2010
DOI: 10.4102/hts.v66i2.861
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The Paradox of Being a Wounded Healer: Henri J.M. Nouwen’s Contribution to Pastoral Theology

Abstract: This article is the first in a series of two dealing with Henri Nouwen's contribution to pastoral care. The present article focuses on the impact of cognitive dissonance and the role it plays in pastors becoming constrained in their ministry. The point of departure is that during the past two decades, pastors have been subjected to profound changes. While pastors view their involvement with people in the social and faith communities in which they live and work as guiding people towards a life of wholeness and … Show more

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“…Carl Jung in his "Fundamental Questions of Psychotherapy" (1979) first attributed the metaphor of the wounded healer in therapeutic practice to describe a facet of a therapist's relationship with their patients (Nolte and Dreyer, 2010). Jung described this in depth stating that the analyst "quite literally takes over the sufferings of his patient and shares them with him" and furthermore it is the analyst's "own hurt that gives him the measure of his own power to heal" (Laskowski and Pellicore, 2002, p. 403).…”
Section: Concept and Chronologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Carl Jung in his "Fundamental Questions of Psychotherapy" (1979) first attributed the metaphor of the wounded healer in therapeutic practice to describe a facet of a therapist's relationship with their patients (Nolte and Dreyer, 2010). Jung described this in depth stating that the analyst "quite literally takes over the sufferings of his patient and shares them with him" and furthermore it is the analyst's "own hurt that gives him the measure of his own power to heal" (Laskowski and Pellicore, 2002, p. 403).…”
Section: Concept and Chronologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Jung was a wounded healer [24,47] but does that make him a shaman? I don't think it does because the concept of wounded healer is by no means exclusive to shamans, as the life of the catholic priest Henri Nouwen [48] attests. Jung's crisis in the aftermath from his break from Freud has structural similarities with a shamanic initiatory crisis insofar as it was a temporary regression from which Jung emerged, having encountered entities from the unconscious and having acquired the bounty of valuable teleological insights.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those in distress want to heal their wounds, and others carry scars from their healed wounds. Nevertheless, most people are healthy most of the time and wish to live fulfilled lives and to function optimally (Nolte & Dreyer 2010;Peterson 2006). In this article, the construct 'healing' is used in relation to the idea of Wessels and Müller (2013) that people interpret meaningful experiences as they interact within their networks (work-life).…”
Section: Healingmentioning
confidence: 99%