Religious issues in psychotherapy
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Religion and Health
- Vol. 24 (1) , 26-30
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01533256
Abstract
Religious belief is important to a large proportion of our population. It has been found to be a potent neutralizer of death anxiety. Religion and psychotherapy shave values relating to self-actualization. It is the responsibility of psychotherapists to be aware of their own ambivalences and biases; to assess the significance of religious belief in the lives of their clients; to clarify conflicting views and values of client and therapist; to treat the client's psychodynamic problems; and respectfully to refer spiritual problems outside the domain of psychotherapy to the client's minister. An illustrative example from the author's practice is included.Keywords
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