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                         A  more  common  approach               solving  the  client’s  problems.
                       in the philosophical practice of          This  approach  to  philosophical

                       the  world  is  the  critical             counseling  can  be  called  the
                       thinking  approach.  The  main            refinement approach. (Ibid, 102)
                       idea  behind  this  approach  is

                       that  philosophy  is  a  critical         2.  Philosophical  Counseling
                       examination  of  fundamental              and Self-Transformation
                       issues. It is possible to use this        Ran  Lahav  believes  that  his

                       thinking  tool  to  help  clients         approach      to      philosophical
                       analyze  and  solve  their  life          counseling (self-transformation)
                       problems, behavior, beliefs, and          belongs  to  the  second  group,

                       emotions (Lahav, 2021: 100).              i.e.  the  refinement  approach
                         The  most  popular  function            (Ibid, 103).
                       of critical thinking is problem-             Lahav  believes  that  one  of
                       solving, which refers to helping          the main ways to do this is through

                       clients  define  and  solve  their        philosophical          reflection.
                       problems  in  life.  Thus,  this          Philosophical  reflection  is  a

                       subset  of  critical  thinking  can       free-thinking  and  unrestricted
                       be  called  a  problem-solving            exploration  of  the  root  of  the
                       approach      to    philosophical         basic  issues  of  life  without
                       counseling (Ibid).                        considering          pre-accepted

                         Another  group  of  thinkers            assumptions (Ibid).
                       believes  that  philosophical                Ran  Lahav  believes  that
                       thinking can be used to enrich            philosophical  exercises  can

                       and  deepen  our  lives.  In  this        connect  us  to  the  guiding
                       approach, philosophical counseling        principle  within  us  and  allow
                       is considered not an attempt to           us to be wise and peaceful people

                       solve personal problems but a             who  are  actually  in  harmony
                       journey  to  gain  wisdom  and            with the universe (Ibid: 104).
                       obtain more meaning.                         We  usually  follow  fixed,

                         Counseling in this approach             automatic,     and     superficial
                       is  a  continuous  process  and           emotional patterns in our lives.
                       counseling  does  not  end  after         Lahav calls this form of life a
                                                                 limited, dry, and superficial set
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