Deliverance from the "Dark night of the soul"

Richard Kinnier; Andrea L. Dixon; Corey Scheidegger; Brent Lindberg

doi:10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x

Deliverance from the "Dark night of the soul"

Richard Kinnier, Andrea L. Dixon, Corey Scheidegger, Brent Lindberg

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The "dark night" perspective describes the journey to spiritual enlightenment as entailing a crisis in which individuals confront the possibility that life is meaningless. In the study presented in this article, 85% of the participants rejected the dark night view. The authors discuss how counselors can help clients cope with a dark night crisis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	110-119
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development
Volume	48
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x
State	Published - 2009

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Developmental and Educational Psychology

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