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Key aspects of therapy, psychotherapeutic outcome and client evaluation: a case-study of Living Life's counselling services in Dun Laoghaire and Bray
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This study is a service evaluation of Living Life Counselling at a particular moment in time from the perspective of those seeking counselling and those who have completed / discontinued counselling. Participants were asked ... -
Knowledge of birth order research and the therapeutic process
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This study explored the relationship between the research on birth order position and personality traits, and how this may impact on the therapeutic process. The researcher attempted to determine whether the knowledge that ... -
Lack of coping skills in the work environment affect individual workers and increase stress levels
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The research project attempts to ascertain the levels of copings skills stress amongst Community Welfare Officers in the Health Services Executive in the Carlow/Kilkenny region. Coping Skills were measured using the Coping ... -
Living in the shadow. An examination of the views and affects of homelessness on women with young children, living in emergency accomodation in Dublin
(Dublin Business School, 2001)This research project argued that Ireland's rapid economic growth has exacerbated homelessness, and examined the affects and views of homeless women with young children, in the Dublin area. This group, called the 'hidden ... -
Living with drug misuse in the family : an investigation into how siblings are affected by substance dependence in the family and how they can be supported
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This research focuses on the investigation of the experiences of the sibling whose brother/sister has in the past or is currently misusing illicit drug substances. This study offers a small insight into the impact of ... -
‘Lost in translation’ – a qualitative study of therapists experience in counselling cross cultural clients and the need for an interpreter
(Dublin Business School, 2017)With the ever rising cultural diversity within Ireland over the past twenty to thirty years, there also comes a great need for knowledge within cross cultural therapy, such as language, how we speak and express ourselves. ... -
Male attitudes to psychotherapy, modes of coping with problems and presenting problems in psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2001)There are every increasing reports in the academic literature and in the popular press of a 'crisis in masculinity'. The aim of this project was investigate male attitudes to counselling and psychotherapy. To examine the ... -
Male gender role conflict and its effects on the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2012)This study examines male gender role conflict (GRC) and its effect on therapeutic relationships in Ireland. The research was conducted to identify if psychotherapy and counselling training or personal therapy has an effect ... -
Male victims of domestic abuse
(Dublin Business School, 2010)Domestic abuse is one of the biggest human rights violations that effects women and children all over the world. It has no regard for age, race or creed. It has reached such proportions that women seem to be more at risk ... -
'Man is not disturbed by Events, but of the view he takes of them' (Epictetus) : a quantitative study to determine the levels of stress in nurses
(Dublin Business School, 2003)Aim: To determine the levels of stress in oncology nurses and to identify their coping mechanisms. Background: It has been shown that nurses are bombarded by a variety of stressors both in their personal lives and more ... -
The meaning of miscarriage. A study of the perceptions about miscarriage, in comparison to other types of loss
(Dublin Business School, 2008)It is reported that one out of every four women experience miscarriage. Literature reports that many who have experienced such a loss felt the need to speak about their loss in order to move on through their grief. ... -
Midlife : a comparative study of the challenges experienced by homemakers vs women working outside the home and the role of counselling through this life stage
(Dublin Business School, 2009)Midlife is a time of significant physical, psychological and social change for a woman. It heralds a phase of conflicting experiences and emotions and can be seen as a time of transformation and growth but also a time of ... -
Mindfulness in 2013 : a study on its current state of use by therapists in Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Background – Mindfulness, the process of 'paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally' (Kabat-Zinn, 2012:1), has been taking a more and more important place in the work ... -
Money and the fee : an exploration into psychotherapists’ personal beliefs and how they impact on fee policy and the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2013)The purpose of this research was to explore money and the fee in psychotherapy from the psychotherapists’ perspective. Firstly this study explored how psychotherapists’ personal beliefs, gender and culture affected fee ... -
Motivations of Body Art : a study investigating if acceptance of tattoos and piercings in modern society has resulted in movement away from deep psychological meaning and association with groups towards less meaningful motivations such as fashion
(Dublin Business School, 2005)This study set out to investigate the motivational factors underlying the practice of getting tattoos and or piercings. It questioned whether these forms of body art have become nothing more than fashion statements or ... -
My first known blood relative. A psychotherapeutic exploration of female adoptees who give birth to biological children
(Dublin Business School, 2018)Research studies on adoption fail to consider the female adoptees experience of having their own biological children. Most research on adoption focuses on birth mothers and adoptive mothers in the adoption triad. This ... -
The nature of stress amongst small business leaders in the post Celtic Tiger economy - key triggers, manifestations, coping strategies and support need identification
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This study was carried out to verify if the current negative commercial environment had increased the adverse stress load on Chief Executives / Entrepreneurs of small and medium sized enterprises, in Ireland, following the ... -
No man's land. An investigation of the profile, experiences and aspirations of female workers in a leading urban advertising company in contemporary Irish society
(Dublin Business School, 2001)Seidler (1989), proposes that at least since Kant and the Reformation, rationality has been the dominant western mode available for construing experience, and rationality and masculinity have been conflated so that each ... -
Once a twin, always a twin
(Dublin Business School, 2016)Being born a twin provides a ‘soul-mate’ a constant ‘felt-sense’ companion, a mirror and a potential battle for individuation. From before birth two emerging humans have a non-cognitive awareness of one another, a somatic ... -
Parental loss: an exploratory and comparative study of parental loss through natural death and suicide
(Dublin Business School, 2008)For so many years parental loss has been overlooked within society. One could say, it has been outranked by other types of loss, yet it is one that everyone will experience at some point in their lives. This study sets out ...