Kirk J. Schneider

Who is Kirk J. Schneider?

Kirk J. Schneider, PhD is a psychologist and psychotherapist who has taken a leading role in the advancement of existential-humanistic therapy, and existential-integrative therapy. Schneider is also the current editor of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. His major books are Existential-Humanistic Therapy, Existential-Integrative Therapy, The Handbook of Humanistic Psychology, The Psychology of Existence, Rediscovery of Awe, and Awakening to Awe.

He worked closely with existential and humanistic psychology pioneer Rollo May, and in 2004, was himself the recipient of the Rollo May Award from Division 32 of the American Psychological Association for “outstanding and independent pursuit of new frontiers in humanistic psychology.” He has been integral in fostering global dialogs surrounding existential themes in psychology, and in April 2010, he delivered the opening keynote address at the First International Existential Psychology Conference in Nanjing, China. He is also a Fellow of three Divisions of the American Psychological Association and has published over 100 articles and chapters and has authored or edited eight books. He is currently vice-president of the Existential-Humanistic Institute, adjunct faculty at Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology, and contributor to Psychology Today.