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The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience
Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27125 The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience Daws, Loray upetd@ais.up.ac.za Louwrens, Morne Johan Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Phenomenological method Multidisciplinary team Qualitative research Death Professional psychologist Suicide Clinical psychology intern Loss UCTD Dissertation (MA (Clinical Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2005. In this dissertation the author provides an account of the emotional experience of one clinical psychology intern whose client had committed suicide. This study describes the impact on the intern both as an individual and as a professional in the field of psychology. The impact on the intern as an individual is studied in terms of the coping mechanisms used as well as the changes that occurred in her views of death and suicide. The impact on the intern as a professional is studied in terms of her interactions with patients, how she addresses the topic of suicide within therapy, and the eventual changes that she experienced as therapist. The study uses a single case qualitative research design. It concerns the experiences of a specific intern clinical psychologist within the context of a multidisciplinary academic hospital setting. The study is predominantly descriptive in nature, and as such employs the phenomenological method of Giorgi (1985) to provide a specific description of the experiences of the intern psychologist. Through this, the study aims to add to the limited descriptive and qualitative information available on the experiences of therapists whose clients commit suicide. The information available on this topic is mostly quantative in nature, providing statistical data on the emotions and experiences of therapists. The description of the experiences is also compared to the existing information on the topic. As the aim of this study is descriptive in nature, it will not provide any fixed theory on the subject. It does illustrate the experiences of one intern and actively studies the correlation of these experiences with existing data. Conclusions drawn at the end of this study are purely speculative in nature and their validity is left to judge for readers to judge for themselves. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T10:39:09Z 2004-08-11 2013-09-07T10:39:09Z 2003-07-08 2005-08-11 2004-08-11 Dissertation Louwrens, M 2003, The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27125 > http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27125 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08112004-134230/ © 2003, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Phenomenological method Multidisciplinary team Qualitative research Death Professional psychologist Suicide Clinical psychology intern Loss UCTD The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title | The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title_full | The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title_fullStr | The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title_short | The suicide of a client : an intern psychologist’s experience |
| title_sort | suicide of a client an intern psychologist s experience |
| topic | Psychotherapy Psychoanalysis Phenomenological method Multidisciplinary team Qualitative research Death Professional psychologist Suicide Clinical psychology intern Loss UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27125 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08112004-134230/ |