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identical, to that experienced by the psychothe-
rapist. Jesus was touched by a woman who was
suffering from a hemorrhage which had afflic-
ted her for 12 years. As soon as she touched Je-
sus she was healed, but immediately he percei-
ved strength issuing out of him. It is much the
same in therapy. However, it is possible for the
therapist to receive renewed strength. In perso-
nal relationship to Christ, believers find and re-
new their strength. Today Christ is incarnate in
the Church, his new body. Ultimately, therefore,
it is only in the context of the Church that the
Christian therapist finds the strength necessary
for „incarnational therapy”. Here the Christian
therapist receives strength from God who, in
the words of Paul, „comforts us in all our trou-
bles so that we can comfort those in any trou-
ble with the comfort we ourselves have received
from God” (2 Corinthians 2:4).

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