Therapeutic Imagination and the Mystical Moment: Transforming Entrenched Boyhood Grief

This article draws from psychology of religion on the nature of conversion and from pastoral counseling theory on methodizing mystical experiences to explore a previously published case of rapid transformation of a boy’s entrenched grief by means of narrative therapy. It includes additional reflecti...

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Main Author: Dykstra, Robert C. 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2020]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 4, Pages: 331-351
Further subjects:B David Marsten
B Donald Capps
B William James
B narrative therapy
B Therapeutic transformation
B Child therapy
B Religious Conversion
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Summary:This article draws from psychology of religion on the nature of conversion and from pastoral counseling theory on methodizing mystical experiences to explore a previously published case of rapid transformation of a boy’s entrenched grief by means of narrative therapy. It includes additional reflections on the case derived from the author’s personal interview with the therapist.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-020-00904-7