Psychoterapia jako kierownictwo duchowe?

Abstract

In recent years one can notice a growing interest in psychology and psychotherapy. Many Christians, who have existential or religious problems, prefer to ask for help a psychotherapist than a spiritual leader. Hence a question, can psychotherapy be alternative and contemporary form of spiritual leadership? Are both fields despite they derived from different bases, identical? To decide on the issue, this article presents how spiritual leadership and psychotherapy is understood, and what aims these both fields have. Thus there was determined that despite they have many common points still they are absolutely separate fields, which cannot be considered equivalent. Spiritual leadership takes into account psychological level, however this level isn't the main object of the ministry, as it is the case in psychotherapy.