Angel therapy is part of contemporary angel spirituality.[8] Angel therapy involes developing a relationship with your
guardian angel.[13] Angel therapy also usually involves cards used similarly to
Tarot Cards.[4][6][14]
Angel therapy is often used alongside other
alternative medicine practices.[1][15][16] One study in Finland found that practitioners do not generally self-identify as
New Age,[8] although they are often labelled that by others.[17][18][13] Angel therapists often also work as
psychics or
mediums[13][4][5] Angel healing has sometimes been mixed with elements of
Buddhism.[19]
The presence and existence of angels and spirits has not been empirically verified.[19] There have been no studies comparing angel healing to either placebo or other forms of psychotherapy.[19] A panel of 101 experts published in 2006 considered 59 different treatments and ranked angel therapy as the most discredited treatment in the collection.[22] Based on
Eisner (2000) and
Norcross, Koocher & Garofalo (2006), it continues to appear on lists of therapies to avoid.[23][24]
Hovi, Tuija (2013). "Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland". In Westerink, Herman (ed.). Constructs of meaning and religious transformation: Current issues in the psychology of religion. Göttingen, Germany: Vienna University Press.
ISBN978-3-8471-0099-7.
OCLC841169914.
Norcross, John C.; Koocher, Gerald P.; Garofalo, Ariele (2006). "Discredited psychological treatments and tests: A Delphi poll". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 37 (5). American Psychological Association (APA): 515–522.
doi:
10.1037/0735-7028.37.5.515.
ISSN1939-1323.
Salmenniemi, S.; Nurmi, J.; Jaakola, J. (2019). "'Living on a razor blade': Work and alienation in the narratives of therapeutic engagements". In Salmenniemi, Suvi (ed.). Assembling therapeutics: Cultures, politics and materiality. Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 155–171.
ISBN978-0-8153-7797-9.
OCLC1104854323.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
Singler, Beth (1 October 2015). "Big Bad Pharma: The Indigo Child Concept and Biomedical Conspiracy Theories". Nova Religio. 19 (2). University of California Press: 17–29.
doi:
10.1525/nr.2015.19.2.17.
ISSN1092-6690.
Bauman, Emily T. (2004). Dreaming in Crisis: Angels and the Allegorical Imagination in Post-War America (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh).
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/10404/
Broo, M., Hovi, T., & Utriainen, T. (2017). Combining Choice and Destiny: Identity and Agency within Post-Secular Well-being Practices. In Post-Secular Society (pp. 193-222). Routledge.
Brown, Denise Whichello. (2001). A Comprehensive Guide to Angel Therapy. D&S Books.
Gaitanidis, Ioannis (2011). "At the forefront of a 'spiritual business': independent professional spiritual therapists in Japan". Japan Forum. 23 (2). Informa UK Limited: 185–206.
doi:
10.1080/09555803.2011.598015.
ISSN0955-5803.
S2CID145506646.
Gardella, Peter (2007). American angels : useful spirits in the material world. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas.
ISBN978-0-7006-1537-7.
OCLC153580058.
Himmelrath, Armin (29 October 2013). "Promotionsbetrug im Selbstversuch: Wie ich mir einen Doktortitel erschummelte". Promo-Viren. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 105–109.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-658-03133-6_10.
ISBN978-3-658-03132-9.
Hovi, T. (2013). Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland. Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society, 185.
Hovi, T. (2018). Faith Healing Revisited: A Charismatic Christian Intervention to the Therapy Culture in Finland. In Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden (pp. 161-186). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Mellan, C. (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Master's thesis, Graduate Studies).
Salmenniemi, Suvi (21 March 2019). "Therapeutic politics: critique and contestation in the post-political conjuncture". Social Movement Studies. 18 (4). Informa UK Limited: 408–424.
doi:
10.1080/14742837.2019.1590692.
ISSN1474-2837.
S2CID150550583.
Stern, A. (1 August 2008). "American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World. By Peter Gardella. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007. x, 285 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-7006-1537-7.)". Journal of American History. 95 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 620.
doi:
10.2307/25095780.
ISSN0021-8723.
JSTOR25095780.
Thomason, T. C. (2010). Psychological Treatments to Avoid. Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 36(1), 39-48.
Trotter, Griffin (2012). "Why the West Spurns Medical Rituals". Ritual and the Moral Life. Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Vol. 21. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 75–86.
doi:
10.1007/978-94-007-2756-4_5.
ISBN978-94-007-2755-7.
ISSN0928-9518.
Utriainen, T. (2014). Today, angels are everywhere. From Christian imagery they have flown into art, popular culture, the Internet, film, commerce, and Western people’s imaginations and practices. Angel culture and angel spirituality are a visible form of globalized religion that is closely connected with com-mercial and popular culture. 1 Well-known international angel “gurus” who travel between countries and continents and sell various kinds of angel practices (such as meditations and therapies) and items (books, oracle .... Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels, 237.
Utriainen, T., Hovi, T., & Broo, M. (2012). Combining choice and destiny: Identity and agency within post-secular well-being practices. Post-secular society, 187-216.
Utriainen, Terhi (1 December 2014). "Combining Christianity and New Age Spirituality: Angel Religion in Finland". Handbook of Nordic New Religions. BRILL. pp. 158–172.
doi:
10.1163/9789004292468_011.
ISBN978-90-04-29246-8.
Utriainen, Terhi (2014). "Angels, Agency, and Emotions". In Utriainen, Terhi; Salmesvuori, Päivi (eds.). Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 237–254.
doi:
10.1057/9781137383471_13.
ISBN978-1-349-48212-2.
Utriainen, Terhi (2016). "Desire for Enchanted Bodies: The Case of Women Engaging in Angel Spirituality". Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 175–193.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-42598-6_8.
ISBN978-3-319-42597-9.
Utriainen, T. (2017).
"Healing Enchantment: How Does Angel Healing Work?"(PDF). In Basu, H.; Littlewood, R.; Steinforth, A.S. (eds.). Spirit and Mind: Mental Health at the Intersection of Religion & Psychiatry. Culture, religion and psychiatry. Lit Verlag. pp. 253–273.
ISBN978-3-643-90707-3.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
Witkowski, T. (2012). A review of research findings on neuro-linguistic programming. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 9(1).
Zaboski, Brian A.; Schrack, Anna P.; Joyce-Beaulieu, Diana; MacInnes, Jann W. (11 May 2017). "Broadening Our Understanding of Evidence-Based Practice: Effective and Discredited Interventions". Contemporary School Psychology. 21 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 287–297.
doi:
10.1007/s40688-017-0131-4.
ISSN2159-2020.
S2CID80316882.
van der Sijpt, Erica (20 March 2017). "The Pain and Pride of 'Angel Mothers': Disappointments and Desires Around Reproductive Loss in Romania". Medical Anthropology. 37 (2). Informa UK Limited: 174–187.
doi:
10.1080/01459740.2017.1294171.
ISSN0145-9740.
PMID28274135.
Mellan, Christie (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Thesis).
doi:
10.11575/PRISM/26077.
hdl:
11023/1851.. Mellan, C. (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
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help page).
Angel therapy is part of contemporary angel spirituality.[8] Angel therapy involes developing a relationship with your
guardian angel.[13] Angel therapy also usually involves cards used similarly to
Tarot Cards.[4][6][14]
Angel therapy is often used alongside other
alternative medicine practices.[1][15][16] One study in Finland found that practitioners do not generally self-identify as
New Age,[8] although they are often labelled that by others.[17][18][13] Angel therapists often also work as
psychics or
mediums[13][4][5] Angel healing has sometimes been mixed with elements of
Buddhism.[19]
The presence and existence of angels and spirits has not been empirically verified.[19] There have been no studies comparing angel healing to either placebo or other forms of psychotherapy.[19] A panel of 101 experts published in 2006 considered 59 different treatments and ranked angel therapy as the most discredited treatment in the collection.[22] Based on
Eisner (2000) and
Norcross, Koocher & Garofalo (2006), it continues to appear on lists of therapies to avoid.[23][24]
Hovi, Tuija (2013). "Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland". In Westerink, Herman (ed.). Constructs of meaning and religious transformation: Current issues in the psychology of religion. Göttingen, Germany: Vienna University Press.
ISBN978-3-8471-0099-7.
OCLC841169914.
Norcross, John C.; Koocher, Gerald P.; Garofalo, Ariele (2006). "Discredited psychological treatments and tests: A Delphi poll". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 37 (5). American Psychological Association (APA): 515–522.
doi:
10.1037/0735-7028.37.5.515.
ISSN1939-1323.
Salmenniemi, S.; Nurmi, J.; Jaakola, J. (2019). "'Living on a razor blade': Work and alienation in the narratives of therapeutic engagements". In Salmenniemi, Suvi (ed.). Assembling therapeutics: Cultures, politics and materiality. Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY: Routledge. pp. 155–171.
ISBN978-0-8153-7797-9.
OCLC1104854323.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
Singler, Beth (1 October 2015). "Big Bad Pharma: The Indigo Child Concept and Biomedical Conspiracy Theories". Nova Religio. 19 (2). University of California Press: 17–29.
doi:
10.1525/nr.2015.19.2.17.
ISSN1092-6690.
Bauman, Emily T. (2004). Dreaming in Crisis: Angels and the Allegorical Imagination in Post-War America (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pittsburgh).
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/10404/
Broo, M., Hovi, T., & Utriainen, T. (2017). Combining Choice and Destiny: Identity and Agency within Post-Secular Well-being Practices. In Post-Secular Society (pp. 193-222). Routledge.
Brown, Denise Whichello. (2001). A Comprehensive Guide to Angel Therapy. D&S Books.
Gaitanidis, Ioannis (2011). "At the forefront of a 'spiritual business': independent professional spiritual therapists in Japan". Japan Forum. 23 (2). Informa UK Limited: 185–206.
doi:
10.1080/09555803.2011.598015.
ISSN0955-5803.
S2CID145506646.
Gardella, Peter (2007). American angels : useful spirits in the material world. Lawrence, Kan: University Press of Kansas.
ISBN978-0-7006-1537-7.
OCLC153580058.
Himmelrath, Armin (29 October 2013). "Promotionsbetrug im Selbstversuch: Wie ich mir einen Doktortitel erschummelte". Promo-Viren. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 105–109.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-658-03133-6_10.
ISBN978-3-658-03132-9.
Hovi, T. (2013). Meanings of Healing: Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland. Religion and Transformation in Contemporary European Society, 185.
Hovi, T. (2018). Faith Healing Revisited: A Charismatic Christian Intervention to the Therapy Culture in Finland. In Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden (pp. 161-186). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Mellan, C. (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Master's thesis, Graduate Studies).
Salmenniemi, Suvi (21 March 2019). "Therapeutic politics: critique and contestation in the post-political conjuncture". Social Movement Studies. 18 (4). Informa UK Limited: 408–424.
doi:
10.1080/14742837.2019.1590692.
ISSN1474-2837.
S2CID150550583.
Stern, A. (1 August 2008). "American Angels: Useful Spirits in the Material World. By Peter Gardella. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2007. x, 285 pp. $29.95, ISBN 978-0-7006-1537-7.)". Journal of American History. 95 (2). Oxford University Press (OUP): 620.
doi:
10.2307/25095780.
ISSN0021-8723.
JSTOR25095780.
Thomason, T. C. (2010). Psychological Treatments to Avoid. Alabama Counseling Association Journal, 36(1), 39-48.
Trotter, Griffin (2012). "Why the West Spurns Medical Rituals". Ritual and the Moral Life. Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Vol. 21. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. pp. 75–86.
doi:
10.1007/978-94-007-2756-4_5.
ISBN978-94-007-2755-7.
ISSN0928-9518.
Utriainen, T. (2014). Today, angels are everywhere. From Christian imagery they have flown into art, popular culture, the Internet, film, commerce, and Western people’s imaginations and practices. Angel culture and angel spirituality are a visible form of globalized religion that is closely connected with com-mercial and popular culture. 1 Well-known international angel “gurus” who travel between countries and continents and sell various kinds of angel practices (such as meditations and therapies) and items (books, oracle .... Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels, 237.
Utriainen, T., Hovi, T., & Broo, M. (2012). Combining choice and destiny: Identity and agency within post-secular well-being practices. Post-secular society, 187-216.
Utriainen, Terhi (1 December 2014). "Combining Christianity and New Age Spirituality: Angel Religion in Finland". Handbook of Nordic New Religions. BRILL. pp. 158–172.
doi:
10.1163/9789004292468_011.
ISBN978-90-04-29246-8.
Utriainen, Terhi (2014). "Angels, Agency, and Emotions". In Utriainen, Terhi; Salmesvuori, Päivi (eds.). Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 237–254.
doi:
10.1057/9781137383471_13.
ISBN978-1-349-48212-2.
Utriainen, Terhi (2016). "Desire for Enchanted Bodies: The Case of Women Engaging in Angel Spirituality". Contemporary Encounters in Gender and Religion. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 175–193.
doi:
10.1007/978-3-319-42598-6_8.
ISBN978-3-319-42597-9.
Utriainen, T. (2017).
"Healing Enchantment: How Does Angel Healing Work?"(PDF). In Basu, H.; Littlewood, R.; Steinforth, A.S. (eds.). Spirit and Mind: Mental Health at the Intersection of Religion & Psychiatry. Culture, religion and psychiatry. Lit Verlag. pp. 253–273.
ISBN978-3-643-90707-3.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
Witkowski, T. (2012). A review of research findings on neuro-linguistic programming. Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice, 9(1).
Zaboski, Brian A.; Schrack, Anna P.; Joyce-Beaulieu, Diana; MacInnes, Jann W. (11 May 2017). "Broadening Our Understanding of Evidence-Based Practice: Effective and Discredited Interventions". Contemporary School Psychology. 21 (3). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 287–297.
doi:
10.1007/s40688-017-0131-4.
ISSN2159-2020.
S2CID80316882.
van der Sijpt, Erica (20 March 2017). "The Pain and Pride of 'Angel Mothers': Disappointments and Desires Around Reproductive Loss in Romania". Medical Anthropology. 37 (2). Informa UK Limited: 174–187.
doi:
10.1080/01459740.2017.1294171.
ISSN0145-9740.
PMID28274135.
Mellan, Christie (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Thesis).
doi:
10.11575/PRISM/26077.
hdl:
11023/1851.. Mellan, C. (2014). Exploring American Metaphysicals in Medical Discourse (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the
help page).