Psychosis or Mystical Religious Experience?: A New Paradigm Grounded in Psychology and Reformed Theology

Includes cutting-edge original research undertaken by the author into pastoral conceptions of mystical religious experience and how it differs from psychosis Provides comparative analysis of current theological beliefs and practices and psychological theories and practices around psychosis and mystical religious experience
Outlines provisional guidelines for clinical and counselling professionals that distinguish mystical religious experience in relation to psychosis

Susan L. DeHoff is Visiting Scholar in the School of Theology at Boston University, USA. She holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology and Religion from Boston University, USA and a M.Div. from Emory University, USA. DeHoff is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and is a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.