Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World by Kirk Schneider
Facilitated by: Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT and Lisa Sloan Strom, LPC
Cost: $0 - $20
Online via Zoom
Join us for our virtual reading salon! We will be discussing Kirk Schneider’s latest book, Life-Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World.
Kirk is the leading spokesperson for Existential-Humanistic and Existential-Integrative psychotherapy in the United States. We are honored that he was our Fall 2025 workshop presenter.
This will be a great follow up to the workshop, for those who attend, as it will allow for deeper integration of the subject. It will also be great for anyone who has read the book or is interested in the topic.
In this salon we will discuss the value of life-enhancing anxiety and the price we pay if we deny or avoid our anxiety. Come join us as we explore ways to engage with anxiety for the benefit of ourselves and our clients.
About the Facilitators
Bob Edelstein, LMFT, MFT is an Existential-Humanistic psychotherapist with over fifty years of experience. He provides individual and couples therapy, as well as consultation, supervision, workshops, and trainings for clinicians and students. He is a blogger for Psychology Today and has published articles on the existential-humanistic perspective, including a chapter entitled Frames, Attitudes, and Skills of an Existential Humanistic Psychotherapist in the Handbook of Humanistic Psychology 2nd Edition. He has presented multiple workshops on Existential-Humanistic Psychotherapy, including presenting at both the 2nd and 3rd Existential Psychotherapy World Congresses.
Lisa Sloan Strom, LPC has an office in Portland near the zoo. In practice over a decade, her previous careers were in education and entertainment. As a member of the EHNW board, Lisa is passionate about serving humanity, and our search for meaning. She also serves as Advisor to the Council for Sati Sangha. Outside of office hours, Lisa might be found hiking, dancing and hanging out with friends, family, and her canine companion, Sadie Sage.