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| Welcome to the domain of Stevan Orescan Philosophical Counselor, Psychotherapist, Teacher, Writer, Life & Death Coach My areas of interest are: |
Overview
The areas of my interest and experience are in using
philosophical insights, principles and skills for the resolution of
issues of value, meaning, purpose, clarity, understanding and
responsibility. The clients I work with are assumed to be rational
and responsible human beings and not psychotic, neurotic or
pathological in any other sense.
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the
diagnosis, treatment, management and cure of physiological
abnormalities of the brain. Its interventions are medical-surgical
and its primary emphasis is on affective, intellectual, perceptual,
functional and behavioral abnormalities.
Psychology, in contrast to psychiatry, is not a medical art but an
experimental science that involves the study of the mental and
behavioral characteristics of humans and animals. As a clinical
discipline it is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention,
treatment and amelioration of psychological problems, and
emotional and mental disorders of individuals and groups. It
assumes trauma, history and/or conditioning to be the cause of
the problems.
Philosophical practice is neither a medical nor psychological art.
It does not treat, nor does it assume those who seek its counsel
to be suffering from abnormalities, ailments, disabilities, diseases,
dysfunctions, disorders, illnesses, infirmities, maladies or any
other form of pathology. We use rational deliberation to
understand, clarify and place the problems in their proper
context in order to find the most appropriate solution.
statement from the American Philosophical Practitioners Association
www.appa.edu
The areas of my interest and experience are in using
philosophical insights, principles and skills for the resolution of
issues of value, meaning, purpose, clarity, understanding and
responsibility. The clients I work with are assumed to be rational
and responsible human beings and not psychotic, neurotic or
pathological in any other sense.
Psychiatry is the branch of medicine concerned with the
diagnosis, treatment, management and cure of physiological
abnormalities of the brain. Its interventions are medical-surgical
and its primary emphasis is on affective, intellectual, perceptual,
functional and behavioral abnormalities.
Psychology, in contrast to psychiatry, is not a medical art but an
experimental science that involves the study of the mental and
behavioral characteristics of humans and animals. As a clinical
discipline it is concerned with the diagnosis, prevention,
treatment and amelioration of psychological problems, and
emotional and mental disorders of individuals and groups. It
assumes trauma, history and/or conditioning to be the cause of
the problems.
Philosophical practice is neither a medical nor psychological art.
It does not treat, nor does it assume those who seek its counsel
to be suffering from abnormalities, ailments, disabilities, diseases,
dysfunctions, disorders, illnesses, infirmities, maladies or any
other form of pathology. We use rational deliberation to
understand, clarify and place the problems in their proper
context in order to find the most appropriate solution.
statement from the American Philosophical Practitioners Association
www.appa.edu
sorescan@yahoo.com
(831) 435-9979
(831) 435-9979
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Then one at the edge of the crowd spoke:
"Who are you, and by what authority do you speak these
words to us?"
And the one that had come that stormy day turned to the
one at the crowd's edge and spoke:
"Unless I am endowed with wide knowledge, keen
judgement, and great experience, how could I count myself a
counselor of men? Like you, I have been here since the
beginning, and I shall be here until the end of days.There is
no ending to my existence,
For the human soul is but a part of a burning torch which
God separated from Himself at Creation.
Thus my soul and yours are one. and we are one with God.
And if I count myself a counselor of men, it is only because
my soul, which is one with yours, has told me so.
Kahlil Gibran
A Counselor of Men
