Are you familiar with 'Plato, Not Prozac: Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems" by Lou Marinoff? 
Looked him up (Googled him I should say) and I see he is still at it. You can arrange a counseling session with him via Skype!
 

John, I?m really looking forward to hearing this show on Sunday! Before it goes out though, I want to put down some thoughts based on your above post. The first thing that comes to mind when I hear ?philosophy? and ?therapy? is a phrase that I?ve started using more and more frequently: I?m fairly certain that the instance of mental health issues among philosophy majors is higher than amongst most other majors. I can speak from my own experience only, of course, but from this experience as well as from conversation with fellow philosophy majors, philosophy seems to play some causal role in mental illness, whether that be creating problems where they didn?t exist, or in pushing predispositions into actual manifestations. (Where philosophy is understood both as a method and as something that can influence our approach to life at the most fundamental level.)
There are two ways in which I see this happening, corresponding to the above understandings of philosophy. The first is that philosophy, as a discipline, requires the extended and rigorous use and development of one?s reasoning abilities. Arguably disciplines such as math and physics do so as well, but I think the rigor in philosophy is particularly relevant because it operates exclusively through language, and not (generally) through mathematics. Soon enough, it seems like thinking philosophically creeps out of the classroom and into other aspects of one?s life. But to think deeply about everything is not only exhausting, it also leads to stress and mental health issues.
Second, as you point out above, philosophy has the power to alter one?s beliefs, to guide one to an ultimate truth, if such a truth exists. But for many of us, to arrive at truth is to eschew those false beliefs upon which most others and we generally operate. ?Ignorance is bliss,? as they say, is particularly apt at describing this situation. And if philosophy is to inform more than just our understanding of the society in which we live?if it is to inform our view of how the world is organized?it has the power to shatter more than just our beliefs. I?m thinking specifically here about how it can inform our view of the meaning of life. What if everything is meaningless? Why go on? Tim Ruggiero captures this sentiment particularly well in his Philosophy and Depression.
But for those struggling from an existential depression, perhaps it is the philosopher-therapist alone who can succeed in meaningfully conversing with them?
Looking forward to hearing more soon!

Wow! Can't wait to hear this one!

A belief and its relationship to a therapeutic outcome cannot ever be at the same level as philosophy. Beliefs, whether rational (based on previous experiences) or irrational (no evidence sustaining that belief), don?t challenge your mind to think beyond the belief itself, as philosophy does, and encourage that one stick to the commonality of the situation that encounters that belief. This therefore maintains that belief is per se the activity that actually reduces the anxiety, fear, and other such feelings because it comes to be the known situation. Philosophy would disrupt that. 

You can learn a lot from the old Greeks, but not everything.
It was the search for truth that led me to philosophy that helped me immensely along the Way. From Democritus and Plato's cave, and Socrates' questions, to Descartes and the search for I. Who am I? which led me to the great Eastern Masters and the Oneness of All. From there I headed to physics where Einstein taught me simplicity and his search for unification, and Heisenberg, about the uncertainty of measure. Ye must have faith in science too, don't you know? Speaking of faith I tried religion and found their roof was in need of repair, so I turned over their money tables and went on to mathematics instead. And there it was, the equation much more simple than thought... Seneca taught me about Fortune and Marcus even more. Then Jefferson, Lincoln, and Franklin came along with freedom and equality, thank you so much Mr. Gandhi and Reverend King. It was Michelangelo that lead me to the river where the truth was there to see, and then on to Stanford and Berkeley, education, where some beautiful fallen leaves gave me the proof is All I need.
Thanks philosophy and every One else, you were good therapy for me,  =

hello i wanted to know how can i get what i want? i seem to be a failure at this point even tho i have been successful in the recent time but still it isnt enough for me i want more i feel constrained by god i need to know how can i fight god :(

Philosophy as a therapy has helped many people that are going through depression, anxiety or stress. People going through depression does not necessarily need medications, also it is not good for health. One of my friend was in depression from a long time and the treatment he was taking was not effective at all. There are many practical and different ways for everyone to deal with depression. One can also consult to some Professional like Voyante Sérieuse ( http://www.martine-voyance.com/consultation ) for help, like my friend did. This helped him a lot.