Reviews of the books Connecting: A Radical New Vision by Larry Crabb, Can ‘Philosophical Counseling’ Cure Psychotherapy of its Medical Pretensions? Essays on Philosophical Counseling by Ran Lahav and Maria de Venza Tillmanns, An Ancient Practice is Being Rejuvenated by Christopher Phillips and The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics by Martha Nussbaum.