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In Times of War and Terror: Philosophical Counselling as an Alternative to Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
September 2002

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In this paper I question some of the ideas behind mainstream psychological help provided and advocated by the American Counseling Association in situations that can be best described as life threatening. I contrast Post-traumatic Stress Disorder treatment with what I propose as the help philosophical counsellors can offer in crisis situations. I present an elementary description of the relatively new profession of Philosophical Practice, or Philosophical Counselling, and provide examples—taken from my philosophical practice in Israel, from philosophical theory, and from philosophers' autobiographies—that give legitimacy to the claims of philosophical practitioners.

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Dans ce texte, je questionne certaines idées sous-jacentes à l'aide psychologique couramment dispensé et valorisé par l'American Counseling Association, pour les situations impliquant une menace pour la survie de la personne. Je contraste le traîtement du désordre de stresse post-traumatique avec ce que je propose, à savoir l'aide qu'un conseiller ou une conseillère philosophique peut offrir dans des situations de crise. Je présente une description élémentaire de la profession relativement nouvelle de praticien ou praticienne philosophique, qu'on nomme aussi counseling philosophique; je fournis également quelques exemples qui donnent une légitimité aux revendications des praticiens et praticiennes philosophiques. Ces exemples proviennent de ma pratique philosophique en Israël, de la théorie philosophique et d'autobiographies de philosophes.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 21Number 2September 2002
Pages: 79 - 90

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Version of record online: 12 May 2009

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Shlomit C. Schuster
Philosophical Counselor, Jerusalem, Israel

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