Therapeutic but Not Therapy: Using Critical Spirituality to Engage with Traumatic Experiences

Participants in critical reflection workshops and peer supervision often comment that the process feels therapeutic, enabling them to engage with challenging experiences, even although it is clearly not therapy. This reflective article explores these comments, particularly how the processes of criti...

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Main Author: Gardner, Fiona 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B therapeutic
B critical spirituality
B critical reflection
B Meaning
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