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Showing 1 to 20 of 183 for “"Psychotherapists."”.
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Stressors that Affect Psychotherapists' Therapeutic Functioning
… of this study was to look at the stressors psychotherapists experience in their work to determine those that are positive and those that are negative. In addition, this study looked at stressors viewed as positive and negative by several subgroups of psychotherapists based on personality …
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Psychotherapists' beliefs and attitudes towards polyamory
… to create a valid and reliable scale to measure psychotherapists’ attitudes towards polyamory. The secondary goal of this research was to explore whether psychotherapists endorse commonly held negative beliefs about polyamory and to explore what variables are related to the endorsement of such …
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Reactions of psychotherapists in training to religious questions
… investigated the spiritual well-being (SWB) of psychotherapists in training and their physiological reactions to religious questions posed by a mock client. Electrodermal activity served as an index of physiological arousal interpreted as anxiety. Thirteen psychotherapists in training at the …
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Forming form: how movement shapes psychotherapists’ practical knowledge
How do psychotherapists discern when and how to act in relation to the moment-to-moment unfolding situation, in order to optimally support the therapeutic process for each client? In this dissertation, I explore this often-elusive and unspoken aspect of knowing. This research project investigates …
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Exploring psychotherapists\' spirituality: Influence of the Internal Family Systems model
… of the Internal Family Systems ("IFS") model on psychotherapists\' spirituality and the way they address spirituality in their clinical practice. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten psychotherapists practicing IFS model and the data were analyzed using open, axial and selective …
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Into the intangible: an exploration of gravity dream motifs among psychotherapists
This study explores seven therapists’ phenomenological experiences of the gravity dream motif, as well as their lived experiences at the times they had these dreams and the impact the dream sequences had on their lives and practices. The ‘Phenomenology of Practice,’ as described by Van Manen was …
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Psychotherapists’ experience of client-initiated sharing of a photograph in therapy
In a world with an increasing availability of photographic technology, it may be important to explore and understand visual tools as a potential form of non-verbal communication within counselling and psychotherapy. The field of phototherapy, which explores the therapeutic use of photographs as an …
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Exploration of experiences of counsellors and psychotherapists providing psychotherapy in second language
This research explored the experiences of bilingual therapists, whose first language was not English, conducting psychotherapy/counselling in English. Eight bilingual therapists/ counsellors who were originally from six different countries were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. All of …
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A phenomenological exploration into psychotherapists' experiences of their breath awareness in psychotherapy
… new perspectives. In this study I investigated psychotherapists’ breath awareness in psychotherapy with their clients. My aim was to provide a ‘bottom up’ approach to investigate participants’ experiences by examining the phenomena of breath itself in the context of psychotherapy and …
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Disabling Psychology: A Crip Analysis of Deaf and Blind Psychotherapists in Practice
… phenomenological experience of d/Deaf or blind psychotherapists who work with nondisabled clients, seeking to understand the perceived impact of disability on the therapeutic relationship. There is an abundance of research on nondisabled therapists treating disabled clients but only a handful of …
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The Identity Formation of Psychotherapists in Training: A Dialectical and Personal Process
… goal of this study was to investigate how psychotherapists in training develop a professional identity. Specifically, the aims were 1) to generate a theory that could guide thinking about this subject; and 2) to apply the knowledge gained to formulate ideas about the education of future …
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Men's reactions to variants of self-disclosure in male psychotherapists.
In spite of the mounting evidence of the generally enhancing effects of therapist self-disclosure and the growing awareness of the critical role of gender as a mediating variable in psychotherapy, there has been little empirical research that examines self-disclosure as a gender-specific variable …
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A comparison of the attitudes and behaviors of feminist and nonfeminist psychotherapists
"Though research on feminist therapy (which is now in its third decade) is increasingly prevalent, it has generally neglected to address the issue of whether feminist therapists actually conform to the principles of feminist therapy, and whether their practices are distinguishable from those of …
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Psychotherapists’ Experience: Working with Disordered Eating from a Humanistic Perspective- A Phenomenological Study
… with such concerns. This research focuses on how psychotherapists work with disordered eating from a humanistic perspective. The aims were to enhance the limited existing research on the spectrum of disordered eating and humanistic therapeutic approaches. Data collection involved semi-structured …
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The contribution of child psychotherapists within a specialist CAMHS and autism assessment service.
… research is the first exploration of what psychotherapists have to offer children under 5 and their families where the child has or is identified at-risk of an autism diagnosis. Method: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six psychotherapists working within a specialist CAMHS and …
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The Perceptions of Psychotherapists-in-Training regarding People who Stutter versus Normally Fluent Speakers
… stereotypes of stutterers. The attitudes of psychotherapists regarding stutterers have never been investigated. The present investigation assessed the degree to which psychotherapists-in-training hold stereotypes of stutterers as compared to normally fluent speakers. Two groups viewed a …
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What is the experience of relational depth for group psychotherapists in process-oriented groups?
… experiences of relational depth among group psychotherapists in long-term, process-oriented groups using van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach. While relational depth has been extensively researched in individual therapy, there is a notable lack of empirical studies examining this …
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Exploring the experience of psychotherapists offering dance movement therapy online: an embodied artistic inquiry
… this embodied artistic inquiry to explore how psychotherapists experience using dance/movement in online therapy, a practice traditionally rooted in shared physical space. As both a psychotherapist and dancer, I was curious about how embodied connection translates through the online environment …
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