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This thesis explores the potential for soul-making in the prison violence-prevention program known as GRIP—an acronym for Guiding Rage into Power. The author utilizes hermeneutic methodology to explore the meaning and evolution of the concept of soul-making within the literature of depth psychology. Using heuristic methodology, the author then analyzes what he perceived to be a profound demonstration of soul-making among the members of the GRIP prison group he cofacilitated. The findings indicate that by combining a downward move into the underworld of emotional woundedness and psychopathology with a vertical orientation that includes contact with ego-transcendent archetypal energies, the inmates participating in the GRIP program had an opportunity for deep healing and genuine soul-making.
| Advisor: | Elliot, Michael |
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| School: | Pacifica Graduate Institute |
| School Location: | United States -- California |
| Source: | MAI 52/05M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
| Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
| Subjects: | Mental health, Counseling Psychology, Criminology, Spirituality |
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| Publication Number: | 1527609 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-303-82818-8 |
