Transformational Analysis and Religious Experience

J Relig Health. 2017 Oct;56(5):1812-1825. doi: 10.1007/s10943-017-0386-0.

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.

Keywords: Analysis; Family; Relational trauma; Religion; Transformation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Psychotherapy*
  • Religion and Psychology*