Erfarna psykoterapeuters kännedom om compassion fatigue och deras upplevelser av att ta hand om sig själva i sin yrkesroll
(2024) PTPP06 20241Department of Psychology
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Psykoterapeutyrket är stimulerande, meningsfullt och spännande men kan även ge psykoterapeuten negativa fysiska och emotionella symtom av utbrändhet och reducerad förmåga att känna empati för sina patienter. Detta kallas compassion fatigue och kan drabba psykoterapeuter som möter patienter med trauman. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilken kunskap psykodynamiska psykoterapeuter hade gällande begreppet compassion fatigue samt hur de utövade självomhändertagande. Vi intervjuade sex erfarna psykoterapeuter med psykodynamisk bakgrund. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Sedan sammanställdes dessa genom interpretativ fenomenologisk analys (IPA). Här växte fyra teman fram; kännedom, medvetenhet, riskfaktorer för... (More)
- Psykoterapeutyrket är stimulerande, meningsfullt och spännande men kan även ge psykoterapeuten negativa fysiska och emotionella symtom av utbrändhet och reducerad förmåga att känna empati för sina patienter. Detta kallas compassion fatigue och kan drabba psykoterapeuter som möter patienter med trauman. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka vilken kunskap psykodynamiska psykoterapeuter hade gällande begreppet compassion fatigue samt hur de utövade självomhändertagande. Vi intervjuade sex erfarna psykoterapeuter med psykodynamisk bakgrund. Datainsamlingen skedde genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Sedan sammanställdes dessa genom interpretativ fenomenologisk analys (IPA). Här växte fyra teman fram; kännedom, medvetenhet, riskfaktorer för compassion fatigue och självomhändertagande. Våra resultat visade att flera av informanterna inte kände till begreppet compassion fatigue sedan tidigare, men de var dock insatta i innebörden. Vidare indikerade våra resultat att vikten av självomhändertagande är essentiell och det hjälper till att inte drabbas av compassion fatigue. I resultatet av analysen framkom vikten av kollegialt stöd, handledning samt egenterapi som andra aspekter för att motverka negativa aspekter som kan uppstå av att hjälpa andra. Vår slutsats är att kunskapen om compassion fatigue hos informanterna var begränsad men att medvetenheten om självomhändertagande var större. (Less)
- Abstract
- The psychotherapist profession is stimulating, meaningful and exciting, but can also give the psychotherapist negative physical and emotional symptoms of burnout and reduced ability to empathize with their patients. This is called compassion fatigue and can affect psychotherapists who meet patients with trauma. The purpose of this study was to investigate what knowledge psychodynamic psychotherapists had regarding the concept of compassion fatigue and how they practiced self-care. We interviewed six experienced psychotherapists with psychodynamic backgrounds. The data collection was done through semi-structured interviews. These were then compiled through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Here, four themes emerged: awareness,... (More)
- The psychotherapist profession is stimulating, meaningful and exciting, but can also give the psychotherapist negative physical and emotional symptoms of burnout and reduced ability to empathize with their patients. This is called compassion fatigue and can affect psychotherapists who meet patients with trauma. The purpose of this study was to investigate what knowledge psychodynamic psychotherapists had regarding the concept of compassion fatigue and how they practiced self-care. We interviewed six experienced psychotherapists with psychodynamic backgrounds. The data collection was done through semi-structured interviews. These were then compiled through interpretative phenomenological analysis. Here, four themes emerged: awareness, knowledge, risk factors for compassion fatigue and self-care. Our results showed that several of the informants were not familiar with the concept of compassion fatigue before, but they were familiar with the meaning of the concept. Furthermore, our results indicated that the importance of self-care is essential as it helps to avoid suffering from compassion fatigue. The results of the analysis revealed the importance of collegial support, supervision and personal therapy as other aspects of how to counteract negative aspects that can arise from helping others. Our conclusion is that the knowledge of compassion fatigue among the informants is limited but that the awareness of self-care is greater. (Less)
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- author
- Karlsson, Marina LU and Paulsson, Camilla LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- PTPP06 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- compassion fatigue, psychodynamic psychotherapist, self-care, psykodynamisk psykoterapeut, självomhändertagande
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9154679
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- 2024-06-04 09:11:26
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- 2024-06-04 09:11:26
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author = {{Karlsson, Marina and Paulsson, Camilla}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Erfarna psykoterapeuters kännedom om compassion fatigue och deras upplevelser av att ta hand om sig själva i sin yrkesroll}},
year = {{2024}},
}