The Emmanuel Movement was a psychologically-based approach to religious healing introduced in 1906 as an outreach of the Emmanuel Church in Boston, Massachusetts. In practice, the religious element was de-emphasized and the primary modalities were individual and group therapy. Episcopal priests Elwood Worcester and Samuel McComb established a clinic at the church which lasted 23 years and offered both medical and psychological services. The primary long-term influence of the movement, however, was on the treatment of alcoholism.
Read more about Emmanuel Movement: Religious Background: Worcester and McComb, Medical Background: Cabot, Pratt, Putnam and Coriat, Early Projects, Years of Growth, Notoriety and Opposition, Later Years, Influence
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