Sunday, March 21, 2004
IT AIN'T GONNA BE PUTTING PFIZER OR LILLY OUT OF BUSINESS ANY TIME SOON
In theory, philosophical counselling is a good idea, though I'm not sure Lou Marinoff's approach to it is exactly the way to go about things. It seems as though the interdisciplinary approach of marrying the fields of philosophy and psychology is more sensible. Indeed, the latter pre-dates Marinoff's A.P.P.A. [which interestingly uses dot.edu as a suffix, as opposed to the A.S.P.C.P's dot.org]. Just the idea that a three day workshop qualifies someone to be a certified philosophical counsellor takes away from the legitimacy of this burgeoning field.
It would be nice to see doctors begin to prescribe therapeutic regimens of philosophical counselling instead of grabbing for the pen and pad to write a prescription for Paxil. People's problem's don't always stem from imbalance of neurotransmitters, but rather, from trying to reconcile earthly concerns with a personal ethos, and failing.
But that doesn't stop me from occasionally thinking, maybe drugs are the answer...
In theory, philosophical counselling is a good idea, though I'm not sure Lou Marinoff's approach to it is exactly the way to go about things. It seems as though the interdisciplinary approach of marrying the fields of philosophy and psychology is more sensible. Indeed, the latter pre-dates Marinoff's A.P.P.A. [which interestingly uses dot.edu as a suffix, as opposed to the A.S.P.C.P's dot.org]. Just the idea that a three day workshop qualifies someone to be a certified philosophical counsellor takes away from the legitimacy of this burgeoning field.
It would be nice to see doctors begin to prescribe therapeutic regimens of philosophical counselling instead of grabbing for the pen and pad to write a prescription for Paxil. People's problem's don't always stem from imbalance of neurotransmitters, but rather, from trying to reconcile earthly concerns with a personal ethos, and failing.
But that doesn't stop me from occasionally thinking, maybe drugs are the answer...
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