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Dream interpretation has been a widely recognized component of psychological practice since the publication of Sigmund Freud's (1900/2010) The Interpretation of Dreams. By providing initial conceptualizations of the dream's function, Freud created the foundation for the numerous…

Evangelical Purity Culture (EPC) is a religio-cultural phenomena within American Evangelicalism which emphasizes pre-marital sexual abstinence and adherence to traditional gender roles. In this theoretical research, I use relational psychoanalysis, particularly the concept of mu…

Spiritual direction and psychotherapy are neighboring disciplines that share in caring for whole people (Benner, 2002; Harborne, 2012). Although they are separate traditions with different languages, psychology is seen as an important resource for spiritual direction (Barry & Co…

This study explores endemic cultural facets of the Arab self and the manner in which it may manifest itself within psychotherapy. Contemporary psychoanalytic ideas are applied to the cultural context within which Arab individuals are embedded and from which they draw their perso…