I combine writing, philosophical counselling
and consultancy, research, lectures, seminars, workshops and presentations. I
can follow up on-line activity with face to face contact, where geography and
economy allows. I have visiting faculty status at the University of
Newcastle
upon Tyne Department of Social Policy and Sociology. The
University of Newcastle upon Tyne is the Sunday Times university of the year.
The award, made for the first time in 1999, recognises outstanding achievement
in British universities during the past 12 months. The award is not decided
solely on a university's position in our league table (or Cambridge would win
every year) but is designed to recognise excellence, with teaching quality to
the fore. More than anything else, this determines the academic experience of
students at university. Sunday Times (17/9/00).
I am the
first philosophical practitioner to offer services online and the first U.K.
certified practitioner within the American Philosophical Practitioners
Association. I extended to online practice as philosophical counsellor and
consultant from May 2001.
In September 2001 I provided philosophical
counselling to groups, on a two week taster experience on the Greek island of
Skyros.
My practice of applied philosophy and psychology for adults
began in 1974 (for the Workers Educational Association and partner
organisations). This experience taught me to:
1. Respect adult experience. 2. Make it
practical and relevant to adult life and work. 3. Value, and learn from,
the diversity of human experience and personality. 4. Test everything
against individual adult realities. 5. Dont get trapped in an
ivory tower. 6. Avoid the academic as in
makes no difference. 7. Embrace the academic as in
disciplined, intelligent. 8. Assemble and test a mass of
materials, ideas, techniques. 9. Discard (the majority) that fails reality
testing.
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