Browsing Higher Diploma Final Year Projects by Subject "Therapeutic Relationship"
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An attachment perspective on how the therapeutic relationship can help clients with anxiety
(Dublin Business School, 2018)This dissertation aimed to explore the bases of security provided by the therapeutic relationship for clients with anxiety, considered from the perspective of Bowlby’s attachment theory. Empirical findings were presented ... -
An exploration of focusing-oriented psychotherapy and empathy in the psychotherapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2019)This dissertation explores the connection between focusing-oriented psychotherapy (FOP), the felt sense and empathy in the psychotherapeutic relationship. Sensing and attuning to clients’ present experience, and ... -
An exploration of functional neurological sensory disorders from a psychotherapeutic perspective; Symptom causation and potential implications for the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2019)Functional Neurological Sensory Disorders (FNSDs) are one of the most common presentations in outpatient neurology clinics and FNSDs are associated with considerable disability and healthcare cost. Despite its prevalence, ... -
An exploration of how the use of the couch in psychoanalysis may impact the experience of analysis for the patient.
(Dublin Business School, 2019)In his work, Sigmund Freud advocated that all patients should recline on a couch during the process of psychoanalysis. This recommendation had practical considerations but also was significant in its removal of visual ... -
An exploration of ‘earned-secure’ attachment and the role of attachment-informed psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2020)It is believed that up to 35% of the global population falls within the insecure categories of attachment, and that these insecurely attached individuals make up the majority of psychotherapy clients. Whilst research ... -
An exploration on the use of touch in the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2019)The question of whether to use touch brings about diverse opinions amongst practioners within the field of psychotherapy. Touch is an intimate form of connection for humans. To integrate the use of touch into the therapeutic ... -
A psychodynamic exploration of premature endings
(Dublin Business School, 2019)Is it time to say goodbye? Goodbye to professional bodies that regulate psychotherapy in favour of an umbrella state regulation. Goodbye to a client after as few as six sessions? Goodbye to our idea of the therapeutic ... -
A psychotherapeutic exploration of working with people with dementia: The therapeutic encounter and auxiliary ego - An object relations perspective
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Dementia is increasingly prevalent nationally and globally and is no longer a disease exclusively of old age. In terms of its management medical discourse is preeminent and this dissertation seeks to demonstrate that a ...