Helping to address questions that matter to you!
Since 2007 Micheal Lacey has been operating as a professional Philosophical Counsellor and he is the Director and co-founder of Philosophical Counselling Ireland. Pursuing philosophy academically with the National University of Ireland from 1999-2006, he has achieved the highest possible awards for his dissertations. Skilled in a number of areas of philosophy, his studies have focused on the methods and scientific foundations of psychotherapeutic practice.
Recognising that traditional psychotherapies, while legitimate in their own right, often neglect to use the analytic tools of philosophy for addressing the clients deepest questions of meaning, love, security, guilt, fear, truth, right and wrong, etc., Micheál saw an important niche that he had the expertise and desire to fill. But he was not the first to notice this. Pioneered in Germany in 1981, the profession of philosophical counselling was established with an aim to apply the tools of philosophy to the problems that face each of us in a caring, trusting and understanding setting. Since then philosophical counselling has spread throughout Europe and North America, growing into respected organizations such as the American Philosophical Practitioner’s Association (http://www.appa.eu/ should you want the link) and The Society for Philosophy in Practice. (http://www.society-for-philosophy-in-practice.org/)
As one of the first philosophical counsellors in Ireland, Micheál is continuing to build on a firmly established and increasingly popular profession. By offering an alternative to traditional forms of therapy and counselling, he hopes to contribute to the self-understanding and personal development of clients at all stages of life.
“Often, it is our way of thinking about the world and ourselves that lead us to unhappiness or difficulty. Philosophical counselling helps by helping to examine how you think and why you behave as you do. It helps by providing the space within which you can feel trusting and open to explore ideas that may occupy or control your inner world. Through simple philosophical dialogue you can find fresh perspective and meaningful solutions to issues you find challenging. Engaging in the important process is what I find most fulfilling in life.”
- Micheál Lacey
Since 2007 Micheal Lacey has been operating as a professional Philosophical Counsellor and he is the Director and co-founder of Philosophical Counselling Ireland. Pursuing philosophy academically with the National University of Ireland from 1999-2006, he has achieved the highest possible awards for his dissertations. Skilled in a number of areas of philosophy, his studies have focused on the methods and scientific foundations of psychotherapeutic practice.
Recognising that traditional psychotherapies, while legitimate in their own right, often neglect to use the analytic tools of philosophy for addressing the clients deepest questions of meaning, love, security, guilt, fear, truth, right and wrong, etc., Micheál saw an important niche that he had the expertise and desire to fill. But he was not the first to notice this. Pioneered in Germany in 1981, the profession of philosophical counselling was established with an aim to apply the tools of philosophy to the problems that face each of us in a caring, trusting and understanding setting. Since then philosophical counselling has spread throughout Europe and North America, growing into respected organizations such as the American Philosophical Practitioner’s Association (http://www.appa.eu/ should you want the link) and The Society for Philosophy in Practice. (http://www.society-for-philosophy-in-practice.org/)
As one of the first philosophical counsellors in Ireland, Micheál is continuing to build on a firmly established and increasingly popular profession. By offering an alternative to traditional forms of therapy and counselling, he hopes to contribute to the self-understanding and personal development of clients at all stages of life.
“Often, it is our way of thinking about the world and ourselves that lead us to unhappiness or difficulty. Philosophical counselling helps by helping to examine how you think and why you behave as you do. It helps by providing the space within which you can feel trusting and open to explore ideas that may occupy or control your inner world. Through simple philosophical dialogue you can find fresh perspective and meaningful solutions to issues you find challenging. Engaging in the important process is what I find most fulfilling in life.”
- Micheál Lacey
