Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-170) and index
Introduction -- The self in communion -- Interpretating God's psychotherapeutic will -- Scottish psychotherapy in the new age
"This book draws upon a wealth of archival research to uncover the complex interaction between religion and psychotherapy in twentieth-century Scotland. It explores the practical and intellectual alliance created between the Scottish churches and Scottish psychotherapy and figures such as the R.D. Laing andW.R.D. Fairbairn"-- Back cover