Working Relationally with Adolescents Who Have Experienced Complex Interpersonal Trauma: an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
| Autor: | Nicola Amari, Adam Mahoney |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject Interpersonal communication Complex trauma Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Superordinate goals Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Counselling psychology Complex trauma Adolescence Use of self Person of the therapist 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Research question media_common Social work Interpretative phenomenological analysis Person of the therapist 05 social sciences Counselling psychology Mental health 030227 psychiatry Adolescence Use of self Snowball sampling Personal identity Emergency Medicine Original Article Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma |
| ISSN: | 1936-153X 1936-1521 |
| Popis: | The study explores practitioners’ experiences of working with adolescents with complex interpersonal trauma. Five mental health professionals were recruited via purposive and snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, audio-recorded and transcribed. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was employed to identify themes related to the research question. Three superordinate themes emerged: “The distance-relationship dynamic”; “The unknown self”; “Practitioners’ presence”. Participants reported the fragility of their relationships with clients, enhanced awareness of their professional and personal identity, and highlighted the importance of meeting their clients as persons. Results are discussed within the literature that considers the role of the person of the therapist to foster therapeutic change. Future research could explore the role of therapeutic distance, the interplay between transference-countertransference and attachment dynamics, and the relevance of practitioners’ playfulness with traumatised youth. Finally, this study proposes a model of use of self as “compassion-in-action” to express practitioners’ ‘response-ability’ to their clients’ trauma as commitment to social justice. |
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