TheoTherapy: Healthy and Holy

A serious, hands-on map of the interior life - written by two licensed Argentine psychologists who are also lifelong companions of the Carmelite-Ignatian mystical tradition. Drawing on Saint Teresa of Ávila's Interior Castle, Saint John of the Cross's Dark Night, Saint Ignatius's discernment of spirits, and the active abandonment of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the authors walk the reader through the nine classical grades of prayer - from vocal prayer all the way to the transforming union of spiritual marriage. What makes this book unusual: it does not pit psychology against spirituality. As clinical psychologists, Inés and Toio are familiar with affective regulation, attachment, Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy, the cardinal and theological virtues, and the capital vices - including acedia, the "noonday demon" of the desert tradition. Their thesis: a wounded mind cannot pray well, and a soul without God cannot fully heal. Healthy and Holy - both. Together. Who this book is for: - The laity in spiritual direction - Retreatants and contemplatives - Religious sisters and brothers - Third-order Carmelites, Franciscans, and Dominicans >If you have been longing for a book that takes prayer and depth psychology equally seriously - that names acedia without flinching, that distinguishes acquired from infused recollection, that explains why the Dark Night is not a crisis but a promotion - Theotherapy is that book. "We love you in God." - Inés and Toio

Pages: 325, Paperback, Independently published