1st Edition

Understanding Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice

By Margaret Clark Copyright 2012
118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

118 Pages
by Routledge

Understanding Religion and Spirituality in Clinical Practice is a volume in the clinical practice monograph series from the Society of Analytical Psychology. This series is intended primarily for trainees on psychotherapy and psychodynamic counselling courses, and for those who are newly qualified. Here, the author considers the difficulties clinicians may encounter when patients talk about God... Read more
Preface to the Series , Introduction , The legacy of Freud on religion , Jung: the symbolic and the arcane , The creation of our internal image of God: influences personal, developmental, and cultural , Spirituality, and God as a transitional object , Evaluating spiritual and mystical experiences: from inspiration to addiction , Evaluating spiritual and mystical experiences: the importance of the ego in seeing visions or hearing voices , Evaluating spiritual and mystical experiences: from identification to possession—myths of the hero/saviour and of the Devil , Conclusion

Biography

Margaret Clark