Psychological Problems and the Spiritual Life
Why do so many of us good Christians find our spiritualprogress blocked? What can we do about the unconsciousneurotic tendencies that warp our relations with others? Howcan we let go of the idealized image we have of ourselves?
Drawing on the classic work Our Inner Conflicts by psychiatristKaren Horney, Archimandrite Symeon shows how we can beled to unhealthy attachment, slavish dependency, or a positionof compliance which can even affect our relationship with God.He then explains how today’s Christians can use biblical teachings and the wisdom of the Eastern Orthodox Church athers to combat these characteristically modern problems.