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On Immanuel Therapy for Overcoming Generalized Anxiety Disorder -Psychological Imagery? or Faithful Meditation?-

  • Journal of Counseling and Gospel
  • Abbr : Jocag
  • 2017, 25(2), pp.211-239
  • DOI : 10.17841/jocag.2017.25.2.211
  • Publisher : Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Pastoral Counseling
  • Received : September 18, 2017
  • Accepted : November 1, 2017

JOSEPH JEON 1

1성결대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This research is to clarify the ‘Immanuel Therapy’ as Christian meditation for overcoming generalized anxiety disorder. Generally, imagery is based on the secular psychology or psychotherapy. The faithful meditation as a therapeutic approach is one of the effect Christian counseling methods. Christian counseling should evaluate secular counseling method in order to apply to Christian treatment. Imagery is due to a client’s nature of transgression. Accordingly, imagery without the biblical principle or Christian counselor’s guidance is apt to go to wrong way because of human’s immorality, anxiety, phobia, ect. Secular psychology emphasized that imagery takes on a negative aspect. Only human being is able to do fancy, fantasy, revery, meditation and imagery. These have an effect on psychological/spiritual health. The faithful meditation of Christian counseling is to focus on the God, and God’s words(the Bible). This article is to suggest that the faithful meditation can reduction, palliation and overcoming generalized anxiety disorder. The researcher dealt with General methods for palliation of General understanding on generalized anxiety disorder. Definition and notion of imagery, harmful side effects of imagery and secular meditation, the difference between imagery and faithful meditation. Also, the researcher dealt with Immanuel meditation/mediation for reduction of generalized anxiety disorder.

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