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Philosophical Counseling Services

Philosophical counseling helps you pause, step back, and examine the beliefs shaping your life. It is for those who feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed by inherited ideas of success, happiness, and responsibility. As a Jungian philosophical practitioner I help you through Logic-Based Therapy (LBT) and reflective dialogue to learn to identify unexamined assumptions, clarify your values, and make choices that truly reflect who you are. This isn’t about quick fixes or reassurance — it’s about creating the space to think clearly, reflect deeply, and live intentionally.

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The Death of Socrates

Discover Clarity, Insight, and Meaning in Your Life
 

We offer Philosophical Counseling, a transformative approach to personal growth and mental clarity. Unlike traditional therapy, philosophical counseling focuses on exploring your beliefs, values, and reasoning to help you navigate life’s challenges with insight and purpose.

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Whether you are seeking guidance in decision-making, life transitions, or understanding complex personal dilemmas, we provide thoughtful, structured conversations to empower you with self-understanding and intellectual tools for living well.

What is Philosophical Counseling?

Philosophical counseling is a professional service rooted in philosophy rather than psychology. It helps individuals:

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  • Examine their beliefs and values

  • Clarify their life goals

  • Resolve ethical dilemmas

  • Improve critical thinking and decision-making

  • Cultivate a deeper sense of meaning and purpose

 

By engaging in reflective dialogue, clients learn to approach life’s questions with reasoned analysis, gaining perspective and confidence in their choices.

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Philosophical counselors have a Masters degree in Philosophy and post-degree training specializing in Logic-Based Therapy (LBT). LBT is a counseling approach that helps individuals analyze their thoughts and beliefs using reason and logic by attuning to underlying emotional distress and values. By identifying irrational or unhelpful thinking patterns, clients learn to replace them with rational, constructive perspectives, leading to improved emotional well-being and clearer decision-making.

What The Work Is

The work is deliberate, about being more honest, and allowing yourself to be more human.

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  • We start by understanding your unique situation and the challenges you face.​

  • Through careful questioning, we help you identify the underlying assumptions guiding your thoughts and decisions. We begin seeking clarity.​

  • We explore philosophical frameworks, drawing from classical and contemporary philosophy, we explore different perspectives that illuminate your situation.

  • Together, we develop actionable strategies that align with your values and enhance your life.

  • Through ongoing reflection in and out of sessions we help you refine your understanding, strengthen your reasoning, and maintain clarity in decision-making.​​

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We think together. We question together. We assess your truth and values carefully — to bring clarity.

What Becomes Possible...

Clients who engage in philosophical counseling often experience:

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  • Enhanced self-awareness and clarity in personal beliefs

  • Better decision-making skills grounded in reason and values

  • Improved emotional resilience by understanding the philosophy behind life challenges

  • Greater life satisfaction through the pursuit of meaningful goals

 

Philosophical counseling is ideal for individuals facing career transitions, moral dilemmas, existential questions, or simply seeking a more thoughtful, deliberate approach to life.

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It's ideal for those seeking to live more consciously, more presently, more fully.

For Those Who Want To Question The Life They've Inherited

Many people don’t suffer because something has gone wrong, but because something has gone unquestioned for too long. We inherit ideas about success, fulfillment, responsibility, or happiness and build our lives around them — often without asking if they truly belong to us. Over time, responding replaces choosing, and the self can feel displaced within its own life.

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Philosophical counseling works by examining these quiet frameworks shaping your decisions — ideas about what counts as a meaningful career, a responsible life, or a worthy sacrifice. These assumptions are rarely conscious, yet they guide your choices. When they no longer fit, life doesn’t collapse — it hollows. It feels stuck, empty, or disconnected.

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This approach is for those who want to pause, reflect, and regain clarity. It’s not about quick fixes, optimization, or reassurance. Instead, it creates space to explore deep questions, such as:

  • Why does this matter to me?

  • What am I truly responsible for?

  • What am I avoiding?

  • What kind of life do I actually want to live?

 

Through reflective, structured dialogue, philosophical counseling helps you reclaim ownership of your life, reconnect with your values, and make decisions that truly reflect who you are.

How We Work Together

Sessions are conversational, reflective, and tailored to you. We draw from philosophy, lived experience, and careful inquiry — not techniques or prescriptions. We explore your relationship with your inner life and tools for supporting you as you contemplate and rework your inner dynamics.

 

Sometimes we'll sit with a question you've avoided for years.
Sometimes we'll untangle a situation that keeps repeating in your relationships.
Sometimes we'll simply slow things down enough for you to hear yourself think.

 

The aim is not to "fix" you. It's to help you reclaim your inner life and live with greater authenticity, freedom, and satisfaction.

An Invitation To Explore The Value of Philosophical Practice

Not everything that troubles us is a symptom. Sometimes it's an invitation — to think more carefully, to choose more deliberately, and to inhabit our lives more fully.

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Philosophical counseling offers a place where life is not treated as a problem to be solved, but a question to be lived.


If you feel called toward a deeper understanding of your inner world — and live a more fulfilling life with greater understanding, meaning, and clarity...

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I invite you to reach out.

 by Quaternity of the Soul, LLC

 Quaternity: noun. (qua-ter-ni-ty) representing a union or unity of four; psychologically, it points us toward the idea of wholeness; a path toward unification of mind, body, heart & spirit.

970-658-0661

Dr. Melissa George, MA, PhD, LMFT​

Jason Gorbett, MA, MA, PhPrac

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Based in Colorado, and serving: Boulder, Loveland, Aspen and all of Colorado.  

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Licensed in Vermont, and serving: Norwich, Charlotte, Burlington and all of Vermont.

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Living nomadically, and serving clients worldwide virtually. 

With more than 20 years of professional, academic, and personal experience, we are specialists offering depth-oriented, Jungian therapy, philosophical counseling and consultation to support anxious, driven individuals and couples striving for exceptional relationships while navigating transitions in work, relationships, and blended family life.

 

Specializing in:

  • Blended Family Therapy

  • Jungian Therapy

  • Depth-Oriented Therapy

  • IFS Therapy

  • Philosophical Counseling 

  • Gottman Couples Therapy

  • PACT Couples Therapy

  • Couples Therapy​​

  • Individual Therapy

  • Colorado Therapy

  • Vermont Therapy ​​​​

  • Discernment Couples Counseling

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Online / International Therapy, Philosophical Counseling & Consulting 

 

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