Episodes 6
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Activity Highly Active
Since Oct 2025
Latest Episode May 2026

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Every 2 Months
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75%
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maxkarlin.com

About This Podcast

Becoming Existential is a podcast about learning to become a therapist and what that process reveals about being human. Hosted by Max Karlin, a trainee existential therapist at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling in London, the series follows the unfolding that takes place inside therapy training: the doubt, the questioning, the moments that reshape both the person and the profession. Each episode is an open and honest conversation with peers, supervisors, and leading voices in existential psychotherapy. Together, they explore the questions that sit quietly at the centre of every life: freedom, meaning, loss, relationship, and the courage to face what cannot be fixed. This isn’t a podcast about methods or tools. It’s about what happens when we turn towards uncertainty and stay there long enough to learn from it. If you’ve ever wondered how therapy training really feels, how existential thinking changes what it means to help, or how these ideas might move beyond the therapy room into work, leadership, or the everyday then this space is for you.

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Recent Episodes

Therapy Is Alchemy – Paulo Ribeiro on Blindness, Embodiment and Presence

May 24, 2026

What happens when a therapist can’t see their client? Paulo Ribeiro is an existential psychotherapist and senior clinical supervisor at Headstrong Counselling in London. He holds a BA in Social…

Presence Over Technique: An Existential Dialogue with Paola Pomponi

May 24, 2026 0m

In this conversation with Paola Pomponi, we explore what existential therapy really means — not just as a theory, but as a way of being with others. We talk about therapist training, authenticity,…

S1E4 What Is Therapy Really For? Ernesto Spinelli

Feb 08, 2026 0m

A Conversation With Ernesto Spinelli That Changes How we Think About Psychotherapy My today’s guest is Ernesto Spinelli –  one of the founders of existential therapy in the UK and one of the most…

Bound and Free: Claire Arnold-Baker on Paradox, Responsibility & Existential Therapy

Dec 01, 2025

In this episode of Becoming Existential, I sit down with Dr Claire Arnold-Baker — Principal of the New School of Psychotherapy & Counselling (NSPC), existential psychotherapist, psychologist,…

Persefoni Kaltaki on Learning, Changing and the Path Toward Practice

Nov 15, 2025

What happens when the path you’ve followed your whole life suddenly stops making sense? What does it really take — emotionally, personally, existentially — to become a therapist? In this intimate and…

The Gift of Presence with Dr. Kirk J. Schneider

Oct 23, 2025

In this first episode of Becoming Existential, I’m joined by Dr. Kirk J. Schneider — psychologist, author, lecturer, and one of the most influential voices in contemporary existential–humanistic and…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Becoming Existential have?

Becoming Existential has published 6 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Careers, Health & Fitness.

Is Becoming Existential still active?

Becoming Existential is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 months.

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