Life Transitions: An Existential Framework

Understanding the Existential Dimensions of Change

Woman walking along a wildflower path with arms outstretched toward a lake and mountains in the distance.

Comprehensive Framework

Learn to address life transitions through an existential therapy approach grounded in clinical practice.

Practical Tools

Apply existential therapy concepts through clinically relevant assessment and intervention strategies.

Expert Guidance

Develop deeper clinical insight into the challenges and opportunities of major life transitions.

About the Course

This course examines existential therapy as a clinically relevant framework for understanding and working with life transitions. Drawing on the work of Viktor Frankl, Irvin Yalom, Rollo May, and Emmy van Deurzen, it develops a clinical model organized around the four existential givens most frequently activated during periods of change.

About the Creator

Ahava Wellness was founded by Michelle Langley, a licensed professional counselor , RYT-500 and board-certified health coach committed to thoughtful, clinically grounded continuing education for therapists and helping professionals. Drawing from postgraduate training at NYU and Harvard Medical School and years of experience in psychotherapy, integrative health, and professional education, the programs developed through Ahava Wellness are designed to deepen clinical understanding while remaining relevant to everyday practice.

Course Curriculum

6 Chapters · 23 Lessons

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Life Transitions: An Existential Framework
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  Introduction
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  Learning Objectives
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Module 1: The Existential Framework— Philosophy in Clinical Practice
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  Module 1 Overview
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  The Existential Framework in Clinical Practice
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  1.1 Existentialism as a Clinical Orientation
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  1.2 The Four Existential Givens: A Clinical Map
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  1.3 Why Life Transitions Are Existentially Significant
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  1.4 Existential Anxiety and Clinical Anxiety: A Critical Distinction
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Module 2: Clinical Application — Existential Assessment, Conceptualization, and the Therapeutic Relationship
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  Module 2 Overview
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  Existential Assessment in Clinical Practice
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  2.1 Phenomenological Inquiry: The Foundation of Existential Clinical Practice
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  2.2 Existential Assessment: Mapping the Client's World
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  2.3 Existential Case Conceptualization
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  2.4 The Therapeutic Relationship in Existential Work
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Module 3: Logotherapy, Meaning-Making, and the Integrated Existential Framework
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  Module 3 Overview
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  Logotherapy framework and clinical intervention tools
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  3.1 Viktor Frankl and the Will to Meaning
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  3.2 The Three Pathways to Meaning
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  3.3 Logotherapeutic Techniques in Clinical Practice
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  3.4 Integrating Existential and Evidence-Based Practice
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  3.5 Scope of Practice, Ethical Considerations, and Clinical Limits
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Course Post-Test
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  Life Transitions: Existential Therapy Course Post-Test
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Bibliography and Evidence-Based Resources
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  References

What Clinicians are Saying

Feedback from clinicians who have completed the course.

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I appreciate how the course connected existential ideas to actual clinical work. It helped me think differently about anxiety and identity questions that come up when clients are going through major life changes.

S. L.

Houston, Tx.

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This course put language around things I’ve seen in therapy for years but hadn’t conceptualized this clearly. The discussion of the existential givens was especially helpful when thinking about clients in midlife transitions.

T. W.

Austin, Tx.

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