The purpose of this study was to get a better understanding of the growing interest inspiritualism and it’s possible consequences for society and the individual’s religiousmental health. This was made by seeing how well you could apply Frisk’s definition ofspiritualism (2006) and Wikström’s model of pastoral care (1999) on Bolens theory ongoddesses (1992). The method used was template style analysis according to Malterud’smodel (2014). By using two themes, pastoral care and spiritualism, and codes based ofthe two theories the material was sorted and analysed. The material was then sorted in totwo categorise, the world of the goddesses and the goddess Demeter. The result showed itpossible to read Bolen’s book as a spiritual literature and that its content overlapped withpastoral care. The conclusion is that spiritualism is capable to offer an alternative to theinstitutional religion’s pastoral care.

The purpose of this paper was to investigate how priests in the Church of Sweden relate to the environment where they practice pastoral care, and what significance the spatial environment may have on pastoral care.       On the basis of the research question of this paper I have used concepts from environmental psychology and concepts from psychology of religion to approach my research problem. The aim of the paper has been to visualize experiences from priests in the Church of Sweden in order to gain a deeper understanding of the environment of the pastoral care room. The empirical study involved a qualitative approach with a primarily theory-driven analysis. Eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with priests in the Church of Sweden.       The theoretical framework of this paper consists of two theories, the first is based on the design of the physical environment for care and nursing according to environmental psychologist Solvej Fridell. The second theory is based on potential space and the sacred-built environment according to psychologist of religion and theologian Pamela Cooper-White.       The results indicate that the character of the pastoral care-room is central for the interviewed priests. The environment of the room creates opportunities that are perceived to influence the process of pastoral care, throughout the design of the physical environment and the placement of symbols in the room. Aspects such as lighting, seating-group placement, religious objects, confidentiality, acoustics and self-determination of action are considerations that are perceived to affect the environment and the people in the room.

En uppsats som genom en enkätundersökning bland Equmeniakyrkans pastorer och diakoner villundersöka den erfarenhet av och förhållningssätt till abortproblematik i själavård som finns blandsamfundets anställda. Där olika strukturer och pastorn och diakonens upplevelsen av konfliktendem emellan är något som belyses med hjälp av struktureringsteorin.

Föreliggande studie undersökte häktes/fängelseprästers upplevelse av förändring hos de frihetsberövade, vilka de mötte i sin tjänst på häkten och fängelser. Studien bygger på kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem präster i Svenska kyrkan. Intervjuerna genomfördes sommaren 2019. I studien framkommer det att alla intervjuade upplevde att förändringar sker hos de frihetsberövade. Det handlar om att kunna bryta destruktiva mönster och göra förändringar för ett bättre och friare liv. Vägen till denna förändring går genom samtal, gudstjänster och meditationer tillsammans med de själavårdande samtalen. Oväntat visar studien även på de förändringar som skedde hos prästerna själva där de beskriver sin upplevelse av djupare andlighet och stor meningsfullhet. Resultatet av studien visar att prästerna upplevde att de allra flesta frihetsberövade, har en stark önskan om ett icke kriminellt liv och att vägen dit kan gå genom fler och mer bestående möten och band till ett socialt accepterat sammanhang. / This current study investigated priests, in the church of Sweden, working in custody and/or prison. Do priests experience any change in the prisoners’ lives during the time they are held in prison? The qualitative study consists of semi structured interviews with five priests. They were interviewed during summer 2019. The study shows that all of the priests experienced that many of the prisoners changed attitudes concerning their lives and their situation. They expressed the desire of another kind of life. Unexpectedly the study also shows the change the priests undertook, working with the prisoners. The priests expressed feelings about deeper spirituality and a sense of rich meaningfulness. The study shows that the priests experienced that almost all of the prisoners had a strong wish of living a non-criminal life. The road to this life is the one which consists of many new and constant contacts with a socially accepted environment.

<p>This essay describes how the author gradually gets a deeper understanding for his profession and the development of his professional skills, attitude and practice. </p><p>The essay contains two main narratives representing examples from the author´s occupational practice, and through those narratives he tells how his practice alters and develops. These stories are also the basis for considering different aspects on how to get good models for practising a profession when you are a beginner, and how to manage ethical dilemmas. </p><p>The starting point is when the author in the beginning of his career as a rural pastor is visiting a seriously ill parishioner at a province hospital. The course and the outcome of this call is surprising the young pastor, and the author tries to analyze the background to the outcome and assesses several possible explanations for the result of his call. </p><p>The narrative is used to examine the attitude, the professional skills and the social and existential context for the author at that time. The patriarchal patterns in the parish are illuminated and questioned. </p><p>In the second part of the essay the author investigates what will happen when pastoral cure transforms to psychotherapy, and how the author deals with phenomena in the therapeutical process such as idealization and secondary traumatization. </p><p>On basis of texts written by among others Ingela Josefson, Fredrik Svenaeus, Christian Nilsson and Ulla Ekström von Essen the author seeks explanation for the development of his practical knowledge. With references to philosofers as Plato, Aristotle, H.G. Gadamer, Hannah Arendt, Dreyfus&Dreyfus among others he discusses how the theory of practical knowledge can be used in describing the development of professional skill and professional ethics in a person being both curate and psychotherapist.</p><p> </p>

This essay describes how the author gradually gets a deeper understanding for his profession and the development of his professional skills, attitude and practice.  The essay contains two main narratives representing examples from the author´s occupational practice, and through those narratives he tells how his practice alters and develops. These stories are also the basis for considering different aspects on how to get good models for practising a profession when you are a beginner, and how to manage ethical dilemmas.  The starting point is when the author in the beginning of his career as a rural pastor is visiting a seriously ill parishioner at a province hospital. The course and the outcome of this call is surprising the young pastor, and the author tries to analyze the background to the outcome and assesses several possible explanations for the result of his call.  The narrative is used to examine the attitude, the professional skills and the social and existential context for the author at that time. The patriarchal patterns in the parish are illuminated and questioned.  In the second part of the essay the author investigates what will happen when pastoral cure transforms to psychotherapy, and how the author deals with phenomena in the therapeutical process such as idealization and secondary traumatization.  On basis of texts written by among others Ingela Josefson, Fredrik Svenaeus, Christian Nilsson and Ulla Ekström von Essen the author seeks explanation for the development of his practical knowledge. With references to philosofers as Plato, Aristotle, H.G. Gadamer, Hannah Arendt, Dreyfus&amp;Dreyfus among others he discusses how the theory of practical knowledge can be used in describing the development of professional skill and professional ethics in a person being both curate and psychotherapist.

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Inledning: Uppsatsens ambition är att utforska passformen mellan de två samtalsformerna själavård och psykodynamisk psykoterapi genom att intervjua personer som är skolade i och använder båda formerna. Frågeställningar: Hur upplever enskilda präster som är också är legitimerade psykoterapeuter passformen mellan själavård och psykoterapi och vilka strategier har de för att förlika dessa paradigm med varandra? Metod: Uppsatsen hämtar sina resultat från fem induktivt orienterade intervjuer som bearbetats med tematisk analys. Resultat: Tre teman utkristalliserade sig: Definitionsproblematik, konflikt perspektiv och konsolidering. Diskussion: Diskussionen tar framförallt fasta på svårigheten att medvetandegöra skillnader och likheter mellan själavård och psykoterapi, men försöker också få upp områden till ytan som skulle kunna utforskas vidare. Dessa områden täcker flera nivåer från strukturella intressekonflikter mellan olika tillsynsmyndigheter till den psykodynamiska teorins kontra teologins förståelse av Gud.

Försvarsmakten har anställda läkare för att hantera militärers fysiska problem, psykologer för deras mentala problem och präster för själsliga problem. Försvarsmakten ger uttryck för att själavård bidrar till operativ effekt och präster är satta att leda själavården. Forskning visar på ökad risk för stressymptom bland personal som deltagit i militära missioner och att goda relationer kan motverka destruktiva symptom. Inom ramen för denna studie har ingen svensk forskning påträffats som stödjer att själavård bidrar till operativ effekt. Själavårdskonceptet är outforskat ur ett militärt perspektiv och studien vill bidra med vetenskapligt grundad förståelse om dess roll och vilken betydelse själavården har för krigföringsförmågan. Genom en induktiv ansats och ett kvalitativt perspektiv har förståelsen utvecklats med en anpassad form av grundad teori. Forskningsfrågor 1. Vilken roll spelar själavården för officerare i Försvarsmakten? 2. Upplever officerarna att själavården har betydelse för krigföringsförmågan? Resultatet visar att militär själavård kan förstås som en decentraliserande process bestående av traditionell, social och spirituell vägledning. Resultatet presenteras i en tredimensionell modell som sammantaget baseras på tolv kategorier som framträtt ur empirin. Betydelsen av militär själavård för krigföringsförmågan framstår som en individuell drivkraft som armerar och förstärker krigföringsförmågan. Diskussionerna i studien består av tre teoretiska analyser: Den första diskussionen förbinder resultatet med forskningsöversikten. Den andra diskussion förenar resultatet med den teoretiska referensramen där en utvecklad modell av krigföringsförmågan presenteras. Den tredje diskussionen utgörs av en perspektivisering där resultatet projiceras mot teori som framträtt sent under studien.

Själavård eller terapi? - En religionspsykologisk studie av en själavårds och samtalsmottagning i Svenska kyrkan Pastoral Care or Therapy? - A Religious Psychological Study of a Pastoral Care and Conversation Clinic in the Swedish Church The purpose of this thesis is to increase knowledge about how staff work in a pastoral care and call reception (called the conversation clinic) under the auspices of the Church of Sweden. The empirical material consists of five informants who in one way or another are employed by the parish conversation clinic. This study is carried out as a qualitative study, where the research questions posed problematize how employees work based on psychotherapeutic/therapeutic knowledge and a pastoral care perspective, how the conversation clinic receives people's existential and spiritual needs and how any differences and similarities are expressed between pastoral care and therapy at the conversation clinic. The methodological and theoretical perspective clarifies what characterizes qualitative studies by applying Sharan B Merriam's (1994) case study method. To handle the empirical material Kirsti Malterud's Qualitative Methods in Medical Research (2014) is used. In summary, it can be said that the answers to the first research question is that the conversation clinic is based on a client perspective. The result of the second research question is summed up by the fact that the conversation clinic care about people's existential health and spiritual needs by that fact that the clients always being welcome to the conversation clinic regardless of religious affiliation or outlook on life, regardless of conversations in pastoral care or therapy. The results of the third research question show that the reception works in an intersection between pastoral care and therapy, where the economic factor and record keeping are two clear markers between either pastoral care or therapeutic treatment. Summary conclusions are that the conversation clinic works with a human care and treatment holistic perspective that offers both pastoral care based on theology and various secular therapeutic, psychiatric and psychological theories and models.