{"title":"Boss’ and Binswanger's health anthropologies and existential philosophies","authors":"J. Olesen","doi":"10.1080/17428170601095457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170601095457","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article highlights central background themes in existential phenomenology, and gives a brief introduction to Boss and Binswanger within a perspective where man and fellow man, dialogue, participation and communication, the lived body, and the surroundings are seen as one interrelated unity. Boss and Binswanger's existential phenomenologies are to my knowledge some of the few therapy concepts that integrate theory and practice concerning every aspect of human existence into one inter-subjective biopsychosocial entity. This introduction to Binswanger's Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt in combination with Boss so called existentials offers a systematic way for counselors, therapists, and people working with rehabilitation to understand why any client regardless of the character of his or her symptoms (somatic, psychological, or psychiatric) is also always challenged, more or less, by life and existence on a more existential level. This is where the rehabilitation healing powers of an existential ...","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133248164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The gift in therapy","authors":"E. Abrams","doi":"10.1080/17428170601095465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170601095465","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper explores the meaning of the gift in therapy, of gift as what is given, and the various forms and meanings of giving. Its significance within various forms of exchange systems such as the commercial trade and gift exchange is explored and related to the therapeutic environment. The gift and giving are seen to occupy a strange place (event horizon might describe it better) that intersects the possible and impossible of meaning and any means–ends enterprise. Insofar as it becomes an indeterminate or impossible “thing,” the notion of gift as thing is also considered in terms of philosophical and psychoanalytic writing.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116038302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wittgenstein and philosophical counseling","authors":"S. Ellenbogen","doi":"10.1080/17428170601095432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170601095432","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Wittgenstein conceived of philosophy as an activity rather than a subject. Thus, his work is highly relevant to the contemporary philosophical counseling movement. This paper explores the ways in which his views on how to do philosophy shed light on how we can approach philosophical counseling. First, Witgenstein's anti-theoretical approach to conceptual analysis highlights the dangers of interpreting clients’ symptoms in light of theory. Second, his notion that \"pictures hold us captive\" underscores the need to help clients recognize unfounded assumptions underlying their apparent dilemmas. Finally, Wittgenstein's Socratic conception of philosophy as a means to lead an authentic life shows the value of philosophizing beyond the confines of the academy.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132259462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophical faith and its role in the activities of parenting","authors":"S. Carey","doi":"10.1080/17428170601095440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170601095440","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Developing Merleau-Ponty's notion of perceptual faith, philosophical faith is presented as a supplement to religious faith as a means of strengthening the ability of parents to effectively guide their children while also leading fulfilling lives. Philosophical faith is already present in our lives so we do not need to develop it from nothing. We strengthen it by raising our awareness of its role in our lives. For parents, this is an essential quality, akin to a sixth sense, that enables them to make sound decisions.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"428 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116008595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Philosophical counseling as poietic philosophy","authors":"J. B. Rastrojo","doi":"10.1080/17428170600906373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600906373","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper tries to open a new perspective of developing a new profession: Philosophical counseling. This new perspective combines work of some philosophers, such as Mari′a Zambrano, in order to explain a new concept inside philosophical counseling. This new concept is Poietic (or Poietical) philosophy. We try to make a new contribution to the field of philosophical counseling from a concept that is part of our PhD.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130311265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Disrupted conventions or diseased selves: The relationship between philosophical and psychotherapeutic forms of questioning","authors":"S. Segal","doi":"10.1080/17428170600900624","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600900624","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper describes the relationship between modernist psychotherapeutic and philosophical forms of “dis-ease.” It shows how modernist psychotherapeutic forms of disease are focused around disturbances of the self whereas philosophical forms of dis-ease are focused around disturbances in the context or conventions in which the self is situated; psychotherapeutic forms of dis-ease are concerned with “means” while philosophical forms are concerned with ends, in modernist psychotherapy it is assumed that patients know what they value but are blocked by internal obstacles from realizing their values while in philosophical counseling it is the very values themselves which are in question. Philosophical counseling provides a framework in which individuals can explore the values that are in question. Examples embedded in the philosophies of Plato, Heidegger, Kuhn, and Gellner are used to develop the notion of philosophical counseling and examples from the writing of Rollo May, Joel Kovel, and Christoph...","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114246833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How do we best educate philosophical counselors? Some experiences and reflections from the Norwegian educational program","authors":"Helge Svare","doi":"10.1080/17428170600900608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600900608","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract How do we best organize the education of those aspiring to become philosophical counselors? Are the skills that we require from such a counselor teachable? If so, how do we teach them? The author reflects upon these questions based on experiences gathered in the Norwegian educational program for philosophical counselors..1 Along with this, the author will also discuss some theoretical considerations central to the questions just raised.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124635216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Just doing: Therapy according to Chuang Tsu","authors":"G. Hole","doi":"10.1080/17428170600906381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600906381","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Other non-Western philosophical traditions can provide valuable perspectives and insights for philosophical counseling. This is especially true when a client has a sympathetic relationship with a specific philosopher. In this case, Chuang Tsu, a Taoist, provides the direction and practice for a client's ‘‘secret of growth.’’","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126665775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond method, Anders Lindseth style: The quest to open up philosophical space in the consulting room","authors":"Morten Fastvold","doi":"10.1080/17428170600595937","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600595937","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The “beyond method” approach is pivotal to the Norwegian philosopher Anders Lindseth, who pioneered philosophical counseling in Norway, and has been a mentor to other counselors. Being himself influenced by Gerd Achenbach, Lindseth has a distaste for method and therapy, advocating instead the principle of “touched not-knowing.” During a seminar in Oslo last year Lindseth discussed these concepts with students of philosophical counseling, and had a demonstration session to be assessed. Based on the seminary, this article presents the Lindseth position, and looks critically into the notion of “beyond method.” Instead of eschewing method altogether, the author claims that philosophical counselors might employ method in a limited sense without succumbing to “therapy” in the professional, pejatorive sense of the word.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130546878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Refugees, immigrants, and repatriated Greek-Pontians from the ex-Soviet Union in Greece: An educational experience","authors":"Grigoris Mouladoudis","doi":"10.1080/17428170600595887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/17428170600595887","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this paper we describe our “dialogical” experience with the facilitation of a group within a learning program for refugees, immigrants, and repatriated Greek-Pontians from the ex-Soviet Union. Inspired by the work of Martin Buber and Carl Rogers, the “dialogical dimension” is perceived by the author as the framework wherein the real meeting between the members can be realized. The facilitator was not the leader in the strict sense of the term, but he attempted to develop a climate which was psychologically safe and in which participants could express themselves freely. Four interconnected dialogical elements that arose from the group sessions through members’ expressions are discussed: the person and a sense of community, presence, inclusion, and meaning.","PeriodicalId":143049,"journal":{"name":"Philosophical Practice: Journal of The American Philosophical Practitioners Association","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126381093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}