Father
Separation Anxiety Among Children in
IsolationThe Role of the Chaplain as a Father-Substitute in a Children’s Hospital Isolation Unit
Father
Separation Anxiety Among Children in
Isolation
The Role of the Chaplain as a
Father-Substitute in a Children’s Hospital Isolation Unit
by Canon Jim Irvine
Jean Vanier: a tiny child needs…
The Parental and Paternal role
The child’s identification with the paternal figure
Problems arising out of paternal, absence
Jean Vanier: that look… that hand… calls forth
Jean Vanier: the person in misery does not need a look that
Anxiety and traumatic experiences
Flight from, and return to, reality
Treatment: Relationship Therapy, Play Therapy
Jean Vanier: how then to approach the miserable child
Jean Vanier: to evolve life does need security
The Chaplain as father, and conclusion
A little of this... and a little of that...
A
paper submitted by the Rev. Canon Jim Irvine as partial requirement for
certification with the
Institute of Pastoral Training, Halifax, Nova Scotia, leading to the Master’s
degree in Sacred Theology.
Reflections by Jean Vanier from Tears of Silence, published by Griffin House: Toronto © 1970