De ziel in de psychologie

Een eerste poging komt van de bekende Amerikaanse psychoanalyticus Micheal Eigen:

“Faith plays an important role in transformational processes in psychotherapy. I don’t mean ‘belief’. Belief may be a necessary part of the human condition but it tends to prematurely organize processes that remain unknown. For me, faith supports experimental exploration, imaginative conjecture, experiential probes. The more we explore therapy, the more we appreciate how much our response capacity can grow. We are responsive beings, for good and ill. Too often, our responses hem us in. We short-circuit growth of responsiveness. Yet it is possible to become aware of the rich world our responsive nature opens, places it takes us, feelings with as yet no name, hints of contact that may never be exhausted…” (vii)