New open access paper on the prayerful attitude as a uniting feature of religious practice, philosophical practice, and psychotherapy

Much of the practical work in philosophical practice and psychotherapy focuses on the bringing forward of experiential change in people’s lives. Modal Integrative Psychotherapy, which I am developing at this mid-late stage of my career, focuses on the role of philotherapeutic and pshychotherapeutic interventions in facilitating the switching between what modal logic calls ” possible worlds” or, as they are called in MIP, modal worlds. The change of modalities is more radical than just a change of attitude, which characterizes traditional psychotehrapy. Change in modalities shifts the conditions under which certain states of affairs, events and relationships may be possible, or impossible. Such a change deeply shakes the foundations of our experience. The paper is available here:

“Climbing Jacob’s Ladder: Collective action and humility in philosophical practice and psychotherapy”. Revue Romaine de Philosophie 68, 1: 183–194.

http://www.institutuldefilosofie.ro/e107_files/downloads/Revue%20roumaine%20de%20philosophie/Tome%2068,%20Nr.%201%EF%BB%BF,%202024/ALEKSANDAR%20FATI%C4%86,%20Climbing%20Jacob%E2%80%99s%20Ladder.pdf