Gods of the Horizon: The Therapist's and the Patient's Religious Representations and the Inevitability of Countertransference

  • Moshe Halevi Spero

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationReligion and Psychiatry
Subtitle of host publicationBeyond Boundaries
Publisherwiley
Pages447-477
Number of pages31
ISBN (Electronic)9780470682203
ISBN (Print)9780470694718
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Nov 2009

Keywords

  • 'black hole' - existing with its own paradoxical properties
  • Clearly demarcated paternally- or maternally-oriented God representations
  • Concept or representation of God internalized - part and parcel of the human mind
  • Countertransference pitfalls and contributions due to sensitivity to religious representations
  • Epistemological questions and assumptions regarding image of god
  • Gods of the Horizon - therapist's and patient's religious representations and countertransference
  • Idiosyncratic countertransference - experiences of analytic partners
  • Interdisciplinary issues - psychotherapy, pastoral care and meaning
  • Therapist's and patient's representational apperceptions of God - 'God' as psychologically experienced
  • Three clinical implications - of the psychological God

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