Images of the Inner Healer in Judaic Thought


 

Publication Date: September 1997

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Robin B. Zeiger

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

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.