The present text is given by the concern shared by philosophy and by its practical and therapeutic character, by being a product of research. It is divided into several sections that mark the way to try to answer the question: who is the consultant philosopher and what does it take to be one? In the first part, existential malaise is presented as a problem that “the man of flesh and blood” lives with and does not always understand and face. Secondly, phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existential reading and praxis are presented as tools for philosophical consultancy in context, where we try to show some methodological elements that are part of the practice of philosophy for therapeutic purposes. The third moment is to approach from these tools presented the profile and qualities of the philosophical consultant from wisdom. In the fourth moment, some problems linked to the “practical philosophy” and to the “philosophical consultancy” in context are identified. In the conclusions, it is postulated that the issue of philosophical consultancy is still under constant construction and deconstruction.
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