One of the country's lead-ing philosophical counsellers, and chairman of the Society for Philosophy in Practice (SPP), Tim LeBon, said it typically took around six 50 -minute sessions for a client to move from confusion to resolution.

Mr LeBon, who has 'published a book on the subject, Wise Therapy, said philoso-phy was perfectly suited to this type of therapy, dealing as it does with timeless human issues such as love, purpose, happiness and emo-tional challenges.

Wise Therapy, is part...