Tenth Annual Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association Conference “Ten Years of Community Building and Healing” October 17-18, 2026 (Pre-conference October 16) Colorado Springs, CO
The Tenth Annual Rocky Mountain Humanistic Counseling and Psychological Association Conference will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This year, the full conference will be at our building at 1767 S. 8th Street. We will be celebrating a decade of RMHCPA’s healing and community-building presence in Colorado! The Call for Papers and our Awards Nomination are now open.
Call for Conference Presentation or Paper Deadline: August 21 (Presenters will be notified of acceptance by August 29 and must register by September 9) Presentations and papers are 50 minutes in length. Preference is given to papers that can be offered for CEs. We have a broad and inclusive understanding of humanistic psychology, and not all papers need to focus primarily on humanistic psychology topics. However, all presentations should address the relevance of the topic to humanistic, existential, and/or transpersonal psychology or humanistic, existential, and/or transpersonal perspectives on the topic. Submit Conference Paper Proposal
Call for Posters Deadline (September 10; Poster presenters will be notified by September 17 and must register by September 24)
Posters can be on a variety of topics, but should include the relevance to humanistic, existential, and/or transpersonal psychology or humanistic, existential, and transpersonal perspectives on the topic. We do offer an annual undergraduate student poster award and a graduate student poster award. We do have live and virtual poster presentation options. Those with accepted posters are asked to give a recording of 5-10 minutes (not exceeding 10 minutes). The video and a PDF of the poster must be submitted by October 9, 2026.
Submit Poster ProposalCall for Award Nominations Each year, we accept nominations for several awards, including
- Emory G. Cowan and Susan Cooper Lifetime Service Award
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Humanistic Exemplar Award (Student and Professional)
- Social Justice in Psychology Award
- Early Career Award
- Outstanding Colorado School of Professional Psychology Alumnus Award
- Outstanding Student Paper Award