This conversation with Dr. Brett Wilkinson focuses on four primary schools of though within humanistic counseling theory and practice. We explore the value of being explicit about philosophical positions as a mode growing scholarship and community.

About our guest

Dr. Brett Wilkinson's collective scholarly works draw upon continental philosophy, cognitive science, psychology of mind, and applied therapeutic practices to forge new and innovative pathways into the future of mental health. He serves as editor-in-chief of The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, founding Director of the PFW Institute for Counseling Research, and is a licensed counselor in private practice. His primary research interests include existential-phenomenological methods, cognitive complexity, radical embodied cognition, reflective supervision, and therapeutic change mechanisms.

https://drbrettwilkinson.com

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Our Guest Dr, Kirk Schneider is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic and existential-integrative
psychology. Dr. Schneider is past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, adjunct faculty at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University, and president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI), He is also a Fellow of five divisions of the American Psychological Association (Humanistic, Psychotherapy, Clinical, Theoretical and Philosophical, and Independent Practice) as well as a frequent speaker at conferences and in the media.

Dr. Schneider is also the recipient of Honorary Diplomas and Memberships from The Society for Existential Analysis, UK; The East European Association for Existential Therapy; and the Living Institute, Toronto, Canada, whose diploma in "Existential-Integrative" Therapy is based on Dr. Schneider's original model of this approach. He has authored or coauthored twelve books, including *The Paradoxical Self, Horror and the Holy, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, Awakening to Awe* and the forthcoming Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy. Several of these works have been translated into Chinese, German, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Portuguese, Slovakian, and Korean languages.

Follow this link for the book referenced in this episode

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95991062-life-enhancing-anxiety

Thank you to our sponsor The Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association visit us at rmhcpa.org

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Today we speak with Ben Hearn, a doctoral candidate from the School of Human Services at the University of Cincinnati. Ben's work focuses on the integration of psychedelics into formal counseling practices.

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