Resources — Sophia

Philosophical counselling is gaining traction.

Life is hard. Can philosophy help?

What philosophy has to say about midlife crises...
This Therapy Is Like a Personal Trainer for Your Mind—and Your Soul

When we feel rudderless, we crave answers. But in the growing field of "philosophical counseling," the real power is in asking questions...
When Philosophers Become Therapists

The philosophical-counselling movement aims to apply heady, logical insights to daily life.
The Philosopher Will See You Now

In 399 BC, at Socrates’ trial for impiety and corrupting Athenian youth, the “father of Western philosophy” defended himself by saying, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”...
When Philosophy Becomes Therapy

...for the past ten years or so, Alain de Botton, a Swiss-British philosopher, writer, and TV presenter, has made it his mission to rebrand philosophy by stripping away its crusty, academic trappings and restoring its day-to-day value....
How to be happy: Philosophical counselling

Ditch the antidepressants and get a dose of Confucius. Philosophical counseling is the latest prescription for how to be happy.