Philosophical Consulting
Philosophy began as a practice for living well. I take that seriously.
What Is Philosophical Consulting?
Most people assume philosophy lives in universities: in seminar rooms and journal articles, separated from the problems of everyday life by jargon and abstraction. That assumption is wrong. Philosophy began as a practical discipline, a way of examining how to live well, and philosophical consulting returns it to that original purpose.
My approach is grounded in Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), developed by Elliot D. Cohen and rooted in the tradition of Rational-Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT). Where conventional cognitive-behavioral approaches ask what psychological forces drive your beliefs, LBT asks a different question: what is the reasoning behind your beliefs, emotions, and behavior, and does that reasoning hold up?
That distinction matters. This is not therapy. I am not diagnosing conditions or treating disorders. Philosophical consulting is a structured conversation about the logic of your thinking: the assumptions you carry, the inferences you draw, and the conclusions you act on. The question is whether those conclusions actually serve you.
Often, when someone feels stuck, it is because their map no longer matches the territory. The beliefs and habits that once made sense no longer fit the situation they are actually in. My job is to walk alongside you into that territory and help you redraw the map so that your values, actions, and emotions are congruent again.
What We Work On
The Reasoning Behind Your Emotions
Emotions are not irrational. They follow from beliefs, and when the beliefs are distorted, the emotions are too. LBT works on the reasoning, not just the symptoms.
Assumptions You Have Stopped Questioning
The most powerful beliefs are the ones we never examine. Consulting surfaces the assumptions driving your decisions and asks whether they hold up under honest scrutiny.
Decisions With No Clean Answer
Some decisions resist frameworks and spreadsheets. When the difficulty is not a lack of information but a conflict between values, philosophical tools are the right ones.
The Gap Between Who You Are and How You Are Living
When your actions and your values have come apart, the friction is real. Consulting helps you see that gap clearly and think through what it would take to close it.
Questions That Actually Matter
What do I value? What kind of life am I building? Am I being honest with myself? These are not vague questions. They have structure, and that structure can be examined.
Most clients find what they need within one to four sessions. The work is practical and present-tense. We start with the problem in front of you.
Begin the Conversation
Every engagement starts with a one-hour initial consultation. We will talk through what you are navigating and whether this work is the right fit.