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- Title
Resistance in the Local Church: A Psychoanalytic Perspective.
- Authors
Capps, Donald
- Abstract
This article focuses on Sigmund Freud's presentation of the concept of resistance in Introductory Lectures on Psycho- Analysis (Freud ) and on James E. Dittes's employment of this concept in The Church in the Way (Dittes ). It takes particular note of Freud's view that the patient's resistance may contribute to the success of the therapeutic process if skillfully handled by the therapist, as well as Dittes's view that instead of condemning laypersons' expressions of resistance, the minister should recognize that they are a sign of vitality and testify to laypersons' skills, sensitivity, and commitment to the church and its fundamental purposes. The article concludes with a brief consideration of the relationship between resistance and resourcefulness (Capps ).
- Subjects
LOCAL Church (Organization); PSYCHOANALYSIS; FREUD, Sigmund, 1856-1939; DITTES, James E.; SOCIAL skills
- Publication
Pastoral Psychology, 2015, Vol 64, Issue 5, p581
- ISSN
0031-2789
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11089-015-0647-3