When the body, as consisting of many parts, becomes ill, it has the need for various medicines… The soul, on the other hand, being incorporeal, is simple and not complex, and when it becomes ill, only one medicine can help it — that is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (St. Simeon the New Theologian).

Main Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health A GUIDE TO ORTHODOX PSYCHOTHERAPY: THE SCIENCE, THEOLOGY, AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE BEHIND IT AND ITS CLINICAL. Journal of Spirituality in Mental Health 2008 / 11 Vol. Develop an understanding of human psychology from an Orthodox perspective, i.e., a psychology consistent with the cosmology and soteriology of Orthodoxy. Orthodox Christian Psychotherapy bridges the divide between mystical, neptic, and hesychastic teachings and the methods and goals of modern Western psychotherapy. It is the meeting. Format: PDF, Mobi Category: Psychology Languages: en Pages: 129 View: 1466. In 2000 the American Psychological Association, in an important attempt to bring religious issues and traditions to the attention of psychotherapists, included in its Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity a chapter on psychotherapy with Eastern Orthodox. In 2000 the American Psychological Association, in an important attempt to bring religious issues and traditions to the attention of psychotherapists, included in its Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity a chapter on psychotherapy with Eastern Orthodox Christians. Orthodox Psychotherapy (The science of the Fathers) Contents Translator’s Note. Preface to the English edition. Author’s Prologue. Orthodoxy as a therapeutic science. What Christianity is. Theology as a therapeutic science. What therapy is. Method of therapy - therapeutic treatment. How then is the soul.

The rampant growth of spiritual illnesses in the 20^th century resulted not only from stresses and scientific and technical progress with its 'information overload,' but also, from the departure of people from God, and their sinful life.

Therefore, the only valuable psychotherapeutic assistance is the one that will bring people to Christ and, under the direction of a priest or believing doctor, will induce them to repent and amend their life. In this case, the word of the doctor or the spiritual guide will be reinforced by the blessed power of God, which is capable of healing the most serious spiritual illness.

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