Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. In this book the author explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatization and mental representations of God through a comprehensive review of psychodynamic literature and quantitative research methodology. The research findings of a study with forty seven women demonstrate the complexity of this subject and illustrate how the empirical truth of quantitative findings may or may not resonate with the metaphorical truth of psychodynamic models of traumatization. The author discusses the significance of these findings for clinicians and faith communities.
- ISBN10 0819191205
- ISBN13 9780819191205
- Publish Date 17 October 1993 (first published 11 August 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University Press of America
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 186
- Language English