Therapeutic neutrality reconsidered

This paper suggests that therapists' tendency to ignore the impact of their own religious beliefs on their patients constitutes an area of potential abuse of psychotherapy. The author reviews the religious stance of the founders of psychotherapy, as well as recent criticisms of the therapeutic...

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Auteur principal: Humphries, Robert H. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1982]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 1982, Volume: 21, Numéro: 2, Pages: 124-131
Sujets non-standardisés:B Recent Criticism
B Religious View
B Religious Belief
B Therapeutic Process
B Potential Abuse
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Résumé:This paper suggests that therapists' tendency to ignore the impact of their own religious beliefs on their patients constitutes an area of potential abuse of psychotherapy. The author reviews the religious stance of the founders of psychotherapy, as well as recent criticisms of the therapeutic process, and proposes steps to safeguard against the inadvertent fostering of therapists' religious views on the patient.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02276776