Shlomit C. Schuster

Shlomit C. Schuster
Hebrew: שלומית שוסטר‎
Shlomit Schuster in 2013
Born	(1951-07-19)19 July 1951 Paramaribo, Suriname[1]
Died	15 February 2016(2016-02-15) (aged 64) Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Philosophical counselor

Shlomit C. Schuster (Hebrew: שלומית שוסטר‎; born 19 July 1951 in Paramaribo, Suriname; died 15 February 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel) was an Israeli philosophical counselor,[2] considered a pioneer in the field.[3][4]

Schuster migrated to Israel in 1976 and studied philosophy at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She trained under the Dutch philosophical counselor Ad Hoogendijk, a colleague of Gerd B. Achenbach. In 1989, she opened the philosophical counseling Center Sophon Jerusalem. In 1990, she launched the philosophical first-aid line "Philosophone", for persons with existential problems and ethical challenges. In 2000, she received her Ph.D. degree. Her thesis, conducted by Marcel-Jacques Dubois and Maurice S. Friedman, described the life of central philosophers in order to find ways to help people through their autobiography^[clarification needed].[5]

She was an editorial board member of the Journal of Radical Psychology,[6] the International Journal for Philosophical Practice,[7] and the Journal of Humanities Therapy.[8]

Schuster died in Jerusalem on 15 February 2016, after a serious illness.[9]

Books

• Philosophy Practice: An Alternative to Counseling and Psychotherapy (1999), Translated to Dutch (2001), Italian (2006), and Chinese (2007).[4]
• The Philosopher's Autobiography: A Qualitative Study (2003)[5]

References

1. "Schuster, Shlomit C. (1951–)". Royal Library of the Netherlands (in Dutch). Retrieved 14 August 2022.
2. "In Memoriam: Dr. Shlomit C. Schuster".
3. "Michael Weiss". Facebook.
4. "Philosophy Practice".^[dead link‍]
5. "The Philosopher's Autobiography".
6. "Radical Psychology Editors".
7. "Editorial Board – NPCA".
8. "Humanities Therapy Project".
9. "In Memoriam: Renowned Israeli Philosophical Counselor Dr. Shlomit C. Schuster Dies at 64". npcassoc.org. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

External links

• In memoriam