Is there any difference between Existentialism and Humanism?

They are fairly different. Humanism (as many people practice it) amounts to belief in the innate value or worth of the human and many views that follow from this core concept. It is usually the secular recourse of atheist's who, lacking in divine precepts, need something in which to ground their morality/ethics. read more

Humanism is the view that humans are the final and highest value; existentialism is the view that existence is not reducible to pre-existent values, because those would be essences. This is why humanists tend to say things like "don't worry and enjoy your life", whereas existentialists say things like "you are condemned to freedom" and "angst is the most fundamental human feeling". read more

Despite the similarities, though, there are some key differences in humanistic and existential psychology. The biggest difference lies in the underlying view of human nature. The humanistic theory of psychology assumes that people are good and that society causes them to do bad or evil things. read more

the differences between the existential and humanistic approaches outweigh their similarities. To assess the merit of these competing claims, we must distinguish between literary and philosophical humanism, which is European in origin, and humanistic psychology, which is a recent American innovation. read more