Psychology Archives

Catholic psychologist, abuse survivor, offers abuse advice for families

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Aug 28, 2018

After recent reports describing clergy sex abuse, Paul Peloquin, a Catholic clinical psychologist and a clergy abuse survivor, shared advice for victims and their families.

A.W. Richard Sipe, researcher, expert on clergy sex abuse, dies at 85

Catholic News Service, Obituary
Aug 18, 2018

A. W. Richard Sipe, a psychotherapist and former Benedictine priest who became one of the country’s foremost experts on clergy sexual abuse, died Aug. 8 at his home in La Jolla, California.

In Italy, Church and psychiatry aim to mend centuries-old breach

Global Church
Feb 22, 2018

In the past the Church and psychology have not always ‘played well together,’ but clergy and mental health experts meeting in Rome this week are ready to make a change.

Prayer may help relieve stress, but fewer Americans make time for it

Church in the US, Religion News Service
Dec 23, 2017

Only 29 percent of Americans polled said they pray to relieve stress, a gradual but consistent decline since the high of 37 percent recorded in 2008.

Can empathy be learned? Science offers some clues

Church in the US, Religion News Service
Oct 29, 2017

“Empathy in religion is not just an intellectual notion or a feeling, and it’s not just refraining from acting unkindly towards others. It’s also a call to action to show kindness towards others,” said Yudit Greenberg, religious studies professor at Rollins College. “It also implies an action.”

After Mexico’s earthquakes, ‘faith opens doors to psychological care’

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Oct 8, 2017

Ana Maria Saucedo, a psychologist at the medical center of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, sees an unbreakable link between faith and psychology. God understands people’s emotions because God became human, she said.