Those interested in learning more about the relationship between depth psychotherapy and Christianity can find a continually updated and refined catalogue of resources below. I include everything from popular-level texts to academic classics in the field—anything I have found helpful, or anticipate finding helpful, that I think would also benefit those who want to develop their understanding of depth therapy.

I’ve divided these resources according to the three main streams of Christianity: Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant. This is purely for the convenience of those consulting the list and in no way is meant to communicate that there are not profound commonalities among them all.

As with all my reading lists, this is an idiosyncratic list of books or other resources I have found helpful in my own learning, rather than any attempt at an exhaustive or fully representative catalogue of work relevant to the topic. That said, peruse at your leisure and, with any luck, find something that may be helpful to you too!

Catholic

• St. Augustine, Confessions.

• Anne Terruwe and Conrad Baars, Psychic Wholeness and Healing: Using All the Powers of the Human Psyche. Wipf & Stock, 2016 (2nd ed.).

• Walter Conn, Christian Conversion: A Developmental Interpretation of Autonomy and Surrender. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2006.

• _____, The Desiring Self: Rooting Pastoral Counseling and Spiritual Direction in Self-Transcendence. Paulist Press, 1998.

• Carlos Domínguez-Morano, Belief after Freud: Religious Faith through the Crucible of Psychoanalysis. Routledge, 2018.

• Daniel Helminiak, Brain, Consciousness, and God: A Lonerganian Integration. SUNY Press, 2016.

• Martin Laird, Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation. Oxford University Press, 2006.

• Sebastian Moore, Let This Mind Be In You: The Quest for Identity Through Oedipus to Christ. Harper & Row, 1986.

• Ana-Maria Rizzuto, The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study. University of Chicago Press, 1981.

• _____, The Transcended Christian: What Do You Do When You Outgrow Your Religion? CreateSpace, 2013.

• Eugene Webb, Worldview and Mind: Religious Thought and Psychological Development. University of Missouri Press, 2009.

• Pierre Wolff, May I Hate God? Paulist Press, 1978.

Protestant

• Earl Bland and Brad Strawn (eds), Christianity & Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation. IVP Press, 2014.

• Erich Fromm, Psychoanalysis and Religion. Yale University Press, 1959.

• Eric L. Johnson, Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal. IVP Academic, 2014.

• _____, God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith. IVP Academic, 2017.

• Gideon Lev, Spiritually Sensitive Psychoanalysis: A Contemporary Introduction. Routledge, 2023.

• Ann & Barry Ulanov, Primary Speech: A Psychology of Prayer. Westminster John Knox Press, 1982.

• _____, Religion and the Unconscious. Westminster John Knox Press, 1985.

Orthodox

• Hieromonk Damascene, Christ the Eternal Tao. St. Herman Press, 2004.

• Jean-Claude Larchet, Mental Disorders and Spiritual Healing: Teachings from the Early Christian East. Angelico Press, 2005.

• _____, The Spiritual Unconscious. Alexander Press, 2020.

• Hierotheos Vlachos, Orthodox Psychotherapy: The Science of the Fathers. Birth of the Theotokos Monastery Press, 1994.

• _____, The Science of Spiritual Medicine: Orthodox Psychotherapy in Action. Birth of the Theotokos Monastery Press, 2010.