Personal Development through Philosophy and Psychology

                2008 update:

Personal Development through Philosophy
This 10 week course will show how studying philosophy can help you discover how they can be true to themselves, make wiser decisions and develop more enlightened values.

Course Information
Course Code:     CE1944
Course Fee:     £100
Start date:     Tuesday 15 January 2008
Class Time:     6.30pm – 8.30pm
Number of Classes:     10 weekly classes
Accreditation:     10 credits at level 1

To enrol call 020 7040 8268 between 9.30am and 5.00pm.or visit the City Uni website

Positive Psychology
Positive psychology is the growing branch of psychology that focuses on the positive, including strengths, positive states and well-being. This course will have a particular emphasis on how positive psychology can make you more effective in your working life in terms of your strengths, emotional intelligence, creativity, decision making, meaning and purpose.

Course Code:     CE1941
Course Fee:     £180
Start date:     Thursday 17 January 2008
Class Time:     6.30pm – 8.30pm
Number of Classes:     10 weekly classes
Accreditation:     10 credits at level 1
Call 020 7831 7831 to enrol or visit the City Uni website

Personal life-coaching & counselling available in Central London from experienced UKCP therapist
(Tuesday morning availability at present) Contact Tim LeBon

Recent courses and talks
                                   Personal Development through Philosophy - Jan-March 2007 at City University
                    Positive Psychology - Jan-March 2007 at City University
                                       The Wise Life - SPP annual talk from the Chair by Tim LeBon Tuesday 19th December 2006
                                    Wise Coaching Presentation by Tim LeBon at Oxford Brookes University, June 2006 - Full Powerpoint Presentation

Recent Additions to this site

Assertiveness	19/11/2007	Assertiveness definition, tips and links
Friendship: Philosophy & Psychology	25/07/2007	Philosophy and Psychology of Friendship. Definition of friendship. Frienship Quotations. Aristotle on Friendship
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Predictions	14/07/07	Tom Morris, Ed Kern and Shawn Klein get out their crystal balls prior to the publication of book 7. Is Snape Evil? Will Harry Live? See also http://www.timlebon.com/HarryPotterWisdom.html
Wise Books and Films	6/07/07	Articles about books and films that I like and are relevant to personal development including Woody Allen's Side Effects and Will Smith's Pursuit of Happyness
Personal Development Quotations	25/06/2007	Thoughts for the day with commentary, links and more - ideal to put in your home page to set you off well on your day
Changing for Good	3/1/2006	Page on Prochaska, Norcross and DeClemente's Stages of Change model and their *Changing for Good* book. This model is based on sound psychological meta-analysis of the change process in alcoholics, smokers etc The page includes a table which lists each of the six stages and how to recognise each stage and move on to the next stage.
It's a Wonderful Life	31/12/2006	Page about It's a Wonderful Life* featuring James Stewart (movie)* http://www.timlebon.com/itsawonderfullife.html
Tuesdays with Morrie	29/12/2006	Page about Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie Very appropriately, I "discovered" Tuesdays with Morrie through my students. "It's a very inspiring" said one. She was right." Read on .. http://www.timlebon.com/Tuesdays%20with%20Morrie%20by%20Mitch%20Albom.html
Is the Meaning of Life really 42?	28/12/2006	Douglas Adams pastiche with a little bit of philosophy Five seconds after flicking the Infinite Improbability Drive to Maximum Wisdom, Arthur is amazed to find himself in Philos, the mythical planet where all the great philosophers of the past live in eternal contemplation. Read on ... http://www.timlebon.com/adamshitchhikersisthemeaningofllife42.html
Therapeutic Happiness	28/12/2006	Article written by Tim LeBon in 1994 about the nature of happiness* and how therapy could be a fitting setting to enhance happiness. Did any life coaches read this in the meantime?* If we use our definition of happiness, as being satisfied with one's life, the therapist must work with the client's values, not replace them. Therapy then can be divided into two main stages. [1] Exploring with the client what they want from life. [2] Facilitating the client achieving what whey want from life. Read on .. http://www.timlebon.com/TherapeuticHappiness.html
Interview with Tim LeBon	28/12/2006	Interview by Simone Lee for Hermeneutic Circular that came out just after the publication of Wise Therapy. A good chatty introduction to some of the ideas in the book. HC:You sound positively envangelical about the benefit of philosophy for the counsellor. Can you briefly remind me what you think these are? TL: I think that philosophy can help the counsellor in three ways. First there are theoretical insights that can help therapists assess their theoretical assumptions. Read on http://www.timlebon.com/Interview%20with%20Tim%20LeBon%20(Hermeneutic%20Circular%202001).html



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