clinical application while considering the integration of research evidence, clinical expertise, and client preferences.

The training examines primary existential-humanistic interventions, including working with psychological protections, meaning-centered approaches, genuineness, therapeutic self-disclosure, and embodied empathy. Participants will explore how emotion, relationship, and meaning interact to facilitate therapeutic change. Attention will also be given to recognizing existential concerns in everyday clinical presentations and inviting greater awareness of emotional experiences, bodily sensations, and relational patterns without compromising clients’ safety or autonomy. Multicultural perspectives will inform discussions of how culture, power, marginalization, and personal values shape the therapeutic relationship and the selection of interventions.

Key Takeaways:

• Translate theory into therapeutic action: Identify existential-humanistic interventions and use a phenomenological approach to understand clients’ lived experiences and guide clinical responses.
• Foster deeper therapeutic engagement: Explore how embodied empathy, authenticity, emotional awareness, and meaning-centered interventions can help clients engage with difficult experiences and examine new possibilities.
• Integrate evidence and cultural responsiveness: Learn how existential-humanistic therapy aligns with evidence-based practice and how to adapt interventions to clients’ cultural backgrounds, personal circumstances, and preferences.

Why This Course?

• Move beyond abstract theory: Gain a practical understanding of what existential-humanistic therapists actually do and how to choose interventions that fit the client and the evolving therapeutic process.
• Learn from a leading authority: Benefit from Dr. Hoffman’s extensive contributions to existential-humanistic psychotherapy as a clinician, researcher, author, educator, and supervisor.
• Strengthen your clinical versatility: Expand your therapeutic repertoire through continuing education from Telehealth Certification Institute, with an emphasis on thoughtful clinical decision-making, cultural humility, and individualized care.

Learning Objectives

• Identify primary existential-humanistic interventions.
• Apply a phenomenological approach to explore and understand the client’s lived experience.
• Describe how to align existential-humanistic therapy with evidence-based practice.
• Identify ways to adapt existential-humanistic therapy to the client’s cultural and personal context and preferences.

Existential-humanistic therapy offers more than a philosophical perspective. It provides a way of engaging with clients that brings emotion, relationship, and meaning into the center of therapeutic work. This live webinar offers an opportunity to refine your clinical presence, strengthen your intervention choices, and help clients explore more meaningful and flexible ways of living.

Format and Access

This course is a live, interactive webinar.

Course Details

Schedule: (listed in Eastern Standard Time)

• 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Lecture
• 12:50 pm - 1:00 pm Q&A
• 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm Break
• 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm Lecture
• 2:00 pm - 2:10 pm Break
• 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm Q&A
• 2:20 pm - 3:10 pm Lecture
• 3:10 pm - 3:20 pm Break
• 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm Q&A
• 3:30 pm - 4:20 pm Lecture
• 4:20 pm - 4:30 pm Q&A

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a live, interactive webinar.

Instructors and Disclosures

Instructor

About Louis Hoffman, Ph.D.

Jeff Riggenbach, PhD, is a best-selling and award-winning author/speaker/clinician who has trained audiences in all 50 United States, Canada, Mexico, The UK, Ireland, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. He has devoted the past 25 years to developing advanced expertise in cognition and personality. He personally trained at The Beck Institute of Cognitive Therapy and Research to develop his hospital's Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment Program, which has not treated over 500 patients with BPD across multiple levels of care. He has since developed and directed cognitive-behavioral based programs for Depression, Anxiety Disorders, and Addictive Behavior Disorders. Jeff's approach of taking evidence-based treatments and presenting them in ways that can be used by everyday clinicians "in the trenches" has earned him the nickname "The Practical Toolbox Guy," and his trainings often receive the highest marks from conference participants.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor(s) for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

This reduced price webinar does not offer CE credits, just great content.

The same live event is available for purchase and offers 4 CE hours for behavioral health clinicians.  See "related products" below.

Participants may request a printed version of their certificate of attendance to be delivered by mail. A shipping/handling fee of $6.95 will be charged per request. Shipping internationally may require an additional charge.

Agreement

By registering for this event you are agreeing to the following:

• 24 hour notice is required if you are not able to make it to a live event. Recordings are not provided to webinar registrants.
• To update and test using Zoom.us/test before the event to ensure you are ready for the event.
• Since this is a live interactive event it means that your interaction during the event is expected.  Your name and image will be visible to other participants during the live event. You will NOT be included in any recording made.
• An evaluation must be completed within one week of the event. Continuing Education credit(s) cannot be issued unless you attend the event and the evaluation is submitted.  (Evaluation is not mandatory for APA hours)
• Partial CE credits are not possible; therefore you are required to be present throughout the event in order to receive CE credits.
• Respect all other participants during the event as though you would if you were sitting with the other attendees at a conference table:
  • Dress appropriately
  • Be in a private location void of distractions
  • Do not multitask
  • Do not drive during an event
  • Remain on mute unless you are sharing with the group

Accommodations and Policies

Close Captioning is available for live webinars and recorded video presentations.

You can click on the following links to view our policies:

• Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities.
• Cancellation Policy
• Grievance Policy
• Support Options
• Disclosure Statement