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1 online resource (260 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One: The Nature and Value of Philosophical Counseling. -- 1. Defining Philosophical Counseling / Roger Padin -- 2. How Does Philosophical Counseling Work?: Judgment and Interpretation / Sarah Waller -- 3. Three Questionable Assumptions of Philosophical Counseling / Lydia B. Amir -- 4. Theories of Consciousness, Therapy, and Loneliness / Ben Mijuskovic -- 5. The Central Value of Philosophical Counseling / James Stacey Taylor. -- Part Two: Approaches to Philosophical Counseling -- 6. Philosophical counseling and self-transformation / Ran Lahav. -- 7. Philosophical Counseling as Psychotherapy / Jon Mills -- 8. Logic-Based Therapy and Its Virtues / Elliot D. Cohen -- 9. On Philosophical Self-Diagnosis and Self-Help: A Clarification of the Non-Clinical Practice of Philosophical Counseling / Shlomit C. Schuster -- 10. Philosophical Counseling: Understanding the Unique Self and Other through Dialogic Approach / Maria daVenza Tillmanns -- 11. The Elucidation of Emotional Life: A Philosophical, Eclectic Approach to Psychotherapy / Bryan T. Reuther. -- Part Three: Applied Issues in Philosophical Counseling -- 0gt 12. Stoic Anxiolytics / William Ferraiolo -- 13. Anxiety, Angst, Change, and Procrastination / Bill Knaus -- 14. Happiness Pills: Philosophy Versus the Chemical Solution / Peter B. Raabe -- 15. Diagnosis, Philosophical Counseling, and Culturally Recognizable Mental Illnesses / Samuel Zinaich, Jr. -- 16. Is Perfectionism a Mental Disorder? / Elliot D. Cohen -- 17. Licensing, Philosophical Counselors / Michael Davis |
| Summary |
Can philosophy help ordinary people confront their personal or interpersonal problems of living? Can it help a couple whose marriage is on the rocks, or someone going through a midlife crisis, or someone depressed over the death of a significant other, or who suffers from anxiety about making a life change? These and many other behavioral and emotional problems are ordinarily referred to psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, or other mental health specialists. Less mainstream is the possibility of consulting a philosophical counselor or practitioner. Yet, there is presently a steadily increasing, world-wide movement among individuals with postgraduate credentials in philosophy to harness their philosophical training and skills in helping others to address their life problems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Philosophical counseling.
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Philosophy.
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Psychotherapy.
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philosophy.
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Philosophy.
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Counselling & advice services.
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Psychotherapy.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Applied Psychology.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- General.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Happiness.
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Success.
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Philosophical counseling
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Philosophy
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Psychotherapy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zinaich, Samuel
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| ISBN |
9781443849944 |
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1443849944 |
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