Dr Mo Mandic

Mo is an existential psychotherapist in private practice and provides clinical supervision for students and qualified psychotherapists. He teaches, tutors, supervises and facilitates on the MA Psychotherapy & Counselling programme at Regent’s University London School of Psychotherapy and Psychology. Mo held a Visiting Professor position at Union University, Serbia, from 2016 to 2019.

• PhD in Psychotherapy and Counselling Regent's University London 2016
• Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy Regent's University London 2007
• Advanced Diploma in Therapeutic Hypnosis and Psychotherapy NSHAP 2003
• Masters in Business Administration (MBA) University of Westminster 2000
• BA MA Philosophy University of London 1988 - 1995
• Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling Regent's College 1994
• BSc Chemical and Polymer Technology South Bank University1982

• 2009 – current, Visiting Lecturer and Supervisor New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling
• 2008, Visiting Lecturer Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada Lisbon, Portugal
• 2003 – current Psychotherapist and supervisor

• Mandic, M. (2023). Heideggerian Existențial Therapy: Philosophical Ideas in Practice. London: Routledge.
• Mandic, M. (2020). Existentialism or a Philosophy of Existence? Shestov and Existential Therapy. In M. Bazzano (ed.). Revisioning Existential Therapy: Counter-traditional Perspectives. London: Routledge
• Mandic, M. (2014) Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry: Being a Researcher. Academic Quarter Vol. 9 Autumn 2014 164-174
• Mandic, M. (2012). Authenticity in Existential Coaching. In van Deurzen, E. & Hanaway, M. (eds.). Existential Perspectives on Coaching London: Sage
• Mandic, M. (2012) Being with Technology: Truth, History, Disclosure Journal of Existential Analysis 23.2 226-236
• Mandic, M. (2008). Being-towards-death and its relevance to Psychotherapy, Journal of Existential Analysis 19.2 254-266

Currently supervising three MA dissertations

The application of Heideggerian themes to psychotherapy, especially world-collapse, care and authenticity; the contributions of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to psychotherapy, with particular emphasis on the question of living a meaningful life; the work of Dostoevsky and its relevance to the challenges of being human; phenomenological approaches to research, including contributions by Finlay, Todres, Van Manen and Diekelmann

• UKCP Reg

• In the Mood for Anxiety: Therapeutic Moments. International Heidegger Conference, Online, 2022.
• Language, Formal Indication, and Therapy. Daseinsanalysis: Past-Present-Future. Online Conference, 2021.
• Presenting Oneself Futurally in Psychotherapy. The British Society for Phenomenology, 2021. View here.
• Heidegger's gods. The Wednesday Group, Oxford 2020
• The Psychotherapist's Experience of Ageing: A Formally Indicative Enquiry. Institute for Hermeneutic Phenomenology, Buffalo, 2019
• The Perception of Existential Therapy. EAP Congress, Belgrade, 2018
• The Basis for Qualitative Research. Practice and Research Conference (Educatieve Academie VZW), Antwerp 2017
• Radical Reflection on Human Existence. World Congress of Psychotherapy, Paris 2017
• Separately Together: Working Existentially in the Therapeutic Relationship. EAP Congress, Zagreb 2016
• Existentially-Focused Enquiry: What Matters in Psychotherapy Research? BACP Research Conference, Brighton 2016
• Therapy in Time. UPCA conference, University of Oxford 2015
• Formal Indication: The Question of Method in Existential-Phenomenological Psychotherapy. International Federation of Daseinsanalysis (IFDA), Athens 2015
• Contextualising Research: The Use of Formal Indication in Inquiry. IHSRC conference, Trondheim 2015 
• Work, Alienation and the Limit and Scope for Psychotherapy. UPCA conference, London 2014
• Heidegger's Later Contributions: Thoughts and Considerations for Psychotherapy. Society of Psychotherapy, London 2014
• Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry. IHSRC conference, Aalborg 2013
• Finding Oneself Lost in Research. UKCP QMiP conference, Huddersfield 2013
• Being with Technology: Truth, History, Disclosure SEA Conference November 2011

• 2012 - developing, teaching, supervising Existential coaching module for MA Existential coaching course, NSPC, London
• 2012 – current Lecturer leadership module doctoral programme, NSPC, London