Miller, G. (2015) Winifred Rushforth and the Davidson Clinic for Medical Psychotherapy: a case study in the overlap of psychotherapy, Christianity, and New Age spirituality. History of Psychiatry, 26(3), pp. 303-317. (doi: 10.1177/0957154X14554374)
|
Text
98905.pdf - Accepted Version 174kB |
Abstract
The activities of both Winifred Rushforth (1885-1983), and the Edinburgh-based Davidson Clinic for Medical Psychotherapy (1941-1973) which she directed, exemplify and elaborate the overlap in Scotland of religious discourses and practices with psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Even as post-war secularisation began to affect Scottish culture and society, Rushforth and the Davidson Clinic attempted to renew the biographical discourses of Christianity using the idioms and practices of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Furthermore, alongside these Christian-inflected activities, Rushforth promoted a psychoanalytically-informed New Age spirituality. This parallel mode of belief and practice drew on Christian life-narrative patterns, preserving them within psychoanalytic forms grafted onto a vitalist worldview informed by the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Miller, Dr Gavin |
| Authors: | Miller, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | History of Psychiatry |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| ISSN: | 0957-154X |
| ISSN (Online): | 1740-2360 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2014 The Author |
| First Published: | First published in the History of Psychiatry 26(3):303-317 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
University Staff: Request a correction | Enlighten Editors: Update this record
Deposit and Record Details
Deposit and Record Details