Life Tasks
Excellence in Spiritual Care through Self-awareness
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.33754Keywords:
Spirituality, Self-Awareness, Life Task ModelAbstract
This article considers the quality of “self-awareness” and how it might be integrated into spiritual care. A unique “life task” model is proposed which includes discovery, testing and integration. A number of experiential exercises are suggested to facilitate the various life tasks. The article draws upon qualitative research to give an example of a person who has made progress on the life tasks and notes theologian Sarah Coakley as an example of a public figure who has engaged in the three life tasks.
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Bourdieu, P. (1977) Outline of a Theory of Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511812507
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Freud, S. (1961 [1930]) “Civilization and its Discontents”. In The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, ed. J. Strachey, 57–145. London: Hogarth Press.
Gavrilyuk, P. L. and S. Coakley, eds (2012) The Spiritual Senses: Perceiving God in Western Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Polanyi, M. (1958) Personal Knowledge. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Reber, A. S. (1993) Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge: An Essay in the Cognitive Unconscious. New York: Oxford University Press.
Wampold, B. E. (2015) “How Important are the Common Factors in Psychotherapy? An Update”. World Psychiatry 14(3): 270–77. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20238
Published
2019-01-19
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Articles
How to Cite
Stevens, B. (2019). Life Tasks: Excellence in Spiritual Care through Self-awareness. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 6(2), 177-185. https://doi.org/10.1558/hscc.33754
