Institute of Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapy
The real voyage of discovery consists, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
Marcel Proust
Training programmes
The life at HEPI is dominated by the international two-level Existential Therapy training programme. It is approved by Lithuanian Psychotherapy Association and the Clinical and Organizational Psychology Department of the Vilnius University. Its volume and content conform to the requirements of the European Psychotherapy Certificate. Upon successful completion of the Programme, the student is awarded the Diploma of Psychotherapist in recognition of the achieved qualification of a psychotherapist (in existential therapy).
Seminars
Along with training programs, the HEPI offers short seminars of 2-3 days on various themes and topics. The most traditional is Bibliotherapy by Aleksandras Alekseičikas, held in February. Other themes may include existential problems or “givens”, existential philosophy, psychology of crises, etc.
About institute
The Institute of Humanistic and Existential Psychotherapy (HEPI) was founded in 1995 in Vilnius. Since 1996, most activities of the Institute are concentrated in Birštonas (90 km from Vilnius), a nice and cosy health resort on the coast of river Nemunas.
The most important goal of the Institute is to promote existential phenomenological psychology and therapy, to develop training programmes, offer training to professionals.
There are over 30 teachers, supervisors and therapists on the staff of the Institute, including 3 professors, 12 holders of M.D. or Ph.D. in psychology or philosophy, 10 holders of the European Certificate of Psychotherapy. Most of the staff have vast psychotherapeutic experience of many years in practice.
In June 2015, the Accreditation Committee of the European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP) awarded the Institute with the status of European Accredited Psychotherapy Training Institution (EAPTI).
