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Det var jobbigt och det var bra - Fem klienters upplevelser av psykoterapi

Ebbesson Dehlin, Johannes LU and Hultqvist, Patrik LU (2014) PSPT02 20132
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to illuminate clients’ experiences of psychotherapy. Semi structured interviews were carried out with five clients between the ages of 22 and 45 who had previously been in psychotherapy at the student clinic at the department of psychology at Lund University. The focus of the interviews was clients’ experience of psychotherapy, clients’ experience of themselves in psychotherapy and the clients’ experience of the psychotherapist. The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and the parts that were of relevance for the purpose of the study were extracted from the text. In the next step five principal themes were elaborated from the text using Thematic Analysis (TA): Meaningfulness, A forum of my own, The... (More)
The purpose of this study was to illuminate clients’ experiences of psychotherapy. Semi structured interviews were carried out with five clients between the ages of 22 and 45 who had previously been in psychotherapy at the student clinic at the department of psychology at Lund University. The focus of the interviews was clients’ experience of psychotherapy, clients’ experience of themselves in psychotherapy and the clients’ experience of the psychotherapist. The recorded interviews were transcribed verbatim and the parts that were of relevance for the purpose of the study were extracted from the text. In the next step five principal themes were elaborated from the text using Thematic Analysis (TA): Meaningfulness, A forum of my own, The therapeutic relationship, Psychotherapy as a process, A student as a psychotherapist. The narratives of the informants differed in many ways, but also shared many aspects. For example, experiences of psychotherapy were a hard and a satisfying process; experiences of oneself in psychotherapy mainly concerned a development of agency; experiences of the psychotherapist concerned the approach as guiding and validating. Other important aspects of client experiences of psychotherapy were change through insights and acceptance, that psychotherapy helped to create meaning and also gave the clients a forum of their own. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Studiens syfte var att belysa klienters upplevelser av psykoterapi.
Semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes med fem personer som var mellan 22 och 45 år och som tidigare har gått i psykoterapi på studentmottagningen vid Lunds universitet. Fokus för intervjuerna var klienternas upplevelse av psykoterapiprocessen, upplevelsen av sig själv i psykoterapin samt upplevelsen av psykoterapeuten. Intervjuerna var 45-52 minuter långa. De inspelade intervjuerna transkriberades och delar som var av relevans för studiens syfte lyftes ur texten. Därefter arbetades fem teman fram genom Tematisk Analys (TA) av materialet, vilka utgjorde grunden för resultatet: Meningsskapande, Att äga ett forum, Terapirelationen, Psykoterapi som en process och Student som... (More)
Studiens syfte var att belysa klienters upplevelser av psykoterapi.
Semistrukturerade intervjuer utfördes med fem personer som var mellan 22 och 45 år och som tidigare har gått i psykoterapi på studentmottagningen vid Lunds universitet. Fokus för intervjuerna var klienternas upplevelse av psykoterapiprocessen, upplevelsen av sig själv i psykoterapin samt upplevelsen av psykoterapeuten. Intervjuerna var 45-52 minuter långa. De inspelade intervjuerna transkriberades och delar som var av relevans för studiens syfte lyftes ur texten. Därefter arbetades fem teman fram genom Tematisk Analys (TA) av materialet, vilka utgjorde grunden för resultatet: Meningsskapande, Att äga ett forum, Terapirelationen, Psykoterapi som en process och Student som terapeut. Informanternas berättelser var sinsemellan olika men delade många gemensamma drag. Exempel på dessa var upplevelser av att psykoterapi var en påfrestande och givande process; upplevelser kring sig själv i psykoterapi rörde framförallt en utveckling av agentskap; upplevelser kring psykoterapeuten rörde dennes förhållningssätt såsom att vara vägledande och validerande. Andra viktiga upplevelser av psykoterapi för klienterna var förändring i form av insikt och acceptans, att det var meningsskapande och att det gav dem ett forum där de kunde vara sig själva. (Less)
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Ebbesson Dehlin, Johannes LU and Hultqvist, Patrik LU
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course
PSPT02 20132
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H3 - Professional qualifications (4 Years - )
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keywords
agency, student therapist, the therapeutic relationship, clients’ perspective, Psychotherapy, experience, Psykoterapi, agentskap, upplevelse, klientperspektiv, den terapeutiska relationen, studentterapeut
language
Swedish
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4316364
date added to LUP
2014-02-14 08:54:40
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2014-02-14 08:54:40
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det var jobbigt och det var bra - Fem klienters upplevelser av psykoterapi}},
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