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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 ... -
An investigation into the therapeutic alliance in online counselling
(Dublin Business School, 2015)This paper reviews current literature in relation to online counselling and presents the various mediums through which remote mental health services can be delivered. It considers the role of the online therapist and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 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, ... -
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 psychoanalytic understanding of anorexia nervosa and the therapeutic response
(Dublin Business School, 2015)Anorexia Nervosa is a widespread and potentially dangerous condition which affects an ever increasing amount of individuals. This research attempts to give a psychoanalytic understanding of Anorexia Nervosa and the therapeutic ...