Conferences

5th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice

The National Philosophical Counseling Association (formerly the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy) will be holding a virtual conference via Zoom on a variety of topics relevant to philosophical practice on February 17th & 18th, 2023. The 5th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice will feature roughly 20-22 speakers.

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Conference Registration Only

$30 and estimated PayPal fee of $1.36

Conference Registration & NPCA Membership

$60 and estimated PayPal fee of $2.22

CALL FOR PAPERS

~ Submit Abstracts by 1^st January, 2023 ~

For the National Philosophical Counseling Association
5th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling and Practice
(ZOOM)

The National Philosophical Counseling Association (formerly the American Society for Philosophy, Counseling, and Psychotherapy) is seeking papers, panel proposals, and commentators on a topic relevant to any aspect of philosophical practice for its 5th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice that will be held via ZOOM on February 17-18, 2023.

Papers should be of approximately 25 minutes’ reading time. Please submit abstracts (of at least 500 words) or panel proposals to the NPCA Conference Coordinator, Samuel Zinaich, Jr., Ph.D. at the email address below BY 1^st JANUARY, 2023 (though earlier is better). Persons who wish to serve as commentators should also contact Samuel Zinaich, Jr.

Papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Philosophical Counseling & Practice have the opportunity of being peer-reviewed for publication in the International Journal of Philosophical Practice.

Please submit abstracts of papers for presentation by email to: Samuel Zinaich, Jr., Ph.D. zinaich@pnw.edu by the 1st of January, 2023.

Questions?

If you have questions, please contact Samuel Zinaich, Jr., Ph.D. at zinaich@pnw.edu

Information about previous conferences can be accessed here.

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Logic Based Therapy In Healthcare: Using Philosophy To Do And Feel Better

Presented by: Elliot D Cohen, Ph.D., Brown University, principal founder of philosophical counseling in the United States, Executive Director and co-founder of the National Philosophical Counseling Association (NPCA), and President of the Logic-Based Therapy and Consultation Institute.

In the past few years, healthcare professionals have confronted exceptionally stressful working conditions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have resigned their positions, and many others who remain now suffer from burnout or related syndromes that impede their ability to work in this ordinarily high-stress environment. In this presentation, Elliot D. Cohen, the creator of Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), a prominent form of philosophical counseling, showed how…Read more here!

INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION OF PEACE, CO-OPERATION, AND PHILOSOPHY

This INTERNATIONAL DECLARATION of PEACE, COOPERATION, AND PHILOSOPHY penned by distinguished philosophical practitioners throughout the world casts a bright light on the challenges that lie ahead in the quest for world peace and the multiple roles that applied philosophy can play in meeting these challenges. The pandemic, global unrest, climate change, poverty, oppressive, anti-democratic government regimes, and now a war in Ukraine that has created a humanitarian crisis cannot go unexamined by the world philosophical community. Nor can the latter stand idle while countless human lives, and indeed the very survival of planet, hang in the balance. This Declaration posted HERE (English translation follows Spanish translation) is a manifesto intended to serve as a catalyst to…Read more here!