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Discovering an integrated framework for practice: a qualitative investigation of theories used by social workers working as sexual abuse therapists.
- Source :
- Journal of Social Work Practice; Mar2011, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p79-93, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- In this article, I explore the historical background and context to the theoretical eclecticism described by the participants interviewed for a research study. The initial aim was to test the relevance of the vicarious traumatisation (vt) or vt literature with a group of sexual abuse therapists. The participants interviewed were all working as sexual abuse therapists in group and individual practices, many of whom worked in the field before there were well articulated theories of trauma assessment and treatment in the 1970s and 1980s. With the available theory, they actively developed their own unique frameworks for practice and became pioneers in the field. The findings of this research suggest that the practitioners' reference to diverse sources of theory is both a resource and protective factor which, when synthesised, is drawn upon to support the day-to-day work of sexual abuse therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COUNSELING
FOCUS groups
INTERVIEWING
PSYCHIATRIC social work
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOTHERAPISTS
PSYCHOTHERAPY
REFLECTION (Philosophy)
PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX crimes
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL work education
QUALITATIVE research
THEORY
PROFESSIONAL practice
CLIENT relations
NARRATIVES
THEMATIC analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02650533
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Social Work Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 58529036
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2010.530646