Abstract

Stress involved in living, service to the people "philosophy consulting" has swept North America. Turning point in China, showing its high level of interest, then the basic research gaps. This paper will focus on to make up for shortcomings, promote Chinese philosophy and Western philosophy in parallel. This paper first order, Analysis of the English and Chinese philosophical concept of consultation, that whether it is philosophical counselling, or philosophical practice, the final placement in Plato, instead of "Bo Saike" . Then through the American Philosophical Practitioners Association promoter Lou Marinoff's philosophical activity records, showing the side of the North American consulting business philosophy started in order to survive the competition between and psychological counseling; North American philosophy in the macro-scan ecological consulting industry, after consulting the article into the micro-site, through Tim's case, the philosophy of consulting experience in North America ecology and philosophy come out of consultation about the development of two basic criteria: 1, philosophical doctrine consultant should explain the side effects; 2, not to replace the customer to learn, not to replace the customers ideas. Together with the bestsellers as "Plato Not Prozac", "Therapy for the Sane", the philosophical practice as a theoretical and practical movement is on the way to stand on its own right. Waging existential strive against the established disciplines of psychology and psychiatry while some of its insiders keep urging the industry to actually seek acceptance by professionals who are not philosophers. The thesis focuses on the ecological status of the circle of philosophical practitioner in North America through the selected introduction to the resume of and disputation concerning Mr Lou Marinoff, the key founder of APPA, in addition to a case study performed and reported by Peter Atterton, which ends with two reflections: 1 it does definitely make sense for a philosophical consultant to inform the client explicitly on the side-effects whatever creed might produce. 2 it should be on the behalves at the bilateral to help the mind-consumers self-question and study instead of to proceed with brainwashing