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Kirk J. Schneider Ph.D.

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Kirk Schneider, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary existential-humanistic psychology. Dr. Schneider is the current president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute (EHI), Council Member of the American Psychological Association (APA), past president (2015-2016) of the Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32) of the APA, recent past editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology (2005-2012), a Member of the Steering Committee of the Psychotherapy Action Network (PsiAN), and an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook University and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Dr. Schneider is also an Honorary Member of the Society for Existential Analysis and the East European Association for Existential Therapy. A Fellow of five Divisions of the APA, Dr. Schneider has published over 200 articles, interviews and chapters and has authored or edited 13 books including The Spirituality of Awe, The Polarized Mind, Awakening to Awe, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy, The Wiley World Handbook of Existential Therapy, and The Depolarizing of America: A Guidebook for Social Healing (due June 2020).

Dr. Schneider’s work has been featured in Scientific American, the New York Times, Psychology Today and many other health and psychology outlets. For more information on Dr. Schneider's work visit https://kirkjschneider.com.

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