Daimonics in existential psychotherapy

• Online
• 10th Mar '26 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

Existential daimonics refer to our human capacity to bring about both great destruction/devastation and construction/creation in our own lives, the lives of others, and the world around us. In this workshop, Marc builds upon and critiques the conceptualisations offered by Rollo May and Stephen Diamond. In doing so, he moves away from explorations of human ‘evil’ and towards everyday expressions of devastation. He then turns to provide a more detailed phenomenological description of the dynamic in the lives of people who have experienced sexual violence and resulting experiences of humiliation. This workshop will be a thought-provoking and challenging forum for those training and working in psychotherapy, and offer implications for practice for therapists who have themselves experienced interpersonal trauma and/or work with traumatised clients.

Marc is an existential psychotherapist and analyst, a visiting Professor of Mental Health and Psychotherapy at the University of Northampton, UK, and teaches Critical Psychopathology at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling (NSPC), UK. He is an author of works on interpersonal trauma, childhood adversity and neurodivergence.