Archetypal Identification: An Alternative for Spiritual Well-Being Assessment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-3-2015
Abstract
A primary mission of social work is to assist clients who may be experiencing spiritual distress due to financial, social, emotional, or psychological crises. As a result, it is essential that social workers be able to competently address the spiritual needs of religious and nonreligious clients. Jungian and archetypal theorists have professed that there is a nexus between the spirit and archetypal energy since the origin of Jung’s collective unconscious theory. However, prior to this study, archetypal energy and spiritual well-being had never been examined to determine if a significant relationship exists between these two ostensibly powerful life forces. The results of this study show that there is a statistically significant relationship between the indicators of spiritual well-being and an individual’s identification with archetypal energy. As a result, this study provides a nonreligious alternative for assessing and addressing spirituality in a therapeutic environment.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Dexter R., "Archetypal Identification: An Alternative for Spiritual Well-Being Assessment" (2015). College of Humanities and Social Sciences. 43.
https://digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu/college_humanities_social_sciences/43