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Attempts to prove prayer scientifically by double blind kurz gegriffen und methodisch mangelhaft zu bewerten.
experiments must be seen as not only methodically in- Sie stellen letztlich eine manipulative Instrumentalisie-
adequate but also, from the point of view of faith, as too rung einer spirituellen Praxis dar, in der sehr viel tiefere
short-sighted and methodically limited. Ultimately, they Werte zum Tragen kommen sollten.
represent a manipulative instrumentalisation of a spiritu- Die Frage, ob ein gesprochenes Gebet in einer psycho-
al practice in which much deeper values should be able therapeutischen Beziehung sinnvoll ist, muss mit gros-
to come into effect. ser Zurückhaltung angegangen werden. Selbst wenn der
The question of whether a spoken prayer is sensible in a Wunsch von Patienten geäussert wird, ist der Therapeut
psychotherapeutic relationship must be approached with / die Therapeutin oft nicht sicher, ob sie die subkulturelle
great caution. Even if the wish is expressed by the patient, Ausdrucksform erfassen kann. Als problematisch wird
therapists are often unsure about their ability to incorpo- insbesondere die Verschiebung des therapeutischen Inti-
rate this subcultural form of expression. In particular, the mitätsraumes und der Nähe-Distanz-Regulierung in der
displacement of the therapeutic space of intimacy and of Therapie gesehen.
closeness/distance regulation in the therapy must be re-
garded as problematic.

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