Inner Healing Movement

Inner Healing Movement

The Inner Healing Movement is usually referred to as a counseling movement among groups describing themselves as Christian. It involves various counseling methods that are basically used for the calling up of suppressed or hurtful memories in order to deal with them.

Agnes Sanford (1897-1982) is considered to be the mother of the Inner Healing Movement. She was the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary in China, and the wife of an Episcopal rector. Her first book, "The Healing Light", is often considered classic in its field. Agnes is the mother of Jungian analyst, Jack Sanford.

The inner healing movement is often compared and associated with "Inner Healing", "Healing of Memories", Theophostic Prayer Ministry (TPM). It is also compared with Recovered Memory Therapy (RMT)

Related external links

* [http://cornerstone.wwwhubs.com/sanford.htm Biographical information on Agnes Sanford]
* [http://www.else-egeland.org/abw2en.htm Healing of Memories]
* [http://www.schoolofpastoralcare.net/ The School of Pastoral Care] founded by Agnes Sanford and her husband
* [http://healinglifehurts.com/ Healing Life's Hurts]

Arguments for

* [http://www.theophostic.com/ Theophostic Prayer Ministries] - Official website of Ed Smith, founder of the Theophostic counseling method
* [http://www.elijahhouse.org/ Elijah House Inc.] - Official website of John Loren and Paula Sandford
* [http://www.salem.on.ca/html/Overcoming_Past_Trauma.htm Overcoming Past Trauma] by Judy Cook
* [http://www.cornerstonechristian.ca/ Cornerstone Christian Counselling Centre] located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
* [http://aibi.gospelcom.net/aibi/phostic.htm Healing of Memories (Theophostic Counselling)] by John Edmiston
* [http://www.tpassociation.com/ International Association for Theophostic Ministry]
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~johnswitzer/books/DeliveranceandInnerHealing.html A Comprehensive Guide to Deliverance and Inner Healing]
* [http://scottlownsdale.com/template/TPM%20position%20statement.htm] Support for Theophostic Prayer Ministry by Scott Lownsdale, Ed.D.

Arguments against

* [http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/inheal.htm Biblical Discernment Ministries]
* [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/ Apologetics Index] (founded by Anton and Janet Hein)
** [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/i01.html Inner Healing] by Anton Hein
** [http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c55.html Theophostic Counseling: Dr. Ed Smith's Theophostic Ministries]
* [http://www.alohabible.net/ AlohaBibleNet] Ministries (founded by William P. Tisdale)
** [http://www.bibleriches.org/archives/theophostic.html The Sufficiency of Scripture over Theophostic Counseling] by William P. Tisdale
* [http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/ Psychoheresy Awareness Ministries] (founded by Martin & Deidre Bobgan)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20020816070205/www.psychoheresy-aware.org/tpmin104.html Theophostic Ministry]
** [http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/abusemem.html Abusing Memory] : The Healing Theology of Agnes Sanford by Dr. Jane Gumprecht
** [http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/inner82.html Inner Healing]
** [http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/ga_tpc76.html TheoPhostic Counseling: Divine or What?] by Gary Almy, M.D.
** [http://www.psychoheresy-aware.org/mmtpc105.html Theological Critiques of Theophostic Ministry]
* [http://www.cefcelverson.org/theophostic.htm A Biblical Evaluation of Theophostic Ministry] by the staff of [http://www.cefcelverson.org/ Community Evangelical Free Church]
* [http://www.religioustolerance.org/theophostic.htm Theophostic© Counseling] by Bruce A Robinson of [http://www.religioustolerance.org/ Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]
* [http://www.behindthebadge.net/ Behind the Badge of a Deputy Sheriff] (founded by Ralph Dettwiler)
** [http://www.behindthebadge.net/apologetics/discuss116.html I get concerned when we criticize things like Theophostic Ministries]
** [http://www.behindthebadge.net/apologetics/discuss142.html I believe your thoughts on Theophostic ministry are out of ignorance]
* [http://www.banner.org.uk/ CROSS + WORD Christian Research]
** [http://www.banner.org.uk/pk/pkmm3.html RESURRECTING PAGAN RITES] Part 3: THE NEW GNOSTICS
* [http://www.wayoflife.org/ Way of Life Literature] founded by David W. Cloud
** [http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/inner.htm INNER HEALING: ILLUMINATION OR ILLUSION?]
** [http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/dementia.htm Demoniac Dementia] by Miles J. Stanford
* [http://www.cultlink.com/sentinel/ The Christian Sentinel] - founded by Bill Alnor
** [http://www.cultlink.com/sentinel/sandford.html John Sandford - The Ecumenical Prophet] by Jackie Alnor
* [http://www.crmspokane.org/ Christian Research Ministries] founded by Greg DesVoignes
** [http://www.crmspokane.org/transformation.htm Transformation Of The Inner man and Inner Healing Philosophies]

Arguments neither

* [http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/002/19.18.html Christianity Today]
* [http://regions.ivcf.org/academic/352 Counseling Insights From Sandfords]

Related books

Books for

*Ed. M. Smith, "Healing Life's Deepest Hurts: Let the Light of Christ Dispel the Darkness in Your Soul," Vine Books, (2003) ISBN 1-56955-341-6
*Ed M. Smith and E. James Wilder, "Keeping your ministry out of court: Avoiding unnecessary litigation while ministering to emotionally hurting people."

Books against

*Martin & Deidre Bobgan, "TheoPhostic Counseling: Divine Revelation" or Psycho Heresy?," Eastgate Publishers, (1999) ISBN 0-941717-15-1
*Jan Fletcher, "Lying Spirits: A Christian journalist's report on Theophostic Ministry [http://lyingspirits.com/] "


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