Full Description
Where the Waters Meet offers the reader a new way of viewing an old subject. So often psychology and counselling therapies have been, and still are, seen as competitors, or even enemies, vying for supremacy as the true religion. This book invites us to take a fresh look at these two fields, each with their own experience and dogma, and
Contents
Introduction -- Psychology and Religion -- Differing approaches -- Complementarity -- Tributaries -- Theological and Therapeutic Perspectives -- A theological perspective: panentheism -- A psychological perspective: psychodynamic therapy -- Examples of Complementarity -- Responding to evil: splitting and projecting -- Responding to evil: integration and ambivalence -- The self, salvation and unconditional positive regard -- The presence of God and the capacity to be alone -- The Holy Spirit and introjection -- Conclusion
