Karasu T B
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Am J Psychother. 1999 Spring;53(2):143-62. doi: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.2.143.
The author proposes the practice of spiritual psychotherapy, which transcends but does not preclude traditional modalities or strategies of treatment. The terms soul and spirit are distinguished as different transpersonal abstractions, yet are inextricably linked. The former aims at revealing the mystery of relatedness and intimacy in everyday life, the latter at finding the divine in universal life. For the spiritual therapist, these concepts are applied to a therapeutic context of care and compassion--which means love and belief beyond oneself. More specifically, the way to soulfulness requires Love of Others, Love of Work, and Love of Belonging, whereas the way to spirituality requires Belief in the Sacred, Belief in Unity, and Belief in Transformation. By cultivating a soulful and spiritual existence, thus conducting one's clinical practice on the basis of these six tenets of transcendence, the therapist can guide the patient to reach his or her own authentic self.
作者提出了精神心理治疗的实践方法，这种方法超越但不排除传统的治疗方式或策略。“灵魂”和“精神”这两个术语被区分为不同的超个人抽象概念，但又有着千丝万缕的联系。前者旨在揭示日常生活中关联性和亲密性的奥秘，后者旨在在宇宙生命中找寻神性。对于精神治疗师而言，这些概念应用于关怀与同情的治疗情境中——这意味着超越自我的爱与信念。更具体地说，通往心灵的道路需要对他人的爱、对工作的爱和归属感，而通往精神性的道路需要对神圣的信仰、对合一的信仰和对转变的信仰。通过培养心灵与精神的存在，从而基于这六个超越性原则开展临床实践，治疗师能够引导患者抵达其真实的自我。
