Spiritually-Sensitive Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367548650 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 184 str.

Israel) Lev Gideon (Tel Aviv University

Opis

This book provides an accessible introduction to spiritually-sensitive psychoanalysis, an analytic tradition characterized by sensitivity to the spiritual and religious dimensions of human life and oriented toward spiritual growth.

Spis treści

Introduction: A breath of life  Part I - Spirituality in context  1. Things in heaven and earth: Psychoanalysis and spirit  2. A very peculiar science: A brief cultural history of psychoanalysis  Part II - A spiritual model  3. Religious instinct, sacred unconscious and the area of faith: Towards a new model of the psyche  4. God-representations, mystical addictions and spiritual bypasses: Adaptive treatment goals  5. Morality, selflessness, transcendence: Transformative treatment goals  Part III - Essential spirituality  6. The window is the absence of the wall: Psychoanalysis as a spiritual practice  7. A love through cure: The spirit of analytic relationship  Conclusion: Ecstasy and suffering resting in one another: The contribution of spiritually sensitive psychoanalysis 

O autorze

Gideon Lev, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, philosopher and spiritual seeker. He teaches at Tel Aviv University and is a staff writer for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. His previous books are llove (2015) and Truth Love Faith: A Psychoanalytic and Historic Look at the Meaning of Life (2018).