Physical Disability: The Brazilian Society Creates, “Rehabilitates”, and Stigmatizes

This article discusses the case of a male vowed religious clergy, who was also in residential treatment for sexual misconduct and interpersonal difficulties. Importantly, this client also had a childhood history of sexual trauma. The case, difficult and complex in its own right, posed unique clinical challenges. The first author and therapist, a Catholic, feminist, woman often works with child trauma clients. Thus, the experiences of transference and countertransference were particularly important therapeutic considerations working with this client. Themes of power, sex, shame, guilt, and blame needed to be explored and processed in depth from the client’s and therapist’s perspectives both during session and supervision. Concurrent issues include personality disorders, physical disability, and psychosexual disorders. This client was referred by their religious institution and took part in a mandated fourteen to twenty-week residential programme. Therapeutic modalities include trauma-informed, attachment-oriented, and psychodynamic individual and grouporiented psychotherapy.

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:Fictions of Affliction: Physical Disability in Victorian Culture

Journal of Victorian Culture ◽

10.3366/jvc.2006.11.2.360 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 360-364

Author(s):

Ross G. Forman

Keyword(s):

Physical Disability ◽

Victorian Culture

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Religious Uses of Licit and Illicit Psychoactive Substances in a Branch of the Santo Daime Religion

Fieldwork in Religion ◽

10.1558/firn.v2i3.393 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 393-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edward MacRae

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Psychoactive Substance ◽

Psychoactive Substances ◽

Religious Groups ◽

Santo Daime ◽

Brazilian Society ◽

Psychoactive Substance Use ◽

Constant Source

The article deals with the different effects of tolerant and prohibitionist policies associated with psychoactive substance use in Brazil. Whereas the licit use of ayahuasca has been successfully incorporated into mainstream Brazilian society, the ritual use of cannabis by one of the Santo Daime religious groups has never been fully accepted and remains a constant source of problems for the ayahuasca churches, their followers and society at large.

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