Description
Starting point of this lecture is a socio-ecological perspective on mental health, in which mental health problems are not regarded as individual problems, but as interpersonal interaction problems within a cultural context. In this view, mental well-being also results from interactional processes on multiple levels. In line with this, recovery processes are understood in a multidimensional way.Clinical psychology of religion is faced with the challenge to take into account this socio-ecological network perspective in its theorizing on, modeling of, and investigation of the dynamic interactions between religion/ spirituality (R/S) and mental health. At the same time, clinical psychology of religion already has a lot of expertise in the broader perspective on mental health and factors that stimulate recovery processes. In this way, clinical psychology of religion can not only enrich thinking about mental health, but also improve mental health care, responding to people’s existential care needs and their wish to integrate R/S in mental health care. It can address the role of meaning making and existential recovery in resilience and wellbeing, and give insight into existential factors which have implications for interventions on different levels of the network.
To illustrate this capacity of clinical psychology of religion, a socio-ecological approach to the emotion of shame will be discussed in relation to society and spirituality – an emotion that plays a part in various mental health problems. We will discover how shame is not only a personal and social emotion, with cultural factors leading to the hiding of shame, but also has existential aspects, being experienced on the most fundamental level of existence. Implications for research and clinical practice will be outlined.
| Period | 2 Jun 2022 |
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| Event title | European Conference on Religion, Spirituality and Health |
| Event type | Conference |
| Degree of Recognition | International |