SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HEALING

Authors
Citation
S. Krippner, SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HEALING, Voprosy psihologii, (6), 1994, pp. 118-133
Citations number
63
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Educational
Journal title
ISSN journal
00428841
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
118 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-8841(1994):6<118:SDOPAH>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Spiritual healing is not a common practice in industrialized nations, but it once permeated all forms of medicine, psychotherapy and counsel ing. The word ''spiritual'' can be used to describe those aspects of h uman behavior and experience that reflect an alleged transcendent inte lligence or process, a transcedent entity that inspires devotion and d irects behavior. Different approaches to spiritual healing are describ ed.