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

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology

Access to Document

10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x

Cite this

@article{1acb8c4b9500446a80008400efcfe95b,

title = "Deliverance from the {"}Dark night of the soul{"}",

abstract = "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.",

author = "Richard Kinnier and Dixon, \{Andrea L.\} and Corey Scheidegger and Brent Lindberg",

year = "2009",

doi = "10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "48",

pages = "110--119",

journal = "Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development",

issn = "1931-0293",

publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Ltd",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Deliverance from the "Dark night of the soul"

AU - Kinnier, Richard

AU - Dixon, Andrea L.

AU - Scheidegger, Corey

AU - Lindberg, Brent

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/65249170918

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/65249170918#tab=citedBy

U2 - 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x

DO - 10.1002/j.2161-1939.2009.tb00071.x

M3 - Article

SN - 1931-0293

VL - 48

SP - 110

EP - 119

JO - Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development

JF - Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development

IS - 1

ER -

Deliverance from the "Dark night of the soul"

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this