Exploring meaning in life

Explore the meaning of life - a two-day course in existential psychology

Are you curious about how you can facilitate conversations about meaning in life? Do you want to learn how meaningful dialogues can impact health, wellbeing and quality of life? Science shows that understanding and exploring meaning in life not only increases our sense of wellbeing, but also improves health, social connectedness and personal engagement.

Why participate:

• Learn how to facilitate conversations about meaning in life through a structured and evidence-based methodology. 
• Explore the connection between meaning and personality traits (The Big Five), and gain insight into how this affects existential questions.
• Immerse yourself in a multi-dimensional model that covers different aspects of meaning - from the experience of meaning to existential indifference.

PROGRAM
Day 1

Researching Meaning
10.15 – 11.00 What is meaning? Definitions, development, predictors (T. Schnell)
11.10 – 12.00 
12.00-13.00 LUNCH
13.00 – 13.45 Crises of meaning (T. Schnell)
13.55 – 14.40 Existential indifference (T. Schnell)
15.00 – 15.40 Ways of enabling and exploring meaning (T. Schnell)
15.50 – 16.50 The four-dimensional model of health. Introducing the concept of existential health (Peter la Cour)
16.50 – 17.00 Summing up (P. la Cour & T. Schnell)    

Day 2

Identifying and Exploring Sources of Meaning: The Sources of Meaning Card Method
10.15 – 11.00 The clinical challenge of existential talks (P. la Cour)
11.10 – 11.40 The sources of meaning in lived experience (T. Schnell)
11.40-12.40 LUNCH
12.40 – 13.40 The development of the SoMCaM card method, Norwegian version (P. la Cour)
13.40 – 15.10  Exercise (with coffee): Trying out the SoMCaM (P. la Cour)
15.10 – 15.40 Supervision and feedback on the method (P. la Cour)
15.40 – 16.00 Evaluation, final questions, summing up (P. la Cour & T. Schnell)

Instructors:

Dr. Tatjana Schnell is a leading expert in the field of existential psychology, with extensive experience in exploring how meaning affects people's lives. She combines insights from both research and practical experience. Read more about Dr. Schnell here.

Dr. Peter la Cour is a specialist in health psychology with a focus on how existential questions can be integrated into modern health thinking. His approach offers a new perspective on how we can understand and promote health through meaningful conversations. Read more about Dr. La Cour here.