Where the waters meet : convergence and complementarity in therapy and theology / David Buckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buckley, David, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology and religion.

Psychotherapy--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Psychotherapy.

Pastoral psychology.

Psychology, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 view them in a different light. We are introduced to complementarity, an approach through which vital common factors begin to break through the barriers of convention and jargon. This book is written from deeply held convictions about faith and about therapy and emerges from several decades of experience in ordained ministry, and of working as a psychodynamic counsellor. David Buckley is passionate about both the healing process of therapy and the life-giving inspiration of faith. He sees the two not as enemies but as intrinsically linked.

Contents:

COVER; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; PART I Psychology and Religion; CHAPTER ONE Differing approaches; CHAPTER TWO Complementarity; CHAPTER THREE Tributaries; PART II Theological and Therapeutic Perspectives; CHAPTER FOUR A theological perspective: panentheism; CHAPTER FIVE A psychological perspective: psychodynamic therapy; PART III Examples of Complementarity; CHAPTER SIX Responding to evil: splitting and projecting; CHAPTER SEVEN Responding to evil: integration and ambivalence; CHAPTER EIGHT The self, salvation and unconditional positive regard

CHAPTER NINE The presence of God and the capacity to be aloneCHAPTER TEN The Holy Spirit and introjection; Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-156) and index.

ISBN:

0-429-92396-1

0-429-90973-X

0-429-48496-8

1-283-07036-7

9786613070364

1-84940-612-X

9780429484964

OCLC:

723944293