Therapeutic Soul Searching

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorStarling, Brendan Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-30T18:56:07Z
dc.date.available2017-06-30T18:56:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-06-02
dc.descriptionTitle page has date 2016, but author's submission indicates 2017.en_US
dc.description.abstractPersonal identity is an important theme that often comes up in therapeutic endeavours, especially in societies that are saturated with free market capitalism and mass media culture. I begin the thesis by describing a foundational ethos that guides my practice as a counsellor. I then describe a process of therapeutic engagement that I call therapeutic soul searching and suggest how it can be applied to working with the theme of personal identity. For this purpose, I outline the ideas that have inspired my views on the craft of counselling. These ideas come from a variety of voices from differing fields, including the practice of counselling, and the world of art and literature. I explain how our modern-day culture industry impacts stories of personal identity. After outlining my foundational beliefs, I then provide an overview of some therapeutic possibilities that have been inspired by the narrative metaphor tradition and spiritual-based therapeutic traditions. I explain why these two therapeutic traditions work well with struggles relating to personal identity. Lastly, I suggest that further research and literature needs to focus on how personal identity differs across Canada's multicultural spectrum.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/664
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectpersonal identity
dc.subjectspirituality and counseling
dc.subjectspiritual-based therapy
dc.subjectfoundational ethos
dc.subjecttherapy and multiculturalism
dc.subject.lcshIdentity (Psychology)
dc.subject.lcshPsychotherapy--Religious aspects
dc.subject.lcshSpirituality
dc.titleTherapeutic Soul Searching
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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