Psychic Wholeness and Healing: Using All the Powers of the Human Psyche

by Anna A. Terruwe, Conrad W. Baars

These noted psychiatrists, authors and lecturers blend in an exciting way medieval/classical notions of the human psyche and modern clinical discoveries as they probe the topic of psychic wholeness and healing. The authors explore the entire human psyche including man’s spiritual dimension which is an area totally ignored by most modern psychiatrists – creating in modern man an ever deepening sense of frustration in searching for effective psychiatric treatment for his emotional turmoil. Numerous detailed clinical case histories are included which clarify the authors’ therapeutic principles. The following questions, among many others, are considered in this How can a person be helped who lives in constant fear that he has committed a serious sin even though he knows he has not? Does a person who wants to live a moral life, yet cannot refrain from doing things which he knows are immoral, suffer from weakness of will power or from a neurosis which would lend itself to therapy?

Genres: Nonfiction

278 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1981

About the author

Anna Alberdina Antoinetta Terruwe

Reviews

[Bradley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It blows my mind that these texts are not more known and studied. There's a certain agedness to the text and many current practices have a level of nuance not present in this work, however the fact that it begins from a sound anthropology to develop its theory while also having the benefit of clinical experience and wisdom means it also avoids many of the pitfalls of modern psychology. Its a beautiful and worthwhile study of psychological disorders that arise. The treatments are a little underdeveloped but are also a good beginning for anyone who has experience in this area. A sound synthesis of psychology and the Catholic faith.