Philosophical counseling: Problems and approaches

The aim of this study is to reveal that kind of solutions can be produced by philosophical counseling which is the practical field of philosophy to the problems of daily life such as "meaning of life", "value conflict" and "identity seek". In this context, it is discussed what is philosophy, theoretical and practical philosophy, historical foundations of the relationship between philosophy and psychology, historical development process relationship to the field of counseling philosophy, counseling philosophy issues, method problem in the field of philosophical counseling, mind-body problem, the field of psychiatry and abnormal conception, drug therapies, the problems encountered in the field of psychotherapy, subjects of creating a personal life philosophy with counseling philosophy. As a basis, it is evaluated the limitness of counseling philosophy, differences and effectiveness of other types of psychotherapy. As a result, it is foreseen that practices based on methods different philosophical of counseling philosophy from the antiquity to the modern-day, because of the dimension of the counseling includes differences in academic philosophy, according to other counseling and psychotherapy approaches that do not have sufficient functionality in solving problems related to human life, it will be an alternative and effective approach type with philosophy practice. Keywords: Counseling Philosophy, Psychotherapy, Psychology, Psychiatry.