Ma`rifat Falsafi

Philosophical counselling has emerged within general philosophy and the new movement of philosophical application in the world, and although it is nascent, it has roots in ancient Greece as a philosophy for living. The main issue of this research is to investigate the nature of philosophical counselling and its key concepts, using a descriptive-analytical method and a second-order epistemological approach. The findings indicate that philosophical counselling, with its philo-psychological composite nature, is a type of educational and supportive communication aimed at linking philosophical ideas, with the help of the counsellor, to the client’s thought system and beliefs in life situations. Emphasis on components such as drawing upon philosophical ideas from various thought systems, the human belief system and worldview, attention to deep life questions in the client’s consciousness, distinguishes philosophical counselling from branches such as existentialist psychotherapies, psychological, and psychoanalytic approaches. The philosophical counsellor also has a dual nature: philosopher-counsellor. The relationship between counsellor and client, with diverse approaches to problem-solving, critical thinking, self-transformation, and analytical and continental orientations, emphasizes concepts such as philosophical well-being in the consistency of the belief system and the restoration of inner and outer balance. Maintaining a balance between distance and closeness to the client and the connection between philosophical concepts and daily life, and deciding whether to prioritize truth or usefulness for the client’s well-being, are among the practical challenges of philosophical counselling.