Main description:

Using the Socratic Method in Counseling shows counselors how to use the Socratic method to help clients solve life problems using knowledge they may not realize they have. Coauthored by two experts from the fields of philosophy and counseling, the book presents theory and techniques that give counselors a client-centered and contextually bound method for better addressing issues of ethnicities, genders, cultures. Readers will find that Using the Socratic Method in Counseling is a thorough and useful text on a new theoretical orientation grounded in ancient philosophy.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Inborn Knowledge & Socratic Questioning 2. Inborn Knowledge of Spirituality 3. Inborn Knowledge of Language 4. Inborn Knowledge of Space, Causality & Number 4. Inborn Knowledge of Space, Causality & Number 5. Inborn Knowledge of Values & Ethics 6. Why Socratic Method is a Different Humanistic Theory 7. Structuring Sessions and Using Socratic Questioning 8. Channeling Inborn Knowledge 9. A Socratic Dialogue 10. Use of Alternative Techniques and Theories in the Socratic Method of Counseling 11. Addressing Challenging Issues in Socratic Counseling Bibliography