The Therapeutic Process in the Religious Context
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13824399 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Berit Borgen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 234-250 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archive for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6724 • E-ISSN: 1573-6121 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157361203x00345 |
| OpenAlex | W2042629441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
The article is based on selected findings from a study in the field of rehabilitation in a religious context viewed from the perspective of cognitive psychology and psychology of religion. The study shows how a therapeutic process can be facilitated in cases where the psychotherapeutic intervention is co-ordinated with a creative, sound religious activity. One central phenomenon that emerged from the study was the experience of a therapeutic dialogue with the divine person God and/or Jesus being apprehended as a crucial therapeutic agent. The material is analysed focusing on criteria for creative persons and products. A basic mechanism of creativity is hypothesised by Martindale (1991) to be defocused attention. The greater the spread of the attention capacity, the more likely the combinational leap, giving the rich possibility of combining elements in new ways. Religion can extend the perspective and thereby increase the possibilities of finding new and appropriate emotional and cognitive combinations. The analysis shows significant creative qualities in the treatment model studied
Cognition · Context (archaeology · Creativity · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Intervention (counseling · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Process (computing · Psychology of religion · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Computer Science · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2018 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |