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    Can I laugh now? Understanding humour within psychotherapy from the client’s perspective

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    Longe, Olivia
    Date
    2019
    Degree
    MA in Psychotherapy
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    https://esource.dbs.ie/handle/10788/3968
    Publisher
    Dublin Business School
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    Abstract
    Humour is an ever-present part of affective communication, and theories abound about its proposed role within psychotherapy. However, little empirical research has been carried out, and what could be a major psychotherapeutic resource, remains essentially untested. This study utilised mixed methods (semi-structured interviews and survey), to examine clients’ experiences of humour within psychotherapy. The findings indicate humour may be a marker of therapeutic relationship health, evidenced by thematic data showing clients only bring in humour when safety and trust are present and when they feel a connection with their therapist. This finding was further strengthened by survey data, showing that clients who rated their humour as well-matched to their therapists’ or rated their therapists’ humour as helpful, were more likely to rate the relationship as good.
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