A Yogi in Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy: A Spiritually Informed Case Conceptualization.
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| Title: | A Yogi in Attachment-Informed Psychotherapy: A Spiritually Informed Case Conceptualization. |
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| Authors: | Goodman, Geoff (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Pastoral Psychology. Apr2025, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p263-278. 16p. |
| Subjects: | Child abuse, Psychotherapy, Symptoms |
| Abstract: | The author discusses the psychotherapy of a 41-year-old Caucasian man who complained of a somatic symptom characterized as an "energy" that formulated the words, "I'm gay." A practitioner of yogic philosophy, the patient came to believe that someone—perhaps a priest—had sexually abused him at age 8 or 9. The author assesses the patient's attachment relationships to his parents and to his Higher Power and then discusses their similarities and differences. The author also discusses the attachment-informed interventions that have propelled the treatment forward, ending the article by posing spiritual and emotional questions that linger in the patient's ongoing treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | The author discusses the psychotherapy of a 41-year-old Caucasian man who complained of a somatic symptom characterized as an "energy" that formulated the words, "I'm gay." A practitioner of yogic philosophy, the patient came to believe that someone—perhaps a priest—had sexually abused him at age 8 or 9. The author assesses the patient's attachment relationships to his parents and to his Higher Power and then discusses their similarities and differences. The author also discusses the attachment-informed interventions that have propelled the treatment forward, ending the article by posing spiritual and emotional questions that linger in the patient's ongoing treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00312789 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11089-024-01194-z |
