Abstract

This paper presents the necessity of implementing meditative practice as a necessary tool in philosophical counseling. It starts from the fact that it is one of the tools used by philosophy in antiquity. It was subsequently forgotten by philosophers oriented towards the academy, but also because meditation was taken over by theology, and later by psychotherapy and by personal development. The emergency of philosophical counseling led to the rediscovery of these practices by some practitioners concerned with the applications of philosophical meditation and the use of philosophical texts in the meditative process, drawing up manuals for practitioners in philosophy. The paper includes the description of a method of inducing a meditative state, necessary for meditation and philosophical reflection. There are presented tools and mental processes that can be used in philosophical practice at different times and can be included in meditation to clarify or understand life situations. The conclusion of this article is in favor of developing of these meditative methods and techniques by including them in the philosophical counselor’s professional training programs, showing some directions to be followed in future in this field.