Searching for Diversity and Common Approach – A Report from a Group of Clergy and Psychotherapists' Clinical Seminars
Krzysztof Krajewski-Siuda, MD, PhD, Professor, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow
Jacek Prusak SI (Ignatianum, Krakow); Bogdan de Barbaro (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow); Antoni Jarnuszkiewicz SI (Ignatianum, Krakow), Krzysztof Grzywocz (University of Opole); Jakub Bobrzyński (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University); Łukasz Müldner-Nieckowski (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University)
For over 30 years, once a month (during academic year), clinical seminars have been organized by a group of clergy and psychotherapists – both psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, at the Unit of Family Therapy of the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The group consists of 12-19 persons on average among them Catholic and Protestant ministers (some of them are psychotherapists as well) and psychotherapists of different clinical school and orientations. Structure of the group is mostly closed, but sometimes is open for a psychotherapist, who would like to supervise his/her relation with patient dealing with religious / spiritual issues and there is no defined leader of a group. The policy of the group is based on following principles: openness on diversity, anti-reductionism, differences among participants in both groups (e.g. jesuits vs black friars, family therapists and psychoanalytics). Sometimes differences are cross-sectional (within subgroups). Topics of seminars vary from possession versus dissociation, aid versus violence in pastoral activities and psychotherapy, mysticism versus psychosis to psychotherapy of religious persons, psychotherapy of clergy, sex activities and sin, pedophilia of clergy, ethical dilemma in psychotherapy. The practical outputs of the seminars are among others: inspiration for theologians to better understand psychological implications of faith and spirituality and for psychotherapists to be more sensitive and knowledgeable about religious and spiritual issues of their clients/patients in psychotherapy, lessons of tolerance and attempt to overcome prejudices, myths and fears on spirituality.
Jacek Prusak SI (Ignatianum, Krakow); Bogdan de Barbaro (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow); Antoni Jarnuszkiewicz SI (Ignatianum, Krakow), Krzysztof Grzywocz (University of Opole); Jakub Bobrzyński (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University); Łukasz Müldner-Nieckowski (Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University)
For over 30 years, once a month (during academic year), clinical seminars have been organized by a group of clergy and psychotherapists – both psychiatrists and clinical psychologists, at the Unit of Family Therapy of the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland. The group consists of 12-19 persons on average among them Catholic and Protestant ministers (some of them are psychotherapists as well) and psychotherapists of different clinical school and orientations. Structure of the group is mostly closed, but sometimes is open for a psychotherapist, who would like to supervise his/her relation with patient dealing with religious / spiritual issues and there is no defined leader of a group. The policy of the group is based on following principles: openness on diversity, anti-reductionism, differences among participants in both groups (e.g. jesuits vs black friars, family therapists and psychoanalytics). Sometimes differences are cross-sectional (within subgroups). Topics of seminars vary from possession versus dissociation, aid versus violence in pastoral activities and psychotherapy, mysticism versus psychosis to psychotherapy of religious persons, psychotherapy of clergy, sex activities and sin, pedophilia of clergy, ethical dilemma in psychotherapy. The practical outputs of the seminars are among others: inspiration for theologians to better understand psychological implications of faith and spirituality and for psychotherapists to be more sensitive and knowledgeable about religious and spiritual issues of their clients/patients in psychotherapy, lessons of tolerance and attempt to overcome prejudices, myths and fears on spirituality.