Posts Tagged ‘OLOGY’
Sacred Conversations
When I was a kid, I used to pray to the good Lord that I might be blessed with the capacity to shoot lasers from my eyes. I bargained. I…
Read MoreOLOGY Summer Series | July 25
Ethical Issues When Addressing Spiritual Matters – Like Prayer – in Psychotherapy Randolph K. Sanders, Ph.D. July 25, 2025, 8:30 am – Noon Navigate the ethical complexities of addressing spirituality…
Read MoreOLOGY Summer Series | June 6
The God Who is There: Development of the Capacity for Prayer in Therapist and Patient Marie Hoffman, Ph.D. & Lowell Hoffman, Ph.D. (Presenting Virtually) June 6, 2025, 8:30 – 10:00…
Read MoreForgive.
Because psychology is such a culturally bound field—so many of its purported truths prove specific to a particular era and location—it reveals only few precious trends that really transcend its…
Read MoreFreud and Pfister: A Love Story
A Psychoanalyst and a Pastor – unlikely yet natural companions Early twentieth-century Vienna was bustling. A young physician named Sigmund Freud, after experimenting with hypnosis (among other things, ahem), began…
Read MoreThe Apartment
So, you tire of running Elf, The Grinch, and Jingle All the Way on loop.[1] Here is a holiday picture you may not have watched yet: Billy Wilder’s The Apartment. …
Read MoreClinicians Need Clergy
By some counts, a quarter or more of Americans seeking mental health care turn to faith leaders first. This is according to a 2020 study out of Brigham Young University.…
Read MoreWhen am I talking about Faith?
An old supervisor of mine had a coffee mug that always made me chuckle. Depicted was a cartoonish Sigmund Freud, coffee mug in hand, next to the words “Freudian Slip:…
Read MoreBridges
If you have ever joined an OLOGY gathering, you know we build bridges. Connective bridges between people groups-be they professional, religious, racial, or cultural-serve as a kind of grease to the…
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