About this event
The same things that divide us also unite us. We live in a global human community and come together from different continents and cultural traditions. We are different and disparate, yet each of us can feel disenfranchised and desperate. We compete for the same resources and safety, but when we share there is enough for each of us. We tread on each other’s toes and easily come to fear each other, yet we are capable of love.
The time is ripe to create a wider philosophical perspective so that we can build bridges between us, for a more united future. This is a personal, social, political and spiritual challenge and can only be achieved if we are able and willing to build trust in each other, developing mutual respect and collaboration. This is a daily process and it starts with the realization that we really do have a lot of existential fears and challenges in common. This is good because it means we can learn to work together in handling the very conflicts that seem to divide us, but which actually unite us.
RECORDING
This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Prof Emmy van Deurzen, PhD
Emmy van Deurzen, PhD, is an existential therapist, counselling psychologist, and philosopher, who has worked in the field since 1973 and who has written numerous books on existential psychology and psychotherapy. Her work has been translated into over 30 languages. She founded the Society for Existential Analysis and its journal in 1988, the Regent’s School of Psychotherapy in 1990, and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC) in 1996. She was the driving force behind the First World Congress for Existential Therapy, which was held in London in 2015. This also led to the founding of the Federation for Existential Therapists in Europe (FETE). Emmy continues to co-direct NSPC, the Existential Academy (EA) and Dilemma Consultancy, with Digby Tantam. She is a visiting professor with Middlesex University and current President of the worldwide Existential Movement. Emmy is an international speaker who has given presentations and workshops on five continents.
Amongst her books are the bestseller *Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice (Sage, 3d edition 2012)*, *Psychotherapy and the Quest for Happiness* (Sage, 2009), *Everyday Mysteries* (Routledge, 2nd ed, 2010), *Paradox and Passion* (Wiley, 2nd ed 2015) and *Rising from Existential Crisis* (PCCS books, 2021). Her book *The Art of Freedom: Guide to a Wiser Life* will be published by Penguin in 2025. She is co-authoring a book for Routledge on Researching Life: Structural Existential Analysis as a Research Method, with Dr. Claire Arnold-Baker.
The Movement
The Existential Movement exists to reduce interpersonal conflict and psychological suffering and to enhance well-being in the community. It is a non-religious, non-political movement, using existential ideas derived from existential philosophy, psychotherapy, and psychology to achieve these aims. Its motto is to ‘bring wisdom to the world’.
The Existential Movement is composed of international members who wish to pursue the aims as the Existential Movement of enhancing emotional and spiritual health and well-being within the communities of each nation.
The movement is administered by a steering committee that directs and coordinates the Movement’s international activities. This is located at the Existential Academy, in London. The Existential Academy is a not-for-profit community interest company, whose motto is to bring philosophy to the community.
The movement is supported and given advice by an international advisory board, of 24 outstanding professionals in the field of existential psychology and psychotherapy. The board meets three times per year and had its first meeting on 6th May 2023, in Athens, at the third World Congress for Existential Therapy.
The first President of the Existential Movement is its founder, Professor Emmy van Deurzen, who is internationally known as an expert in this field. She will be supported and guided by the steering committee and the International Advisory Board.
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