God as other, God as self, God as beyond: a cognitive analytic perspective on the relationship with God
1Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, Brighton and Canterbury Christchurch University (Salomons Centre), Kent, UK. r.marsh@salomons.org.uk
Abstract:
A case is made for the importance of working with religious material psychotherapeutically whilst at the same time being attentive to the pitfalls that may arise in doing so. A clinical vignette is presented illustrating some of these difficulties. Connections between constructions of self, other, and God are discussed using reciprocal roles, a concept from cognitive analytic therapy (CAT). A perspective offering a multiple and 'voiced' nature of self is explored; parallels are drawn with descriptions of God; and therapeutic implications are discussed.
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