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| Who am I? |  |
1. I have 27 years experience as a practitioner of applied philosophy and psychology. 2. I focus on what might assist you - here and now. 3. I act as a catalyst. The agenda is yours. I help you clarify and evaluate your underlying assumptions, strategies, success criteria. 4. I propose options, ideas, action-points, practical exercises. I help you in your own thinking. I do not do your thinking for you. I offer material for consideration. I suggest that ‘You might like to try…’ ‘You can think of this in terms of…’ ‘You seem to be assuming that..’ I do not send ‘solutions’. 5. I provide practical access to philosophical techniques and insights developed from Ancient Greece to the present day. 6. I see philosophy as the practical and passionate attempt to make sense of life, resolve dilemmas, and find meaning and purpose through committed and informed action. 7. I adhere to the codes of ethics of the organisations of which I am currently a member (for details of codes of ethics go here ). 8. Summary of my ethical practice: Respect confidentiality (except with very rare exceptions where the safety and well-being of others are a higher priority). 9. I consult with, and receive support and supervision from colleagues within the organisations in which I am a member. 10. You have many ways of appraising who I am and what I offer: For experience go here. For reviews of books go here. For published articles go here. To order books go here. 11. This site offers high levels of security. (For details go here ). Risks are lower than much face- to-face and telephone credit card usage. Online payment for goods and services is becoming part of all our lives. 12. Your account, of course, is charged only after individual goods or services are mailed or emailed from this site. 13. After accumulating ideas and techniques over 35 years, I avoid attachment to any of them. 14. After 35 years of trying to be wise and knowledgeable, I am a little more comfortable in accepting how little I know. 15. If I don’t think I can help, I’ll tell you at once. It is stressful on me to waste your time and mine. I have more worthwhile alternatives. 16. I use Western philosophers and import Oriental ideas within the limits of Western knowledge and a Western mind-set. 17. I do not hide my own values and opinions. I make them visible so that you can judge for yourself what you think, feel and want. 18. I seek to match ideas and techniques to your personality and circumstances. 19. I believe that an over-optimistic message reveals an underlying lack of faith in human resilience. We can change far more than we think. But far less than we would like. 20. I believe that a ‘me’-centred approach to problems is ultimately sterile, unfufilling and self- defeating - as well as being amoral. |
