Existential Academy

24/07/2025

🎉 Happy International Self Care Day! 🌿✨
At the Existential Academy and Dilemma Consultancy, we know that self-care isn’t just a luxury — it’s an essential part of living authentically and sustainably, especially for those supporting others in therapeutic work. 💬🧠

Today, take a moment to slow down and reconnect with yourself. Whether it’s a quiet walk, journaling, meaningful conversation, or simply doing nothing — your presence with yourself matters. 💖

You can’t pour from an empty cup. So here’s to honouring your needs with the same care you offer others. What’s your go-to self-care ritual? Share below! ⬇️

30/05/2025

✨ Are you interested in your spiritual life?
✨ Have you been searching for a way of being that aligns with your values?
✨ Ever wondered what existential and humanist pastoral care really means?

If any of these questions spark something in you — this workshop is for you.

Join Dr Elizabeth Young on 27th June, 11:00–13:00 BST
for "Existential Spiritual Care: A Leap of Faith",
hosted by the Existential Academy 🌱

Explore the deep questions of meaning, care, and belief — from an existential perspective.

📍 Details + registration: https://www.existentialacademy.com/whats-on/short-courses-workshops/existential-spiritual-care-a-leap-of-faith/

15/04/2025

We are thrilled to announce that Emmy van Deurzen, Director of NSPC, Existential Academy, and President of the Existential Movement, will be speaking at the World Congress for Psychotherapy ( ) in Vienna on Thursday afternoon, 17th July 2025.

The NSPC and the Existential Academy offer courses in existential therapy, coaching, and pastoral care to support your next step.

🎓 Join our Virtual Open Day to learn more about how our training can work for you!

📅 13th May 2025
⏰ 1:00 – 2:30 PM (UK Time)
💻 Online

👉 Register now: nspc.org.uk/course-directory/open-days

23/02/2025

🌿 Become the Therapist of Your Own Life 🌿

In times of conflict, climate disaster, and capitalist exploitation, mental health struggles are more common than ever. With therapy often out of reach, how can we find reliable ways to heal outside the therapy room?

Join Chris Cleave’s workshop at the Existential Academy and explore timeless therapeutic practices—nature, journeying, dreams, movement, and more—rooted in Ancient Greek wisdom and modern existential thought.

Discover how ordinary people have reclaimed their well-being and learn how you can, too. 💡✨

📅 Sign up now! > www.existentialacademy.com

13/02/2025

🎬 The Existential Movement documentary is now live on YouTube! Watch it here: https://ow.ly/MlcU50UZeS9

Don’t forget to hit subscribe and leave your thoughts in the comments. Enjoy! 🙌✨

12/02/2025

The art of living is vital for the future of humanity.

This is the Existential Movie that speaks about the need to face our problems as human beings, not only in terms of climate change, depletion of natural reso...

21/01/2025

📣 Join us for Part 2 Existential Supervision Training on February 10th & 11th, 2025! 🌱

This advanced online course helps students deepen their skills in supervising counselling psychologists, psychotherapists, and counsellors. Accredited by the BPS, it fulfils the criteria to join RAPPS, the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors.

Requirements:
✔️ Completion of Part 1 or a doctoral program at NSPC
✔️ 1 year of post-qualification clinical experience, including some supervisory work

📅 Dates: February 10th–11th, 2025
⏰ Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
📍 Location: Online

For more details, email Alessio at alessio.compagnino@nspc.org.uk.

12/06/2024

Join Dida Mitchell for an exclusive, interactive workshop on June 28th! 🌟

This unique course is designed to be personal and engaging for all participants—no PowerPoint presentations, just meaningful practice and discussion.

Dida strives to balance practical supervision sessions with thoughtful discussions. Each uninterrupted supervision session will tackle real dilemmas faced by therapists and supervisors, lasting 40-50 minutes each. Although this isn't a traditional teaching course, it promises to provide plenty of food for thought for practicing therapists and supervisors.

Dida brings a wealth of experience, having been a therapist and supervisor since 1995. She also works as a mediator and co-runs mediation courses in Guernsey and Oxford. Despite maintaining a small practice from home and conducting sessions via Zoom since the lockdown, Dida has continued to inspire and educate, including running two-day existential supervision workshops in Birsrtonas, Lithuania for the past three years.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to learn and grow with Dida Mitchell. Set aside one day to make the most of this enriching experience.

📅 Date: June 28th - 10am - 4pm
📍 Existential Academy

Secure your spot now and be part of this transformative workshop!



Grab your tickets here: www.existentialacademy.com/whats-on/short-courses-workshops/existential-phenomenological-supervision-in-action/

12/06/2024

Join us for the next online EA workshop on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, from 14:00-16:00 BST with Dr. Nancy Hakim Dowek. Discover the meaning of Existential Anxiety and gain insights into your own life. Don't miss this enlightening session! Grab your ticket here https://www.existentialacademy.com/whats-on/short-courses-workshops/what-is-existential-anxiety/ hurry, bookings close on Friday 14th June at 5pm!

02/05/2024

Join for this 2 hour online workshop exploring the existential crisis of motherhood.

09/03/2024

The discourse of mental health disorders can obstruct a person’s ability to rebuild their life after a period of personal and emotional difficulties and it can become a lifelong impediment to existential freedom.

This is why existential therapists have created an alternative and more philosophical way of tackling human issues.

28/02/2024

The Existential Academy is offering a Support Group for Mums which is now available online for free via Zoom in the evenings on 10 Wednesdays from April 17th to June 19th. For further information or to sign up, email Helen at helen.araromi@nspc.org.uk.