In the Pause and Listening to the Little People

A Folk Healer’s Journey

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8913367
AutoresR Robbins (0000-0002-7875-9645, University of Oklahoma, autor de correspondencia), Ji Hong (0000-0002-0352-2205, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA), Aaron M Jennings (University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA)
Año2011
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas93-132
Fecha de publicación2011-09-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Counseling Psychologist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0011-0000 • E-ISSN: 1552-3861
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0011000011410892
OpenAlexW2169370324
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas23

This article employs a qualitative case study approach to describe the views and perspectives of a folk healer (White Bear) regarding spiritual healing. White Bear argues for a mobile, in-the-moment form of diagnosis and a “pause,” in which the mind ceases to tyrannize and the healer is no longer absorbed in his or her emotions. He contends that a healer can benefit from aligning with spirits (he calls them Little People) who can help achieve the necessary states of anonymity and nonjudgment required for healing work. Throughout the study, theoretical and empirical findings in the field of psychology are cited in an effort to support or question rather than validate or invalidate White Bear’s mystical wisdom

Active listening · Anonymity · Empirical research · Epistemology · Field (mathematics · Mysticism · Psychotherapist · White (mutation · Community Health and Development · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology