Category: Philosophy
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Kristof Van Rossem

Belgian practitioner Kristof Van Rossem holds a master’s degree in Philosophy and in Sciences of Religion (University of Leuven (KUL)). For more than 20 years he has been an independent trainer working with dialogue and reflection in various organisations. His specialities are the “Art of questioning” and variations of “Socratic dialogue”. Kristof teaches Business ethics…
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Peter Worley

UK practitioner Peter Worley is the Founder and former CEO of The Philosophy Foundation, a charity bringing philosophy to schools, community and workplace. He is the author/editor of eleven books on doing philosophy as well as teacher of philosophy and as the developer of the PhiE method for facilitating philosophical conversations in schools (P4C) and…
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Samir Chopra

US practitioner Samir Chopra is professor emeritus of philosophy at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York and the author of several books and articles. He recently published the book “Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide”. Samir is a certified philosophical counsellor since 2019. Website: Samir Chopra – Refusing to Stick to the Subject Interview Consultation
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Lydia Amir

French-Israeli practitioner Lydia Amir teaches at the Department of Philosophy at Tufts University, Boston, USA and lectures at the Master’s in Philosophical Practice and Consultancy at the West University of Timisoara in Romania. She is Co-director of APPA (American PhilosophicalPractitioners Association) and Co-President of the Israeli Association for Philosophical Practice. She has published seven books,…
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Oscar Brenifier

French practitioner Oscar Brenifier holds a Bachelor of biology degree (University of Ottawa) and a PhD in Philosophy (Paris IV – Sorbonne). He has published more than thirty books including the ‘Philozenfants’ series, which has been translated into over twenty-five languages. He founded the Institut de Pratiques Philosophiques (IPP) to train philosophical practitioners and organize…
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Wei Peng

Chinese practitioner Wei Peng is trained by the IPP (Institut de Pratiques Philosophiques) and now tutors trainee practitioners as well as giving philosophical consultations both in China and worldwide. She holds café-philos in her hometown and works actively to promote philosophical practice in China. Interview Consultation
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Elliot D. Cohen

US practitioner Elliot D. Cohen is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the National Philosophical Counseling Association. He is a Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at Florida State University. and the creator of Logic-Based Therapy (LBT). The author of many books that have been translated into several languages, he has…
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Kalle Grill

Swedish practitioner Kalle Grill is an associate professor of philosophy and senior lecturer at Umeå University. His research focuses on topics such as freedom, public health policy, new technology, personal relationships, sustainability and the value of future life. As a discussion leader and philosophical practitioner Kalle offers personal, exploratory conversations based on philosophy, both individually…
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Luis de Miranda

Portuguese-Swedish practitioner Luis de Miranda is an affiliated researcher at the House of innovation and the Center for Wellbeing, Welfare and Happiness of the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. He is also affiliated with the Center for Research Ethics and Bioethics of Uppsala University, and a research fellow of the institute for Advanced Studies, Turku…
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Ran Lahav

Israeli-born American practitioner Ran Lahav has been internationally active in the philosophical practice movement since 1992. He received his PhD in philosophy and Master’s in Psychology from the University of Michigan, USA. Starting in 1993, he taught courses of philosophical counseling at Haifa University in Israel for more than 10 years. He also initiated and…