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The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28568 The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice Beyers, Dave ericadelange@absamail.co.za De Lange, Erica Françoise Fortology Fortigenic qualities Psychotherapists Full-time private practice Well-being Salutogenesis Positive psychology Fortigenesis Qualitative research Postmodernism Conversation and short story Narrative approach Narrative synthesis Synergy Self-reflexivity UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. Psychotherapists in full-time, long-term private practice face a variety of occupational demands. They usually maintain private practices for long periods of their lives often under difficult circumstances and emotional pressures and have come to sustain their practices. From literature it is revealed that various demands, as well as benefits and successes are part and parcel of working in private practice full-time. These various factors can have an impact on the well-being of psychotherapists. Apart from the literature review, the personal experience of the researcher, a psychotherapist in full-time private practice, also contributed to ideas and hypotheses about the study. From a position of exploration and further enquiry, the researcher was interested to explore the experiences of psychotherapists in full-time private practice from a fortigenic perspective. A second objective was to determine if this study could contribute to the development of the theoretical assumptions of positive psychology. The research is grounded in the theoretical perspective of positive psychology and fortigenesis. Both these fields are relatively new in psychology and seem to still be forging a niche within the discipline. This perspective was deliberately chosen due to the applicability to the exploration of strengths and vigour, with regards to the maintenance of the professional context of the psychotherapist. The qualitative research process is presented in a narrative approach by means of narrative synthesis and synergy. The findings of the research conversations are presented in the form of a literary short story. Suggestions are made about the fortigenic qualities of psychotherapists essential for maintaining their work in full-time private practice. It’s applicability and usefulness is discussed. Furthermore, suggestions are made with regards to the field of positive psychology and the way forward for this sub-discipline. Ideas relating to narrative research and qualitative research are also discussed. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T13:43:46Z 2010-10-09 2013-09-07T13:43:46Z 2010-09-03 2010-10-09 2010-10-09 Thesis De Lange, EF 2010, The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28568 > D10/622/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28568 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092010-133545/ © 2010 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 application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Fortology Fortigenic qualities Psychotherapists Full-time private practice Well-being Salutogenesis Positive psychology Fortigenesis Qualitative research Postmodernism Conversation and short story Narrative approach Narrative synthesis Synergy Self-reflexivity UCTD The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title | The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title_full | The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title_fullStr | The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title_short | The fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists’ experiences in full-time private practice |
| title_sort | fortigenic exploration of psychotherapists experiences in full time private practice |
| topic | Fortology Fortigenic qualities Psychotherapists Full-time private practice Well-being Salutogenesis Positive psychology Fortigenesis Qualitative research Postmodernism Conversation and short story Narrative approach Narrative synthesis Synergy Self-reflexivity UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28568 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10092010-133545/ |