40th Anniversary

Watch videos and learn more about the 40th anniversary of the Master of Arts in Psychology program at Seattle University.

Celebrated on May 15, 2022

Father Leroux, S.J. Conference Center, Seattle University

The Master of Arts in Psychology (MAP) Program in Existential Phenomenological (EP) Psychology began to train therapists in a radically new philosophical healing model in 1981. The art and human science of existential-phenomenological therapy offered a deeply humanistic and experiential relational framework for creating apprenticeships with meaning making in the therapeutic journey for therapist and patient.

The central founders of this new model, George Kunz, Steen Halling, Lane Gerber, Jan Rowe, Kevin Krycka, and Jim Risser, brought forward a vision for a reframing of human suffering from reductive pathology to passage and possibility.

Photography of George Kunz, Steen Halling, Lane Gerber, Jan Rowe, Kevin Krycka, and Jim Risser.

Gallery

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Welcome and Introduction

Welcome and introduction to the 40th anniversary of the Master of Arts in Psychology program by Dr. Randall Horton and Dr. Claire LeBeau.
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Founders Circle

Dr. Lane Gerber, Dr. Steen Halling, Dr. Kevin Krycka, and Dr. Jim Risser talk about their experiences from the beginnings and their hopes for the future in a panel led by Dr. Erica Lilleleht.
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The Psychotherapy Cooperative

Panelists talk about their experiences of mission and vision in this non-profit.
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New Frontiers in Consciousness Studies and Psychedelic Assisted Therapy

Panel led by MAP alumni Ava Keating, ‘23, Shane Mitchell, ‘21, and Andrew Carnahan, ‘17.
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Liberation Psychotherapy and Community Psychology

Panel led by Dr. James Norris, MAP ’09, talk about their experiences as therapist healers and activists for social and liberatory justice.
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Founders Interview

In 2006, the Seattle University MAP Founders, sat down together to describe their experiences in forming and navigating the early years of the Existential-Phenomenological Therapy.