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Introduction using philosophical counseling
Throughout history and thousands methods for everyday problems and
of years ago, many thinkers, troubles such as decision-making,
including prophets (The Qur’an, interpersonal conflicts, job
5:76), philosophers, and some dissatisfaction, the search for
thinkers, have used philosophical
thinking to answer the most meaning, etc (Lahav, 1993).
fundamental human questions, Now, some believe that
solve life problems, and guide counseling has become the
people. The movement of most widespread cultural trend
philosophical practice was at the turn of the new
founded in Germany in the early millennium (Frunza, 2022).
1980s by Gerd Achenbach. According to Shlomit Schuster,
Indeed, he was the first to
establish an association with philosophers do not use
the same name for this activity therapeutic methods and do not
and considered it a separate diagnose. The philosophical
field (Lahav, 2021). According practitioner initiates a didactic
to some scholars, this movement philosophical process in their
is rooted in the Socratic tradition interlocutor, enabling the
(Nagaraj, 2022).
interlocutor to become an
Theoretical Foundations and authentic thinker and ultimately
Research Background arrive at philosophical answers
Currently, helping people to themselves (Schuster, 1991).
examine their lives and to Ran Lahav also believes that
understand how their manner of what makes philosophical
living is good is considered a kind counseling philosophical is that it
of philosophical counseling (Raabe, helps the counselee in
2001). Philosophical counseling is philosophical self-explorations
a type of counseling that makes a (Lahav, 1996).
person’s worldview understood, In the field of philosophical
criticized, and examined. A counseling, there are various
worldview is a person’s general approaches, most of which are
attitude toward life (Sharaf, 2021). based on the philosophy and
In the past several decades, worldview of Western thinkers.
philosophers have turned to
