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MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL ILLNESSES. THE ROLE OF THE ORTHODOX PSYCHOTHERAPY IN THE SOUL HEALING PROCESS
Abstract
Psychiatric disorders have a huge impact on life, leaving deep scars on the suffering soul. Although modern man is concerned about spirituality, being attracted to everything representing energy, harmony, relaxation or meditation, he stands powerless when facing mental disease. Therefore we ask the questions: What is the real cause of these diseases and what role plays the Orthodox psychotherapy in the healing process? This study shows that the Orthodox theology's understanding of human inner self and the personal communion with divinity resembles to a psychotherapy mediated by God that leads to an authentic soul healing. Man, created in God's image, is defined as a unique psycho-physical reality that finds real fulfillment in God alone. One can not acquire harmony and inner balance without Him, therefore the absence of divinity in man's life makes mental and spiritual diseases very hard to cure. Relating psychology to genuine Orthodox spirituality provides new perspectives in understanding and curing mental illness.
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