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Images of the Inner Healer in Judaic Thought
Publication Date: September 1997
Publisher(s): Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Robin B. Zeiger
Series: Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 74-1
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Social conditions (Psychology)
Keywords: Spirituality; Jewish Text; Mental Health
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This article uses a psychotherapy case example to demonstrate the therapeutic utility of the traditional Jewish concept of the inner voice of God for psychological and spiritual growth. Judaic concepts discussed and utilized as support material include the hasidic and kabbalistic concept of the spark of God within, teshuvah (repentance), and dream analysis. These concepts are related to the treatment of the case through object relations theory.
In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.74 no.1, Fall 1997.