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  • Title: Object-relations and spirituality: revisiting a clinical dialogue.
    Author: Gurney AG, Rogers SA.
    Journal: J Clin Psychol; 2007 Oct; 63(10):961-77. PubMed ID: 17828764.
    Abstract:
    Antagonism and separateness has characterized the relationship between psychotherapy and religion/spirituality throughout the history of psychology, beginning with Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Recently, however, spirituality, broadly defined as a transcendent relationship with a higher being, has begun to reemerge as a central concept in therapeutic work. There is fertile ground for exploring how spirituality can be enfolded into psychotherapeutic practice, particularly from an object-relations standpoint. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to examine points of convergence and divergence between spirituality and object-relations theory and explore the integration of spirituality with object-relations therapy, with the hope of replacing historical antagonism with thoughtful and intentional integration.
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