Working in the ‘Here and Now’: Deepening Therapeutic Encounters

This event will be recorded and the link will be sent to all registrants afterwards. It will be available for three weeks only. Please note that all events have to be paid in full before the event takes place - regardless of the due date on the invoice.

What can psychotherapists do to help clients fully experience their emotions and, in the process, improve their relationships? While some may initially find working in the here-and-now daunting, Victor Yalom will carefully and clearly guide you through this process, helping participants take this crucial step with clients while contributing to powerful therapeutic results. Clients who come to us feeling lonely, isolated, and depressed often struggle because they are walled off from both their own feelings and from others in their lives. 

The key to helping these clients is to pay close attention to their relationship with you, the clinician, in real time — the “here-and-now.” Using and then discussing video clips from his therapy sessions with sad, lonely, and self-critical clients who crave care and attention, Yalom teaches how to deepen our own clients’ emotional experiences, expand their self-awareness, and build a springboard for healthy relationships outside of the therapy room. 

With over 30 years of experience doing therapy, learning from the masters — especially his father, Irvin Yalom — and creating clinical training videos, Yalom knows that if close attention is paid to what's happening moment to moment with the client, much can be revealed and harvested productively for therapeutic progress. 

By watching him masterfully weave together self-disclosure, transparency, dynamic process comments, self-awareness, and emotional feedback both live and in video, participants will deepen their own clinical efficacy and be better equipped to free clients who are locked within themselves.

Learning Objectives:

• Define Yalom’s “here-and-now” technique as it applies to psychotherapy 
• Integrate Yalom’s “here-and-now” techniques into your own clinical practice 
• Enhance your confidence in being vulnerable and genuine within the therapeutic relationship

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• Learn to understand and describe the "here-and-now" technique developed by Yalom, emphasizing its role in helping clients engage with their emotions and present experiences in real-time during therapy.
• Discover how to apply the "here-and-now" approach to your practice, enhancing your ability to foster deeper emotional engagement with clients and strengthen therapeutic connections.
• Build confidence in incorporating vulnerability and authenticity in your clinical approach, creating a more open and trusting relationship with clients.

Presenter: Victor Yalom, PhD

Founder & Resident Cartoonist, Psychotherapy.net | Clinical Psychologist | Expert in Existential-Humanistic & Group Therapy | Leader in Transformative Clinical Training

With over 30 years of clinical experience, Victor Yalom, PhD, is a globally recognized clinical psychologist and educator, specializing in existential-humanistic therapy and group therapy. As the Founder and Resident Cartoonist of Psychotherapy.net, he has created over 100 high-impact training videos that have transformed the way mental health professionals develop their practice and engage with clients. His work has been featured in leading therapy training platforms worldwide.

Dr. Yalom’s innovative approach emphasizes the "here-and-now"—a powerful technique that enables therapists to engage clients in real-time emotional experiences, facilitating profound personal growth and relationship transformation. His expertise has helped therapists across the U.S., Mexico, and China integrate vulnerability, authenticity, and deep emotional engagement into their work, creating measurable improvements in client outcomes.

Having worked with top-tier therapists and trained thousands of professionals, Dr. Yalom is a trusted thought leader in the field. He offers tailored, high-level consultation and training programs for organizations seeking to enhance their clinical teams' effectiveness, especially in challenging therapeutic environments.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Yalom is also a passionate artist, creating metal sculptures and paintings, which reflect his deep belief in the interconnectedness of personal expression and emotional healing.

For organizations and leaders in the mental health field, Dr. Yalom’s expertise offers transformative potential—whether through one-on-one consultations, group workshops, or custom training programs. He empowers clinicians to reach their full potential and helps organizations implement systemic changes that foster sustained growth and improved client outcomes.

For more information on Dr. Yalom’s work and to explore collaboration opportunities, visit sfpsychologist.com..