@article{ART003103548},
author={Ha, Jae Sung},
title={Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients},
journal={Journal of Counseling and Gospel },
issn={1739-0745},
year={2024},
volume={32},
number={2},
pages={129-154},
doi={10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129}
TY - JOUR
AU - Ha, Jae Sung
TI - Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients
JO - Journal of Counseling and Gospel
PY - 2024
VL - 32
IS - 2
PB - Korean Evangelical Counseling Society
SP - 129
EP - 154
SN - 1739-0745
AB - Schizophrenia is one of the representative psychotic illnesses plagued among one percent of the whole population. Its symptoms include delusions, auditory and visual hallucinations, word salad, lack of emotion or avolition. Schizophrenic patients may experience many difficulties in maintaining daily lives including personal relationships with important people due to abnormal senses. Causes of the illness are genetic and are of brain dysfunction, so its primary treatment comes with medical and pharmaceutical care. On the other hand, spirit possession assimilates schizophrenia in many symptoms e.g., hallucinations and ethereal senses, but it may disappear soon with Christian spiritual interventions such as fervent prayers and spiritual confrontations with the evil spirits. However, distinguishing spirit possession from schizophrenia requires both medical understanding and spiritual discernment. In addition to the medical treatment, talk therapy is crucial in helping the patients maintain their healthy identity and dignity as a human being through building an empathetic relationship. Christian counselors are expected to show Christian hospitality for those patients and provide spiritual resources such as both Christ's redemptive losses in incarnation. Jesus can be their real comforter by being an alter ego who suffered deeper and gave them the assurance of salvation and eternal life, which allows them to continue their personal narratives regardless of their weaker identity.
KW - schizophrenia;spirit possession;cognitive behavioral therapy; spiritual narrative;Christian counseling
DO - 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
ER -
Ha, Jae Sung. (2024). Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 32(2), 129-154.
Ha, Jae Sung. 2024, "Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients", Journal of Counseling and Gospel , vol.32, no.2 pp.129-154. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung "Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 32.2 pp.129-154 (2024) : 129.
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients. 2024; 32(2), 129-154. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung. "Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 32, no.2 (2024) : 129-154.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients. Journal of Counseling and Gospel , 32(2), 129-154. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients. Journal of Counseling and Gospel . 2024; 32(2) 129-154. doi: 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung. Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients. 2024; 32(2), 129-154. Available from: doi:10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
Ha, Jae Sung. "Christian Counseling as a Spiritual Narrative Walking with Schizophrenic Patients" Journal of Counseling and Gospel 32, no.2 (2024) : 129-154.doi: 10.17841/jocag.2024.32.2.129
