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Becoming Existential is a podcast about the journey of becoming a therapist and what that process reveals about the human condition.
Hosted by Max Karlin, a trainee existential therapist at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling in London, together with peers and leading figures in existential therapy, the show explores the questions at the heart of every life: freedom, meaning, finitude, relationship and the courage to face what cannot be fixed.
The show is not about techniques or quick fixes, but about learning to sit with uncertainty — in therapy and in life.
Hosted by Max Karlin, a trainee existential therapist at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling in London, together with peers and leading figures in existential therapy, the show explores the questions at the heart of every life: freedom, meaning, finitude, relationship and the courage to face what cannot be fixed.
The show is not about techniques or quick fixes, but about learning to sit with uncertainty — in therapy and in life.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 46 days
Average audio length:
49 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
6 episodes
since Oct. 23, 2025
episodic
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In this conversation with Paola Pomponi, we explore what existential therapy really means — not just as a theory, but as a way of being with others.
We talk about therapist training, authenticity, absurdity, everyday existential encounters, and why humor may be one of the deepest forms of connecti…
Professor Ernesto Spinelli - one of the founders of the existential psychotherapy in the UK, author of foundational texts including The Interpreted World and Practising Existential Therapy, and one of the most influential voices in the field globally.
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[02:00] "An old man with a yo…
In this episode of Becoming Existential, I sit down with Dr Claire Arnold-Baker — Principal of the New School of Psychotherapy & Counselling (NSPC), existential psychotherapist, psychologist, researcher and current Chair of the Federation for Existential Therapy in Europe (FETE).
Claire is one…
What happens when the path you’ve followed your whole life suddenly stops making sense?
What does it really take — emotionally, personally, existentially — to become a therapist?
In this intimate and reflective conversation, I sit with my peer and fellow trainee Persefoni Kaltaki, with whom I began…
In this first episode of Becoming Existential, I’m joined by Dr. Kirk J. Schneider — psychologist, author, lecturer, and one of the most influential voices in contemporary existential–humanistic and existential–integrative psychology.
Kirk has written more than a dozen books, including Life-Enhanci…
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