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to develop talents, but the efforts from the moment he
counselor must guide the sees great needs in himself.
developed talents in the best Thus, he must be freed from
direction. (Ṣafāei Ḥāeri, 2021) obstacles and chains. Then he
can find himself and understand
5. Self-Transformation from
his role, his relations with the
Ali Safaei’s Perspective creation and the community,
The difference between the type and harmonize himself with
of self-transformation proposed the creation. (Ibid: 197)
by Ṣafāei Ḥāeri and those Philosophical counselors
introduced by others is that in who have reached truth-based
this type of self-transformation, philosophical values can take
the counselor does not trap the care of the client when
client with his/her limited searching for the truth and
intellect or leave him/her alone self-transformation, and where
with some philosophical thoughts. they see the client trapped,
Rather, by raising key questions they can prevent them from
and awakening curiosity and being trapped again in the
truth-seeking, the counselor shackles of superficial and
encourages the client to start limited desires by asking
from immediate knowledge fundamental questions.
and reach deep knowledge. This is true that a counselor
Indeed, Ṣafāei Ḥāeri takes us should not impose their views
out of our limited surroundings on the clients, but having a neutral
through self-transformation, attitude toward the wrong
but he does not leave us there answers means ignoring the
to be trapped in another cave. achievements of humans from
By asking key questions, thousands of years of thinking.
Ṣafāei Ḥāeri makes the clients It does not matter if the client
familiar with their real needs has or does not have the same
and when the clients understand choices as the counselor. Rather,
their needs, they try to fulfill what is important is that the
them. A person starts making client becomes aware and
