Members of Lumen Association, PhD Antonio Sandu and PhD Candidate Ana Caras, participate during 25 and 28 of April at the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference that takes place in the city of Ghent, Belgium.
Located in Belgium, the World Appreciative Inquiry Conference is currently connected with various European networks and professionals worldwide whose main area of research is Appreciative Inquiry.
This year, the fifth World Appreciative Inquiry Conference takes place, which is destined to people interested in dissemination and exchange of practice and stories that demonstrate the connection and generating power of Appreciative Inquiry.
During this event, the President of Lumen Association, from Iasi, Romania, PhD Antonio Sandu will present the papers: Ethical and Philosophical Appreciative Counseling and Appreciative Ethics of Care.
The article Ethical and Philosophical Appreciative Counseling, by PhD Antonio Sandu and Simona Ponea, aims in general at issues related to principles of ethical and philosophical appreciative counseling. Philosophical counseling proposes to transform life through the rediscovery of interrogative and interpretive dimension of human consciousness and its application to the everyday experience of freedom transposed from the metaphysical in the social plan. Practical philosophy asserts itself in areas such as: psychosocial counseling, management strategies, ethical guidance, becoming part of social action. Philosophy does not aim to be a therapy of the psyche but of the spirit reflected in social action. The “philosophical practice” process consists of a logical analysis of life situations from the exploration of the individual’s belief system and how they influence behavior, authenticity, autonomy and wellbeing.
The paper Appreciative ethics of care by PhD Antonio Sandu, Lecturer PhD Daniela Cojocaru, Simona Ponea, emphasized on Self-management and development of self-care skills as part of chronic care model based on the Expanded Chronic Care Model (CCM). Ethics of care is a theoretical model centered on the interdependence of actors involved in the process of care. This model takes into account that certain communities and/ or individuals are more vulnerable than others and should be given further attention in the process of care. The ethics of care is a theoretical model centered on the interdependence of actors involved in the process of care. The authors consider necessary an ethical assessment of the impact of care on these categories.
Appreciative speech in supervision practice is the title of the work that will be presented by PhD Candidate Ana Caras. This paper aims to identify the level of appreciativity of specialists regarding the supervisory relationship, at the level of discourse of the experts interviewed in a qualitative research developed through a specific methodology, Grounded Theory, within an NGO in the field of protection of children in the North-East of Romania. The author has aimed to identify elements of appreciative thinking, analyzing the discourse of the supervised and supervisor, using the model developed by Cooperrider, known as 4D model.
We congratulate the members of Lumen Association for their participation at this prestigious Conference and for their scientific contribution in the field of Appreciative Inquiry.
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Valentina TURCAN
PR Department
Lumen Publishing House