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There is mounting evidence that strong personal relationships and spiritual beliefs contribute to our well-being. Divine Therapy explores the healing illumination of oneness with another, achieved through love, religious and mystical experience.Janet Sayers, author of Mothering Psychoanalysis and Freudian Tales, approaches the topic by analysing the pioneering writings of William James, Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Simone Weil, and of post-Freudians, Erich Kristeva. Using these studies of eminent psychologists and psychotherapists, Sayers explores the insights of love, religion and mystical experience to describe how they might inspire therapy.Richly illustrated with love letters, biographical details, clinical and other examples, Divine Therapy is written to appeal to all mental health specialists, therapists and those intrigued by the enigmas of love, religion and psychotherapy.
This book investigates the intersection of love, religious experience, and psychoanalytic practice to determine how mystical concepts can inform therapeutic healing. Janet Sayers, a scholar of psychoanalytic history, utilizes the foundational writings of figures such as William James, Sigmund Freud, and Carl Jung to construct her argument. By examining the lives and theories of these thinkers alongside the work of Simone Weil and Julia Kristeva, she posits that the experience of oneness—whether through love or spirituality—offers a unique framework for understanding human well-being and clinical practice.
What You Will Find
Experts and mental health professionals recognize this text as a bridge between clinical psychoanalysis and the study of religious experience. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which balances historical biography with theoretical inquiry for a specialized audience.
Page Count:
264
Publication Date:
2003-06-26
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198509812
ISBN-13:
9780198509813
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