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Kenneth has on occasion described the Course as a form of spiritual psychotherapy based on forgiveness. The Course came to two clinical psychologists, Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford, and so it is not surprising that Jesus would draw on psychological concepts and principles familiar to them to help them understand his profoundly radical teaching on the true nature of healing. Kenneth, also a clinical psychologist, was well aware of the concepts Jesus was using in his course to help bring about a dramatic shift in perception in the minds of his students. Over the years, Kenneth has presented programs, some of them featured this month, that could be helpful to those in professional healing roles. These programs can be of value as well to anyone who finds themselves at times called upon to be of help to another who is in conflict or pain. All relationships from the Course 's perspective are opportunities to learn that, in the end, the only one ever in need of healing and help is my own mind, through the gentle practice of forgiveness.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY: PURPOSE, PROCESS AND PRACTICE

Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.

Kenneth has told of how, early in their work together on the Course, Helen showed him a small pamphlet she was scribing with Jesus' message to psychotherapists. When Kenneth shared his reaction, that it was just like the Course, Helen responded, what else did he expect? Jesus' primary focus in both the Course and this supplement (included in the third edition of the Course) is always on content, not form, that is, on the mind's thoughts, not the body's behavior. Kenneth originally recorded a program in 1986 in Roscoe NY, where he did a line-by-line analysis of the message, but clearly felt the material was significant enough to warrant a revision and update 17 years later in Temecula CA. Although the context of the teaching is the psychotherapist's relationship with the patient or client, the program is relevant to all relationships where we may find ourselves in the role of offering help to another. The language of the supplement in contrast to much of the Course is clear, direct, and straightforward, and more easily understood. Yet its discussion of the therapeutic relationship is still very much grounded in the Course's metaphysical principles. And so, the supplement and Kenneth's commentary can be helpful in deepening our understanding of the Course's message of healing in all our relationships, which must begin with the healing of our own mind. The relationship with another is merely the means to help bring about the inner healing of our belief in our own guilt and sinfulness.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY AND HEALING

Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.

In this workshop for therapists, Kenneth's intent was to lead them to a recognition that all healing comes only when the therapist lets go of all judgment and joins with the mind of the patient in recognition of their shared purpose. Healing has nothing to do with the therapist's words and actions and therapeutic approach, nor with the particular issues that may have brought the patient to therapy. Although Kenneth's teaching is focused on the therapist-patient relationship, its content can easily be applied to all of our relationships. For their purpose from the Course's perspective is always to help us to undo the projections of our own guilt that we have placed on others, making them seem separate and different from us. It is in that process, within our own mind, that all healing occurs.

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HEALING THE UNHEALED HEALER

Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.

The unhealed healer is in truth all of us, whenever we believe there is a real problem in the world or in a relationship that is in need of fixing, and that we have a special gift or ability or skill to help fix it. The Course's teachings run counter to the world's view that a sign of maturity is taking personal responsibility for solving problems and helping others. That is not to say that we may not be involved in a helpful way in addressing problems and issues as they appear in the world, but any sense of responsibility about our role in bringing about the change is a clear indication that the ego has joined the process and made the problem real and serious in our perception. And this "protects" us from looking at the only place where change is really needed, in our own mind. Kenneth draws on a number of sections in the Course to develop this theme, in particular, the section in the text on "The Unhealed Healer."

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