Synopses & Reviews
Raabe critiques both existing theoretical conceptions of philosophical counseling and accounts of its practice. He then presents and defends an overarching model of philosophical counseling that captures the best conceptions and reports of practice.
The volume begins with an examination of the principles of philosophical counseling as they have been gathered from theoretical normative hypotheses and from accounts of actual practice. Raabe then presents a new model of philosophical counseling based on the combination of principles presented earlier and experiential data from his private practice. The volume concludes with sample cases from his own practice to illustrate the principles at work in a number of different applications of philosophical counseling. Practicing counselers as well as scholars and advanced students of philosophy, psychology, counseling, and educational guidance will find this work of particular importance.
Review
Recommended for all readership levels.Choice
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This is an intelligent book which makes a major contribution to the growing literature in philosophical counseling....read this book.Analytic Teaching
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Philosophical Counseling is a thorough catalogue of current approaches and methods.Philosophy in Review
Synopsis
Critiques existing theoretical approaches and practices of philosophical counseling and presents a new model.
Synopsis
Raabe critiques both existing theoretical conceptions of philosophical counseling and accounts of its practice. He then presents and defends an overarching model of philosophical counseling that captures the best conceptions and reports of practice.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-291) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Philosophy of Philosophical Counseling
A Survey of Conceptions
Deconstructing Methodologies
The Philosophical Counseling/Psychotherapy Dialectic
A New Model
A Synthesis of Fundamentals
So What is Philosophical Counseling?
Practice
Case Study 1: Short and to the Point
Case Study 2: Going Through the Stages
Case Study 3: Philosophical Group Counseling
Case Study 4: Philosophically Counseling Children
Appendix A: The Locations Within the Stages of the Various Approaches and Methods
Appendix B: Some Differences Between Psychotherapy and Philosophical Counseling
Appendix C: Steps in an Inquiry into The Meaning of Life
Appendix D: Strategies For Ethical Decision-Making
Bibliography
Index