Browsing Counselling & Psychotherapy by Subject "Psychotherapy"
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“At least you have a healthy baby” An overview of perinatal trauma and postpartum posttraumatic stress
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Childbirth is a complex, multidimensional, and subjective experience that effects the individual, their family unit and society. This study explores the nature of birth trauma and postnatal posttraumatic stress symptoms ... -
Bad therapy : it's not you it's me. An exploration into what contributes to unsuccessful psychotherapy, with an additional inquiry into the trainee therapist’s experiences of personal therapy
(Dublin Business School, 2015)This thesis will explore research done to date on ‘Bad Therapy’, in an attempt to identify what are the common causes of therapy failure and typical therapy mistakes. There is a wide body of literature and research that ... -
The body and identity – an explorative study
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Using a desk based research approach to this study; it contains secondary resources taken from library books, and online academic journals. The study aims to illustrate how we come to identify with our body which in turn ... -
Complexities of mandated psychotherapeutic treatment with specific focus on drug treatment and prison rehabilitation
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Desk based research paper examining some of the complexities mandated therapy provokes. Significant research suggests mandated psychotherapy is effective in bringing positive change to clients as long as treatment is ... -
Complicated grief as a psychological disorder and implications to psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The main concept of this thesis is complicated grief as a disorder. Complicated grief is a pathological grieving process that needs attention. The research focuses on the high risk group of family carers who are involved ... -
Dissociation and the traumatic experience from a psychotherapeutic perspective
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This study sets out to examine dissociation as a marker of trauma in the psychotherapeutic environment. It offers some definitions of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and dissociation. It examines the neuroscience ... -
Does psychotherapy have anything to offer the current paradigm shift occurring within clinical psychiatry?
(Dublin Business School, 2015)This body of research seeks to examine the current debate calling for a paradigm shift within clinical psychiatry. A group known as the Critical Psychiatrists are at the centre of this debate; formed out of a recognition ... -
Does therapist self-disclosure enhance or distract from the client experience? An exploration of the ethical implications of therapist self-disclosure on therapeutic boundaries
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Therapist self-disclosure and its impact on the client experience has attracted increased attention across the psychotherapeutic literature in recent years. This paper discusses the use of therapist self-disclosure in ... -
The effects of touch in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Should physical contact be used in therapy?
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Touch can be used as a form of communication. Especially in an intense situation such as therapy, touch can have a profound effect on the course of treatment. The significance of touch will differ depending on each individual. ... -
The ethical dilemma that is psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Psychotherapy as a practice consists of a multitude of ethical dilemmas. These dilemmas stem from the concept of psychological treatment as a whole and from the therapeutic relationship that is held between therapist and ... -
An examination of the use of psychoanalytic approaches in treating dementia therapeutically
(Dublin Business School, 2015)In the psychoanalytic tradition Sigmund Freud’s work centred around the gaps in memory and the repressed unconscious. Resistance on the part of the patient in Psychoanalysis was, he said, a violent and tenacious resistance, ... -
An exploration into the impact on the trainee therapist of a client's death by suicide
(Dublin Business School, 2014)A client's suicide has a deep emotional and physical effect on the therapist. Feelings that frequently surface for the therapist can include guilt over one's failure to identify the warning signs and embarrassment that one ... -
An exploration into the use of psychotherapy with intellectually disabled clients
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Intellectual disability has a history of exclusion from traditional talk therapies and research. This paper reviews the growing body of research in the use of psychotherapy with this unique client group. Research has shown ... -
An exploration of the impact of completed client suicide on a psychotherapist
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Globally, suicide is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. It is a profoundly disturbing event for all affected, including the psychotherapist. In this paper, the author seeks to explore the ... -
An exploration of the impact of countertransference on psychotherapeutic process with terminally ill clients
(Dublin Business School, 2020)When working with a dying client, the therapist’s role is to meet the client’s emotional needs. To be able to achieve that, the therapist must possess a ‘death competence’. Being able to manage countertransference that ... -
Exploration of the integration of hypnosis and psychodynamic psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2014)This paper aims to explore the dimensions of hypnosis other than direct suggestions and review techniques which employ the Theta state and can enhance the explorative journey into the psychodynamics. Although Freud abandoned ... -
An exploration of the role of Alexithymia in the development of psychogenic voice disorders
(Dublin Business School, 2016)"Alexithymia” is a condition characterized by difficulties in identifying a person's own emotions, differentiating between emotional and physical arousal, and describing one’s emotions to other people (Bagby & Taylor, ... -
An exploration of the transference in play therapy for children with autism
(Dublin Business School, 2020)The author of this dissertation is a school teacher working with children with autism and became interested in exploring the manner in which a play therapist might approach working with children with autistic spectrum ... -
Exploring the link between trauma, physical illness, and psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2020)Trauma is prevalent, potentially to a higher extent than we realise. Chronic illness and medically unexplained symptoms are also very common. Healthcare systems in many countries are bursting at the seams with chronic and ... -
Going beyond ones reach. Exploring boundaries and dual relationships in the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2015)The basis of this thesis is to study the relationships between both client and therapist. More importantly it is to study the ‘dual relationships’ between the therapist and client that exist in the therapeutic relationship. ...