The purpose of the Institute is to facilitate the continued expansion of existentialist-based therapy and analysis by providing an educational and clinical environment that focuses on their development. In  addition, by providing a low-fee clinic and a 4-year, postgraduate certificate program, the Institute intends to support the interests of existentialist-based practitioners as well as the communities they serve. Through our research we also intend to contribute to the literature in existential phenomenology as well as to clinical applications.