Primary Certificate in LBT

The NPCA now offers a primary certificate program in Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) through its affiliate the Logic-Based Therapy & Consultation Institute. Distance learning is an option.

For more details visit the Institute website or e-mail us at

logicbasedtherapy@gmail.com

The National Philosophical Counseling Association will be holding a virtual conference via Zoom on a variety of topics relevant to philosophical practice on February 11th & 12th, 2022. Learn more & register here!

***CALL FOR PAPERS: PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY JAN. 5TH, 2022***

Papers should be of approximately 25 minutes’ reading time. Please submit abstracts (of at least 100 words) or panel proposals to the NPCA Eastern Division Coordinator, Samuel Zinaich, Jr., Ph.D. at the email address below BY January 5th, 2022 (though the closer to Dec. 15th the better). Persons who wish to serve as commentators should also contact Samuel Zinaich, Jr. See more here!

NPCA in Vice: Philosophy as Therapy

A fantastic article by Shayla Love that explores philosophical counseling, its relationship to psychology, and the history of the two major philosophical counseling organizations in the United States — NPCA & APPA. Read the article here!

Overcoming OCD with Philosophy

In this video Dr. Cohen examines the logic, phenomenology, and neurology of obsessiveness, and explains how philosophy can change the neural pathways that generate obsessions. Watch here!

Book Establishes Milestone in Philosophical Counseling

Since its inception in 1992, the NCPA has maintained the complimentary and mutually supportive relationship between philosophical and psychological counseling. Now, NPCA founder and creator of Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), Elliot D. Cohen, has reached an historical milestone in demonstrating this thesis with the publication of his new book from Routledge, Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Self-Defeating Beliefs: Helping Clients to Overcome the Tyranny of ‘I Can’t’. Read more here!