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Psykoterapeuters livsomställningar - en pendling mellan det privata och det professionella

Holm, Stella LU and Blomberg, Kerstin LU (2018) PPTT06 20181
Department of Psychology
Abstract (Swedish)
The purpose of this study was to describe how life changes in psychotherapists’ own lives have affected their work. The topic was explored with a qualitative approach. The method was reflecting conversation. The result mainly illustrated how psychotherapists’ life changes and crises had affected them personally, rather than professionally. The psychotherapists mainly shared how life changes had led to a deepened sense of empathy. Sometimes the life changes had been such a burden that the psychotherapists had had to change his/her work conditions. During the process our awareness was strengthened regarding the importance of allowing people to tell in their own way about significant life changes in their lives that had threatened their inner... (More)
The purpose of this study was to describe how life changes in psychotherapists’ own lives have affected their work. The topic was explored with a qualitative approach. The method was reflecting conversation. The result mainly illustrated how psychotherapists’ life changes and crises had affected them personally, rather than professionally. The psychotherapists mainly shared how life changes had led to a deepened sense of empathy. Sometimes the life changes had been such a burden that the psychotherapists had had to change his/her work conditions. During the process our awareness was strengthened regarding the importance of allowing people to tell in their own way about significant life changes in their lives that had threatened their inner representations of themselves or others. To take part of these narratives was a reminder that psychotherapists are just as vulnerable as patients when stricken by life changes. However, psychotherapists sometimes have a dual responsibility – to take care of patients’ crises, at the same time as their own. The concluding recommendation therefore is to include discussions about what happens when the psychotherapist is in crisis in the training programs for psychotherapy. (Less)
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author
Holm, Stella LU and Blomberg, Kerstin LU
supervisor
organization
course
PPTT06 20181
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
psychotherapist, life changes, crisis, patient, psychotherapeutic relationship
language
Swedish
id
8950089
date added to LUP
2018-06-18 09:35:24
date last changed
2018-06-18 09:35:24
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to describe how life changes in psychotherapists’ own lives have affected their work. The topic was explored with a qualitative approach. The method was reflecting conversation. The result mainly illustrated how psychotherapists’ life changes and crises had affected them personally, rather than professionally. The psychotherapists mainly shared how life changes had led to a deepened sense of empathy. Sometimes the life changes had been such a burden that the psychotherapists had had to change his/her work conditions. During the process our awareness was strengthened regarding the importance of allowing people to tell in their own way about significant life changes in their lives that had threatened their inner representations of themselves or others. To take part of these narratives was a reminder that psychotherapists are just as vulnerable as patients when stricken by life changes. However, psychotherapists sometimes have a dual responsibility – to take care of patients’ crises, at the same time as their own. The concluding recommendation therefore is to include discussions about what happens when the psychotherapist is in crisis in the training programs for psychotherapy.}},
  author       = {{Holm, Stella and Blomberg, Kerstin}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Psykoterapeuters livsomställningar - en pendling mellan det privata och det professionella}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}