Geistliche Begleitung als mystagogische Seelsorge

Spiritual direction is developed as a mystagogical pastoral care on a psychological basis. It wants to accompany people healingly and help them to open up the religious dimension of experience for her life. The mystagogical and the interpersonal dimension is elaborated in the context of spiritual accompaniment models of the tradition. A scientific theory of knowledge für spiritual direction and a structure model of the interpersonal encounter is developed with theologically extended core concepts of the Integrative Therapy. Both make it able to reflect and shape all processes in a spiritual direction.