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Solutions to neurosis: A theology of self

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For Karen Horney neurosis is a serious impediment to health and wholeness and has the power to place a person in bondage. Yet the situation is far from hopeless, for strivings and anxieties contain intrinsic value and can be directed positively to the purpose of human maturity. The theory lends itself to a strong theology of the self, and thus encourages the pastoral counselor who cooperates with the inherent strengths of the person in his or her drive toward health.

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    G. Terry Creagh (Lecturer in Pastoral Theology)

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Creagh, G.T. Solutions to neurosis: A theology of self. J Relig Health 27, 291–306 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01533197

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