As a Philosophical Counselor, I focus on problem-solving (e.g., relationship change/repair, career issues, self-esteem, anxiety, etc.), agency (self-inquiry, self-cultivation, self-empowerment, free will, weakness of will, moral responsibility), reason vs. spirituality (faith, doubt, meditation, transcendence, mysticism, etc.), and existential exploration (finding meaning, value, and purpose).

My clients have included licensed psychologists, life coaches, couples, teenagers handling divorcing parents, individuals in addiction recovery, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, individuals struggling with generalized anxiety, test taking anxiety, and spirituality, individuals searching for meaning, individuals seeking guidance with meditation practices, and, among others, individuals with philosophical curiosity, belief confusion, or moral dilemmas. I am open to working on any topic.

Additional modalities and/or trainings: APPA certified in facilitating Socratic Dialogues (in the Nelsonian Method) and in Philosophical Consulting (for organizations, companies, groups, etc.), mindfulness, philosophical fellowship, circling, Dialectic to Dialogos, philosophical midwifery, philosophy cafes, street philosophy (“Ask a Philosopher” booths in public spaces), Ancient philosophy (Stoicism, Neoplatonism, etc.), Asian philosophy (Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism), CBT, Gestalt, life coaching, yoga therapy. I employ whichever combination of techniques that seem appropriate based on the nature of the session and/or on my ongoing familiarity with the client’s growth and probable receptivity, as testable hypotheses, to be adjusted through the intuitive flow of reciprocal dialogue.

Member, VP, and Board of Directors of APPA; APPA faculty member; former fellow, Center for Contemplative Mind in Society.

Full Professor of Philosophy, CUNY/Kingsborough Community College; PhD, CUNY Graduate School (2005), on metacognition and agency. Grievance counselor for the PSC-CUNY faculty union. Member of CUNY’s University Faculty Senate and Kingsborough’s College Council.

Author of four books and dozens of articles and chapters on free will, Buddhism and free will, and the philosophy of meditation, as well as dozens of articles and edited book chapters on the these topics as well as on the philosophy of religion, contemplative education, the ethics of teaching, depolarization, etc.

Podcast co-host on https://www.leveltopower.com, co-host with John Vervaeke on Voices with Vervaeke’s special series on the philosophy of meditation (in press). Guest on many podcasts (Voices with Vervaeke, Integral Stage, Secular Buddhist, etc.).

Philosophy cafe facilitator: https://www.rickrepetti.com/philosophy-cafe

Meditation and Yoga practitioner since 1973; instructor of both since 1999. Leading weekly meditations for CUNY community since 2007. Leading weekly meditations and periodic yoga sessions for the Vervaeke Foundation.

Martial artist: 4th degree Blackbelt (Yodan) in Japanese (Shotokan) karate. Avid exercise enthusiast, runner, and former marathoner.