[{"key":"dc.contributor.author","value":"Scerri, Clarisa Sammut","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.accessioned","value":"2009-03-24T22:03:42Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.available","value":"2009-03-24T22:03:42Z","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.issued","value":"1997","language":null},{"key":"dc.identifier.uri","value":"http:\/\/hdl.handle.net\/2429\/6418","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.abstract","value":"The purpose of this study was to capture the lived experience of counsellors, when\r\nthey encounter empathic difficulties with their clients. Five female counsellors were asked\r\nto reflect on situations from their counselling practice where they felt emotionally\r\nwithdrawing from their clients or felt over-involved with the clients' concerns.\r\nA phenomenological approach was utilized as methodology to guide this study.\r\nThe data collection strategies included a 3-hour workshop that introduced the topic to the\r\nparticipants, helped establish trust and rapport with the participants and helped normalize\r\nthe participants' experiences. Then, 3 in-depth interviews were carried out with each\r\nparticipant. Each interview was audio-taped and transcribed. Furthermore, data collection\r\nwas also supplemented by the researcher's field notes. The participants reviewed each\r\ntranscript before the next interview, so that the transcripts themselves served as further\r\nreflective material for the participants.\r\nThe process of thematic analysis yielded 4 major themes. These were: (a)\r\nexperiencing countertransference reactions; (b) experiencing feelings of inadequacy and\r\nprofessional shame; (c) experiencing the need for self-care and burnout prevention and\r\n(d) experiencing psychological growth and transformation. These themes led to a number\r\nof implications for counselling practice as well as for future research.\r\nOne major implication is that despite their training and competence, counsellors\r\nare ultimately as human and as vulnerable as their clients, having their own blind-spots,\r\nconflicts and personal experiences and because of this vulnerability, empathic difficulties\r\nare inevitable in a therapeutic setting. In this respect, the recognition of\r\ncountertransference reactions is an important tool for counsellors' self-care and burnout prevention. Other implications concern supervision practices and curriculum concerns for\r\ncounsellors' training programs.","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.format.extent","value":"6681549 bytes","language":null},{"key":"dc.format.mimetype","value":"application\/pdf","language":null},{"key":"dc.language.iso","value":"eng","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.publisher","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.rights","value":"For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/terms_of_use.","language":null},{"key":"dc.title","value":"Counsellors\u2019 experience of emphatic difficulty : a phenomenological study","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type","value":"Text","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.name","value":"Master of Arts - MA","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.discipline","value":"Counselling Psychology","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.degree.grantor","value":"University of British Columbia","language":null},{"key":"dc.date.graduation","value":"1997-11","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.type.text","value":"Thesis\/Dissertation","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Education, Faculty of","language":null},{"key":"dc.description.affiliation","value":"Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of","language":null},{"key":"dc.degree.campus","value":"UBCV","language":"en"},{"key":"dc.description.scholarlevel","value":"Graduate","language":"en"}]