Meaning-Centred Philosophico-Psychological Counselling (MCPPC) in Africa

Logo-Existential Perspective

Abstract

Any life that is devoid of meaning is not worth-living. As Africans are still grappling with the consequential effects of colonization, they are again plunged into the quagmire of insecurity and instabilities of all sorts that pose some existential questions which border on human worth, meaning and goal of human existence. This paper investigates into the current concrete existential problems of Africans and the best practice to re-discover more 
meaning and purpose in life. Given the myriads of religious, educational, socio-political, economic and the devastating corona virus-related problems with grave consequences that threaten the lives of Africans, it becomes exigent to employ a Meaning-Centred Philosophico-Psychological Counselling (MCPPC) to creating and recognizing new meanings in the world of seemingly meaningless and empty existence in coping with the 
existential conditions, pains and sufferings of life. MCPPC is not merely giving advice but it has the distinctive feature of facilitating self-understanding and development for better functioning of the individuals despite all upheavals. Its broad aim is to facilitate the development of personal insights (‘will to meaning’) which help to provide opportunities that enhance more resourceful and satisfying life by dealing with developmental issues, 
coping with specific current crises, resolving problems, making useful and enduring decisions, making effective adjustments, etc. The paper discovers that MCPPC encompasses a broad range of practices that help individuals to discover more realistic and effective solutions to their concrete existential problems through insightful utilization of their own potentialities and opportunities. By becoming self-sufficient, self-directed and 
self-actualized, they increase their ability to resolve crises, alleviate distress in order to adjust better in life. It concludes that the end-product of MCPPC is for good functioning, true happiness, healthy intra- and interpersonal relationships and for overall wellness of the individuals for a better and peaceful society