Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D.

Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and current editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, vice-president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute, and adjunct faculty at Saybrook Graduate School, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. He is also a Fellow of three Divisions of the American Psychological Association (Humanistic, Clinical, and Independent Practice). Schneider has published over 100 articles and chapters and has authored or edited eight books, including The Paradoxical Self, Horror and the Holy, The Psychology of Existence (with Rollo May), The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology (with James Bugental and Fraser Pierson), Rediscovery of Awe, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, Existential-Humanistic Therapy (with Orah Krug—accompanying APA video also available), and Awakening to Awe. Schneider is the 2004 recipient of the Rollo May Award for “outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology” from the Society of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the 2009 recipient of the Cultural Innovator Award from the Living Institute, Toronto Canada, which also awards diplomas based on Schneider’s “Existential-Integrative” psychotherapy approach. In April, 2010, Schneider delivered the opening keynote address at the First International (East-West) Existential Psychology Conference in Nanjing, China.