기독교상담에서 활용 가능한 하나의 프레임(frame)으로써 감사(感謝)에 대한 고찰(考察)

Abstract

The purpose of this academic paper is to investigate the issue of gratitude as a frame that can put to practical use in Christian Counseling. The contents of this paper is as follows: First, what is gratitude? Second, what is the thought of gratitude? Third, what is the feeling of gratitude? Fourth, what is the behavior of gratitude? Fifth, what is the harvest of gratitude? And finally ‘thank-you therapy’ as the application to Christian counseling of thanksgiving. Don Baker asserts ‘thank-you therapy’ like this. He has experienced the ulcer, the spastic colon, the anxiety pain in the pit of his stomach, the obsessive-compulsive disorder and the ensuing depression. For most of his adult life, irrational thoughts and fears that grew progressively worse has tormented him. Though Don Baker is a minister of the church, he confesses to have received the stress from anxiety. Through the experience of this anxiety, he came to acknowledge the importance of gratitude as a solution to the anxiety. Don Baker asserts that “It can be taken before, after or even during meals. It has absolutely no side effects. It requires no prescription and it can be taken with or without water. It’s foolproof, safe and it’s free.” He calls it‘ THANKYOU THERAPY.’The contribution of this paper is to have dealt with the issue of gratitude as a frame that utilize in Christian counseling and additionally to have introduced Baker’s ‘thank-you therapy.’