Abstract
Abstract In this article, the idea of sin and a significantly altered version of Winnicott's potential space are brought together to depict the complex relational and psychological dynamics of sin in counseling interactions. From this perspective, sin signifies the total or partial collapse of potential spacesubjugation to the other's constructed representations, which includes the absence of recognition of one's assertions and the concomitant negation of the other's desires and needs, and overwhelming experiences of distrust, betrayal, and hopelessness that attend chaotic disruption and associated hopelessness of repair. In those moments, there is reduced potential subjectivity, spontaneity, agency, communion, value, aliveness, meaning, and continuity unless the other is confronted with his/her sin. It is argued that this perspective accounts for the presence of multiple self-states as well as oft-neglected aspects of the client-counselor interaction. Specifically, this view draws attention to the shifti...
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