Existential Analysis Workshop:
Developing Clients’ Authenticity

Existential Analysis can be defined as a phenomenological and person-oriented psychotherapy, with the aim of leading the person to (mentally and emotionally) free experiences, to facilitate authentic decisions and to bring about a truly responsible way of dealing with life and the world.

The psychotherapeutic process takes place via phenomenological analysis of the emotions as the centre of experiences. Biographical work and empathic listening by the therapist contribute to an improvement in emotional understanding and accessibility.

Coach-therapist Kate Hammer will unpack the theme of authenticity using concepts from existential psychotherapy, positive psychology and coaching psychology. 

The three-fold aim is to bring to social workers:

1) A clinically informed vocabulary for understanding authenticity and self-worth as it presents in clients’ lives.

2) Some reflective tools social workers can use to help clients identify where they are acting authentically and the kinds of situations where authenticity is impeded.

3) An introduction to Längle’s concept of inner consent.

Additionally, Kate will share information and answer questions about her experience training in Existential Analysis and Logotherapy. In the existential analytic framework, to be authentic is to act from a place of knowing: I am allowed – here, I am permitted to be me, myself. To sense that one is allowed is to experience self-worth. From an existential analytic perspective, self-worth formation is a lifelong task.

Workshop Details: 
Date: 3 November 2026 (Tuesday)
Time: 3.00pm – 5.30pm
Venue: SASW, 324 Clementi Avenue 5, #01-209, S120324

Workshop Fees:
SASW Ordinary Members: FREE
Non-SASW Members: $80/pax (*Fees are non-refundable, and payment is exclusive to this workshop)

Due to limited seats, please note that not all registrations will be successful. Priority will be given to SASW members over paying non-members if the workshop is oversubscribed. Walk-ins will not be entertained. Successful registrants will receive a confirmation email with seat allocation.

For enquiries, please email events@sasw.org.sg.

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Presenter's Profile

Kate Hammer, MSc, UKCP, MBACP, PCC, FHEA, was born and raised in the USA and has lived in the UK for over 30 years. She is an experienced existential analyst in private practice, a coach and a coaching supervisor.

She is also a psychological researcher publishing articles in peer-reviewed journals and chapters in academic anthologies. She was trained by Dr Alfried Längle, who collaborated extensively from 1982 – 1991 with Dr Viktor Frankl, author of Man’s Search for Meaning, and the North American psychologists and counsellors he trained in the 2000s.

Previously, she worked in workplace innovation, consulting with corporations and complex organisations across a range of sectors on creative processes. Now, Kate is an external member of the Centre for the Study and Application of Stoicism based at Royal Holloway, University of London, which is an interdisciplinary collaboration of practitioner psychologists, psychotherapists, other social scientists, philosophers and classicists.