Samir ChopraThe Gabba As Field Of DreamsAll sports fans are sustained by fantasies. They are our white ravens, the sights we imagine we will never see, because they are ruled out…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagPhilosophical Counseling And Hellmuth Kaiser On Successful TherapyIn Existential Psychotherapy (Basic Books, New York, 1980), Irvin Yalom writes:Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Samir ChopraLike Camus’ Caligula, The Republican Party And Donald Trump Transform ‘Philosophy Into Corpses’In ‘ Can We Call Trump A Killer?’ Charles Blow writes:Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagPhilosophical Counseling And ‘Mental Illness’Are philosophical counselors counselors qualified to ‘treat’ the ‘mentally ill’? The short answer to that is ‘no’ (associated with the…Jun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part IV: Aristotle on Effective And Practical KnowledgeIn their Introduction to ‘Philosophy as Therapeia’ (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement #66) Jonardon Ganeri and Clare Carlisle write:Jun 11, 2020Jun 11, 2020
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part III — ‘Dolls That Remove Worries’In Anxiety: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2012, Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman write:Jun 8, 2020Jun 8, 2020
Samir ChopraWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part Two: The Counselor’s WorkIn the first post of this series, I attempted to provide a brief introduction to ‘philosophical counseling,’ and closed on a promissory…Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagWhat Is Philosophical Counseling? Part One: The BasicsPhilosophical counseling is committed to the claim that philosophy can aid us ‘therapeutically.’ This is not a novel claim: philosophy…Jun 3, 20201Jun 3, 20201
Samir ChoprainFlourish MagMindfulness On The New York City SubwayShortly after I began attending my first and only meditation training class, my teacher began a session by claiming meditation could be…May 27, 2020May 27, 2020
Samir ChoprainForge3 Ways Philosophy Can Ease Your Feelings of AnxietyBuddha and Kierkegaard are here to helpMar 26, 202010Mar 26, 202010