Psychological correlates of inner emptiness: a case study
Abstract
Professor Zenomena Płużek has been acknowledged as one of the pioneers and leading scholars in Poland in both the psychology of religion and pastoral psychology. Referring to her research in the area of psychological and psychospiritual crises, this article addresses the issue of the emptiness experienced during psychotherapy as a “dark night”. The case of one particular patient/client will be analyzed from both psychological and religious (theological) perspectives, with the aim of answering the following questions: What do such “dark nights” look like in a clinical context? How should (or can) they be conceptualized in clinical terms? How ought they to be dealt with?References
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