NDLI: Erikson’s Case of the Theological Student

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Capps, Donald
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	This article focuses on Erik H. Erikson’s case of a theological student on the borderline of psychosis. The case, presented in a lecture published in Insight and Responsibility (1964, pp. 47–80), was important to Erikson for two important reasons: It enabled him to gain confidence in his capacity to help young adults and convinced him that he was not being disloyal to Freud by focusing on patients’ religious experiences. His presentation of the case focuses on an enigmatic dream image that caused the patient to believe that he was losing his mind but that, when interpreted, led to a breakthrough in his therapy and eventual recovery of his mental health. The springboard for his study of Martin Luther, this case illustrates the three primary religious images that Erikson identifies in Young Man Luther (1958): the maternal matrix, the paternal voice, and the pure self. It also illustrates how the timely appearance of a new person in one’s life may have enormous therapeutic value.
Starting Page	325
Ending Page	335
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00312789
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume Number	58
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15736679
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-12-12
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Erik H. Erikson Dream image Identity Sigmund Freud Religious experience Grandfather Mother Medusa Religious images Transference New person Sociology Cross Cultural Psychology Religious Studies Clinical Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Religious Studies Social Psychology Applied Psychology

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