The impact of witnessing client resilience processes on therapists working with children and youth victims of interpersonal trauma

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dc.contributor.authorSilveira, Fabiane
dc.contributor.supervisorFrance-Rodriguez, Honore
dc.contributor.supervisorBoyer, Wanda
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-03T15:58:00Z
dc.date.available2013-04-03T15:58:00Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-04-03
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated how therapists working with children and youth victims of interpersonal trauma (e.g. sexual abuse) are impacted by the resilience processes of their clients. Qualitative multiple case study design and thematic analysis were used to explore the research question. Four counselors working in an organization providing services to victims of trauma were interviewed and asked about how the act of bearing witness to the resilience of their clients affected their personal lives and clinical practice. The findings showed that for the participants there was an increased sense of hope and optimism, and an intense sense of being inspired by the strengths of clients as result of working with this population. To reflect about the challenges faced by clients allowed counselors to put their own challenges and strengths into perspective. In addition, they reported positive changes in their personal relationships. Further research is suggested, including further investigation about the relationship between optimism, hope and vicarious resilience processes as well as between the counseling approach adopted and the development of vicarious resilience responses.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0621en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0622en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0347en_US
dc.description.proquestemailfabianesilveira@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4505
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectvicarious resilienceen_US
dc.subjectimpact of trauma work on therapistsen_US
dc.subjectinterpersonal trauma in children and youthen_US
dc.subjecttrauma worken_US
dc.subjectvicarious posttraumatic growthen_US
dc.subjectsexual abuseen_US
dc.titleThe impact of witnessing client resilience processes on therapists working with children and youth victims of interpersonal traumaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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