Do you have a need to achieve lasting growth and transformation in your life?

Are there big questions about your self, your identity, your life or your relationships that you want to get clarity about?

Is your life or business stuck?

Do you need to make an important decision that will affect the course of your life, but don’t know which decision to make? Are you unsure of what will happen when you do?

Are you finding meaning lacking in your life?

Are you feeling stuck in your career, life, marriage, or other relationships?

Does your business need help clarifying its purpose or its mission?

Does your business need to pivot?

Do you feel a need to realign your life or your business to align with who you are?

Are you blocked or struggling spiritually, ethically?

Are you an artist or writer who is creatively stuck?

Are you experiencing self doubt or are you unable to accomplish your dreams and goals?

Is modern life confusing, angering, or frustrating you, or does it feel like it does not align with your soul?

Do people in your life not listen to you, but instead simply talk at you, or tell you how to live, yet you need someone to listen so you can work out your thoughts and feelings about your self?

Are you even just simply interested in increasing the depth of your thoughts or understanding your values in your life more?

Are you curious about what a self even is?

Could you use someone to talk to, who won’t tell you what to think, but who is there to help you develop or clarify your very own thinking on the values and issues most important to you in your life?

If you answered “yes” to any or all of these questions, then Useful Frames’ approach is likely a good fit for you.

Philosophical counseling is a pragmatic approach to personal growth, blending ancient wisdom with modern insight. Through guided dialogues and other practices, you discover the ideas, beliefs, and assumptions that are actually shaping how you perceive the world and show up in it. Through this process you will gain clarity that allows you access to your unique and vast inner source of wisdom. Once oriented to your source, you are then empowered to reliably and repeatably generate insights leading to lasting transformation across all domains of your life.

Yes. Our sessions and everything you tell us is confidential.

Nope. If you can carry on a conversation you have all you need to get started.

We don’t practice medicine or mental health care. Philosophical counseling is a pragmatic approach to personal growth utilizing ancient wisdom and modern insights.

No. Philosophical Counseling is a pragmatic method for personal growth. We are not engaged in mental health care. We don’t diagnose, we dialogue.

At this current time we only accept clients 18 years or older.

However, if you have a really inquisitive teen, 14 years or older, who wants clarity on their existence, get in touch. If the circumstances are right, we’d love to meet with them.

Philosophy is a vast field that encompasses all aspects of life. It would be impossible for anyone to be familiar with every philosopher. There’s a good chance we won’t know your favorite philosopher.

Our particular interests are in Ancient Greek Philosophy up to the late Neoplatonists. From the East we have interests in Taoism, Chan, and Zen.

From our modern era, we are interested in American Pragmatism, a small selection of modern philosophers from the West and the East, as well as various cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, and evolutionary and developmental biologists.

We do. Our sessions take place over Zoom. We are based in the Central Standard Time Zone in the U.S.

If you live somewhere else in the world and our set time for scheduling sessions doesn’t work for you, email us to discuss your needs here.

As a method for personal growth, what we offer should not conflict with any therapy you may be in, but it all depends upon your particular circumstances, Reach out to us and let us know a bit about your situation here.

Zoom is our standard way of meeting with you. Once you book a time with us, you will be sent a calendar invite with a link to the meeting.

We do professionally facilitate as well, for groups and organizations and we do this online as well as in person. If this is what you are interested in, please reach out to discuss your needs here.

Once a month is the minimum we suggest. Meeting 2 times a month is better, but some people prefer to meet every week.

To see results, we recommend committing to a 3-month period of time.

Yes. You are required to cancel 24 hours before your scheduled session.

I am unable to fill slots on such short notice and will not refund you if you cancel within 24 hours of the time of your scheduled session.

No. Arguing with you is not part of our dialogical processes and practices.

We are here to guide you to get clear on your own thinking, not impose our thinking on you.

Yes. We do. We are in the process of developing these, so check back here or keep an eye on our blog to be notified when we announce them.

We also are happy to customize and facilitate a workshop or session if you have a group, business or organization that is interested in getting clarity. You can reach us here.