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The Art of Soul Transformation: Self-Psychology and Creativity

May 19th, 2008  |  

So many of us understand counseling to be an art, a marriage of knowledge and a certain ability to use that knowledge elegantly, incorporating intuition and spirituality. In my experience as a minister offering counseling and as a chaplain in a hospital, I have found that there is another dimension to the “art” of counseling: the intentional creative process coupled with the understandings of self-psychology provide a transformational template that has love and compassion at its center. In my work as a minister and as a counselor in private practice,... Read More

 
 
 

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