Call for Papers

*SPEAKER PANEL COMPLETE – PLEASE SEE THE APA CONFERENCE MEETING PROGRAM FOR DETAILS* The National Philosophical Counseling Association is seeking papers, panel proposals, and commentators on a topic relevant to philosophy and counseling for its meetings that will be held in conjunction with the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, December 27-30, 2014. Proposals for other types of presentations are also welcome! Papers presented at the NPCA meetings have the opportunity of being peer-reviewed for publication in the International Journal of Philosophical Practice.

Submission Information
Papers should equate to approximately 25 minutes of reading time. Please submit paper abstracts (of at least 100 words) or panel proposals to the NPCA Eastern Division Coordinator, James Stacey Taylor, via e-mail or snail mail at the address below by May 23, 2014. Persons who wish to serve as commentators should also contact Dr. Taylor.

James Stacey Taylor
Department of Philosophy
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road
Ewing, NJ 08628
jtaylor@tcnj.edu

New LBTC Centre in South Africa Established

The NPCP is pleased to announce the founding of the South African Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation Institute as the latest extension of the Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation Institute in the United States. The new Center will be under the direction of certified LBT therapist, mentor, and scholar Guy Du Plessis. The new Center will promote LBT&C through research, development and training in South Africa as part of a global network of click here to read more.

The Founding Of The European Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation Institute

The Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation (LBTC) Institute in the United States is pleased to announce the founding of the European Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation (ELBTC) Institute as a division of ReCentre, a West University of Timisoara partner. The European Institute shall serve as…. Read more here!

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!