Philosophical Counsellors that collaborates with us
Philosophical Counsellors that collaborates with us
Dr. PhD Susi Ferrarello
I've worked in the sexuality program at the California Institute for Integral Studies. My aim as a counselor is to enable you to "think through" compelling questions, decisions in your life to gain a greater sense of personal freedom, ethical clarity, and a sense of renewed vitality. In this work I draw upon my advanced training in classical and continental philosophy: my PhD in philosophy was completed at Sorbonne in Paris, and my philosophical consulting was completed in New York
I help my clients reach important decisions by working with them to clarify the ethical foundations of their choices. My approach involves values clarification, dialogue, role-playing, and philosophical readings aimed at enabling clients to align their thoughts, feelings, and instinctive sense of being alive, through skype also.
I train clients to observe their lives philosophically-grasping deeply what they are living, choices they face, and the values underlying those choices. Our practice of philosophical observation initially takes place in an office and later may take place in everyday settings like a café or a dance class.
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Dr. PhD Valeria Bizzari
I am a philosopher with a background in phenomenology, psychopathology, and the philosophy of emotions. I currently work at the Husserl Archives of the Catholic University in Leuven where I teach and conduct research on vulnerability, limit situations (death, disease etc), and dreams.
From 2018 to the end of 2020, I worked at the Clinic for General Psychiatry, Universität Heidelberg on a project exploring autism and neurodivergence under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs. I spent visiting research periods at the Centre for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, the Oxford Empathy Programme at the University of Oxford, the Departments of Philosophy at the University of Wien (Austria), Milan Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Italy) and Macquarie University in Sydney (Australia).
From 2018 to the end of 2020, I worked at the Clinic for General Psychiatry, Universität Heidelberg on a project exploring autism and neurodivergence under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs. I spent visiting research periods at the Centre for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, the Oxford Empathy Programme at the University of Oxford, the Departments of Philosophy at the University of Wien (Austria), Milan Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Italy) and Macquarie University in Sydney (Australia).
I have a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pisa (Italy), but I also have a master in Special Educational Needs and a Master in Philosophical Counselling. I am also trained in qualitative, clinical interviews such as the Examination of Anomalous Self Experiences (Copenhagen University); and I have trainings in “Autism and Sensory Experiences”, “Autism and Communication”, “Women and Girls in the Autism Spectrum” from the National Autistic Society (UK). Recently, I did develop my own qualitative interview, the Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences (EAIE, with T. Fuchs and T. Schnitzler).
I collaborate with many scientific and non scientific organization (Stella Maris Science Institute in Pisa; the Leuven Autism Research Center; the Heidelberg University Hospital), and I have also been involved in non-academic activities (in psychiatric hospitals, secondary schools and neurodivergent communities).
If you want to know something more, this is a podcast on the meaning of life organized by California State University: here I talk about myself and my research journey: https://rss.com/podcasts/meaningoflife/389812/.
In our meetings, we will work together on a specific problem not only by means of a therapeutic dialogue abut also by using specific methodologies, such as the occidental meditation (whose focus is one specific emotion, according to the individual need) and philosophical, Jungian-inspired games that elicit our imaginal and pre-reflective abilities and skills. These will allow me to help you in exploring yourselves, (re)discovering your inner resources and becoming more aware of them, by adopting novel perspectives on the world and improving your relationship with your inner life, the others and society.
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