Imago Dei Psychotherapy: A Catholic Conceptualization

Catholic University of America Press "Dr. G.C. Dilsaver is rightly considered by many to be the father of Christian psychology, for his book Imago Dei Psychotherapy (IDP)enunciated the foundational principles of the first fully integratedChristian psychotherapeutic conceptualization.  The Imago DeiPsychotherapy (IDP) conceptualization is based on the premise that thefullest understanding of human nature is found in traditional Christian, and especially Thomistic, anthropology, which delineates human moralaction in its cognitive, volitional, and emotional elements. IDPmaintains that locating the behavioral science of psychology within this traditional Christian anthropology of moral action unleashes thatscience s full and unprecedented clinical efficacy. Imago DeiPsychotherapy can be read with immense benefit not only by Catholics and Christians but by all who seek the most efficacious clinical means tomental health."archive.is/aZSyv