Transformational Analysis and Religious Experience.
Christian Gostečnik, Tanja Repič Slavič, Tanja Pate, Robert Cvetek
Journal of Religion and Health October 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-017-0386-0 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Family Relational trauma Religion Transformation |
| Key points | Argues that the therapeutic relationship can radically reverse a person's perception of religion and God when that perception has been skewed by deep trauma, and that this transformation can reciprocally help resolve complex psychological issues while reshaping the person's relationship to religion. The author contends this is especially apparent in people who were severely abused in their earliest development. |
Abstract
The therapeutic process, which taps into the individual's most vulnerable inner experience, can always reach a radical reversal of one's perception of religion and God, which may be askew due to deep trauma. This transformation caused by the therapeutic relationship can reciprocally help to resolve one's deep and complicated issues, while at the same time radically altering their relationship to religion. This is especially apparent among those who were cruelly and traumatically abused in their earliest stages of development.