BREAKING NEWS
Cloud Server Hosting For Online Businesses
Inexpensive SEO Services
Benefits of Wanting to play Free Online Slot machines
Eastern Orthodox psychotherapy

Summary

Orthodox psychotherapy refers to "the process of spiritual growth and development" as used in the Eastern Orthodox Church.[1] In this context, it is a theological term rather than medical or psychological term.[2] The term is not limited to traditional psychotherapy used to treat psychological problems, but it rather refers to all people by dealing with their core existential issues.[3][4][5] Metropolitan Hierotheos introduced the phrase through his homonymous book.[1][6][7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rogers, F. Gregory (December 22, 2002). "Spiritual direction in the Orthodox Christian tradition". Journal of Psychology and Theology. 30 (4): 276–289. doi:10.1177/009164710203000403. S2CID 141121838. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  2. ^ Lapin, Alexander (April–July 2007). "What is "psychotherapy" in context of the Orthodox Christianity?" (PDF). World Cultural Psychiatry Research Review. 2 (2/3): 83. ISSN 1932-6270. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  3. ^ Johnson, Christopher D. L. (2010). The Globalization of Hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer: Contesting Contemplation. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 170. ISBN 978-1-4411-2547-7. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
  4. ^ Archbishop Chrysostomos (2006). A Guide to Orthodox Psychotherapy: The Science, Theology and Spiritual Practice Behind it and Its Clinical Applications. University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-3602-5.[page needed]
  5. ^ Nelson, James M (2009). Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-387-87572-9.
  6. ^ http://www.uocc.ca/en-ca/faith/articles/faithandspirituality/psychotherapy.asp Archived 2009-01-30 at the Wayback Machine Ukrainian Orthodox Church Website, Article "Orthodox Psychotherapy"
  7. ^ "The Orthodox Vision", Official newsletter of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), Diocese of the West, Volume 9, Number 2, p. 1, Winter 2003