Pastoral psychotherapy and the symbolic |
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Authors: | Mr Gerald P Jenkins ThM |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Psychotherapy, Atlanta;(2) Georgia Baptist Medical Center, 242 Boulevard, N.E., 30312 Atlanta, Georgia |
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Abstract: | The author points out and illustrates the interrelatedness of the capacity to think symbolically and a sense of self. Through a case study he describes the disclosure of hidden and unresolved personal concerns by symbolic references and the correspondence between personal myth and emotional concerns. A perspective of therapy is suggested—that it is a process of clarifying and demythologizing self-perceptions, conscious and unconscious, so that a person can move on to other representations of self and be liberated from restrictions imposed by undisclosed myths. Finally, the author examines what is pastoral or religious about a psychotherapeutic process and offers questions for further study. |
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