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Philosophical Counselling • Freewill & Predestination • Relativism • Suicide • Time • On Being a Philosopher and a Christian (Issue 16)

Philosophical Counselling

SIR: I recently discovered Philosophy Now and am delighted that such a magazine exists!

Though intrigued with the interview of Louis Marinoff (Issue 20) and excited by the concept and practice of philosophical counseling, upon further exploration of various internet sites, I was dismayed to find proposals to license the practice and to attempt to gain insurance reimbursement.

I have been both a professional counselor for ten years and a mental health (now behavioral health) administrator for eighteen years. I have supported many of the reforms involved in managed health care and have designed delivery systems ($30 million in current programs) to function within managed care parameters. The consequence, however, has been a severe curtailing of what is allowable both as the defined problem and the course of treatment.

What intrigues me in philosophical counseling is that here could be a practice to address the needs that are being excluded from behavioral health treatment.

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