「柔適照顧」源自余德慧教授十數年來在臨終現象與緩和照顧上的研究。由於切近「死亡」，讓此一陪伴療癒的倡議超越既有心理學理論思考模式而奠基於人的根本存有經驗。然而余德慧教授於2012年辭世時柔適照顧的理論尚未完整發表。若要讓「柔適照顧」持續發展為台灣本土生產的心理照顧技藝，並與國內外心理治療學派對話，仍需要更完整的理論性論述。本文提出，「時間性」做為掌握柔適照顧經驗現象的核心概念，並據以建立論述來說明柔適照顧之時間經驗現象與其衍生出的空間經驗現象。也就是說，時間性與空間性經驗的轉換在此被視為柔適照顧的核心。本文認為，完成柔適照顧的理論基礎不只是關乎余德慧教授個人的學術貢獻，更重要的是在於讓柔適照顧更廣為應用，以促動台灣心理學界與實務界在心理療癒技術上的深化與發展。

Anima care was proposed by Dr. Der-Heuy Yee as a method of palliative care after his years of studying life-ending phenomena. With nearness to death, this approach to psychological healing with companionship is grounded in the primary experiences of human existence and thus goes far beyond the range of mainstream psychotherapies. The theory of anima care, however, was left unfinished as Dr. Yee passed away in 2012. It is necessary to complement his theoretical articulation of anima care in order to advance this indigenously-originated psychological healing approach and connect it with the various theories of psychotherapy. This paper proposes temporality as the core concept for comprehending the experiences of anima care; the experiential transformation of temporality, and spaciality correspondingly, is essential for anima care. Accordingly, this paper illustrates experiences of time and space in anima care. Developing the theory of anima care not only solidifies Dr. Yee’s personal academic achievement, but also deepens and develops the notion of psychological healing in both academic and practical areas of psychology in Taiwan.