Getting the feel of therapy : understanding therapists' views and experiences regarding social-emotional skills in practice : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorBoshra, Verena
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-07T21:31:12Z
dc.date.available2017-11-07T21:31:12Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractEmotions are arguably at the heart of psychotherapy. While clients’ emotions in therapy have received a great deal of research attention, outside the realm of psychoanalytic and psychodynamic research, therapists’ emotions have largely been neglected. When applied to therapy, the concept of social-emotional skills describes therapists’ ability to be aware of their own and their clients’ emotions and then draw on that information to manage those emotions and in turn, the therapeutic interaction. As therapists’ social-emotional skills are a relatively new area of enquiry, this qualitative study sought to contribute to the literature by exploring therapists’ views and experiences regarding social-emotional skills in practice. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with ten practicing therapist participants between the ages of 31 and 62. Using Thematic Analysis, The Centrality of Emotions in Therapy was determined as a meta-theme and this was further organised into four main themes; Emotional Principles, Emotional Awareness Strategies, Emotional Practices as well as the Learning and Training of Social- Emotional Skills. The findings were visually represented using ‘The Tree of Therapists’ Social-Emotional Interactions’ model. Implications of the findings, limitations of the current study and future research directions are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/12309
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectPsychotherapyen_US
dc.subjectPsychotherapistsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectSocial skillsen_US
dc.subjectEmotionsen_US
dc.subjectPsychotherapist and patienten_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology::Applied psychologyen_US
dc.titleGetting the feel of therapy : understanding therapists' views and experiences regarding social-emotional skills in practice : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorBoshra, Verena
thesis.degree.disciplineClinical Psychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych)en_US
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