Martin
Young is a transplanted Englishman living in Santa
Ana, California. He is finishing his Ph.D. in philosophy
at the University of California, Irvine. (Dissertation
topic: self-esteem) He teaches philosophy at Mount S.
Marys College and El Camino College. He has been interested
in philosophical counselling for several years, and fo
the last two years has co-organized panels on philosophical
counselling at the Southern California Philosophy Conference.
He recently began holding Socrates Cafes at a coffee shop
in Santa Ana. Although he has done informal philosophical
counseling, he has not yet seen a single paying client.
Martin will be seeking primary certification (Level I
Training for Counselors) in client counseling in the APPA's
3-day program this Fall in Lancaster, California. His
website is www.madwizard.com
and email at mzyoung@uci.edu
