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11	Wrestling heart : the autoethnographic faith journey of a developing psychologist Wittstock, Luke Jonathan 04 1900 (has links) This autoethnography tells the story of my faith journey with a special focus on my years as a Catholic seminarian and the change towards embarking on a career as a clinical psychologist. Pertinent childhood experiences are also shared to contextualise my story. The narrative, “Wrestling Heart”, is the centre and the produced data of this autoethnography. As an “evocative” narrative, it independently seeks to fulfil many of the goals of an autoethnography, such as being therapeutic for both writer and readers, and imbuing culture with critical thinking. The sharing of the narrative is augmented with a thematic analysis of it and Carl Rogers’ Person-Centred Approach is mainly used to comprehend the gleaned themes. The movement towards a comprehension of my experience is consistent with the philosophical foundation of this study: phenomenology. It is envisaged that the utility of this study lies primarily in its interrogation of the relationship between religion and mental health, its in-depth depiction of an individual grappling with their faith in relation to mental health, and the way in which the writing of this autoethnography therapeutically fostered greater congruence for me the writer, as I prepare to work as a clinical psychologist. / Psychology / M.A. (Clinical Psychology) Autoethnography Faith Catholicism Phenomenology Carl Rogers Person-Centred Psychology Clinical Psychology Catholic Priesthood Seminarian Self-actualisation 616.89092 Wittstock, Luke Jonathan Clinical psychologists -- Biography Client-centered psychotherapy Rogers, Carl R. (Carl Ransom), 1902-1987 Self-actualization (Psychology) Maturation (Psychology) Faith and reason Priesthood -- Catholic Church

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