Browsing Counselling & Psychotherapy by Subject "Psychotherapy"
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Art Therapy and eating disorders: An exploration of the application of Art Therapy in treatment with clients suffering from an eating disorder.
(Dublin Business School, 2013)Aim The aim of this research is to find and highlight the impact art therapy might have in treatment of the client suffering from an eating disorder. This research will try to show that art therapy has a different approach ... -
Assessment in Psychotherapy. Identifying core components in the assessment process
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The concept of assessment in central to psychotherapy. While the majority of therapeutic practitioners are in agreement regarding the importance of the assessment process, a great divide exists in relation to the form ... -
Attitudes and myths of suicide in Ireland: an investigation into the prevalence of myths, depth of knowledge and stigmatising attitudes around suicide in a Dublin sample
(Dublin Business School, 2002)This study investigated the prevalence of myths in a small sample (111) in Dublin of mixed gender, age and occupational status. Seven myths were placed on a questionnaire and subj ects chosen at random on the street were ... -
Attitudes toward counselling and psychotherapy: A focus on the Arab Muslim population in Dublin
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The purpose of this study is to describe and examine the different attitudes of the Arab Muslim community in Dublin toward seeking psychological help. This community is often misunderstood and stereotyped. But because ... -
Binge drinking, alcohol consumption and family influences
(Dublin Business School, 2004)In the last one to two years the extent of alcohol use and abuse in Ireland has received increased attention. In Ireland over the last ten years growth in alcohol consumption has been the highest in the ED. The purpose ... -
Breaking boundaries : an exploration of the experience of the pregnant trainee therapist
(Dublin Business School, 2011)The aim of this study is to explore the experience of pregnant trainee therapists. It seeks to explore how pregnancy impacts on clinical work, personal notions of identity and motherhood, and on the overall training ... -
Breaking the cycle : an explorative study of the experiences and views of individuals affected by parental marital breakdown, of their own romantic relationships
(Dublin Business School, 2010)The aim of this study was to carry out an exploration of the experiences and views of adults from families of origin separated by parental marital breakdown, and to examine what effects, if any, such experiences have on ... -
Breathing awareness in the therapeutic relationship
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The aim of this research is to examine therapists’ awareness of their breathing in the therapeutic relationship and to explore features associated with this awareness. The study comprises four participants who have an ... -
Counselling in post-primary schools - a teachers' perspective
(Dublin Business School, 2009)Adolescents experience several stresses in today's world. Counselling in post primary schools has shown to be beneficial in dealing with these various stresses. This in turn allows adolescents to focus better on their ... -
The courage to change : an exploration of the impact of role models and other influential factors on the lives of male criminal offenders
(Dublin Business School, 2011)The purpose of this study is to provide a small platform for the often-silenced voice of the convicted criminal in society. Ex-prisoners live in all of our communities and are our brothers and sisters, our parents and our ... -
Differences among the general public and final year counselling and psychotherapy students in emotional intelligence (EI) : a quantiative study.
(Dublin Business School, 2010)The aim of this study was to examine the differences in emotional intelligence (EI) between two groups: the general population and Counselling and Psychotherapy students in their final year. EI in the two groups was measured ... -
Does a dual role inevitably lead to a dual relationship? Ethical dilemmas of the priest-counsellor
(Dublin Business School, 2012)The objective of this study is to consider the unique dual role of the priest who is also a practising psychotherapist, and how those dual roles may be helpful to or hinder the therapeutic relationship. The study also ... -
Dyad to triad: exploring the presence of the interpreter in the therapeutic relationship with asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland
(Dublin Business School, 2009)This research project set out to explore the presence of the interpreter in the traditional dyadic relationship between client and therapist where the client is an asylum seeker or refugee. It is hoped that this research ... -
Dysfunctional organisations : a role for the corporate psychotherapist
(Dublin Business School, 2008)That dysfunction is a feature of organisations and where it exists there is a serious impact on performance is a clear, provable, and common occurrence. In a co-existing relationship such as the employment one, dysfunctional ... -
Effectiveness of counselling in non-death grief African, Asian and European immigrants
(Dublin Business School, 2010)Immigrant women adjusting or acculturating in a new culture present with distress, somatic concerns, acculturation and social support issues, depression, and grief that require appropriate counselling to deal with. This ... -
The embodied experience of The Knowing Field : focus on individual psychotherapy
(Dublin Business School, 2016)This IPA research was designed to take an exploratory journey into the mysterious territory of a phenomenologically observable occurence in the Family Constellations approach, the knowing field; and to bring home invaluable ... -
Emotional intelligence in couple relationships. A study of couple's relationships, as attachment relationships and its effect on emotional intelligence and emotional regulation
(Dublin Business School, 2008)This study examined couple relationships, as attachment relationships and how one's attachment style as gathered from self-report measure, Experience in Close Relationships scale (Brennan et al, 1998) affects one's emotional ... -
Employee awareness of their alcohol use
(Dublin Business School, 2009)There is an enormous amount of research that tells of the consequences of alcohol use. It tells what alcohol is, how it affects us and of the relationship we have with it. If taken sensibly and in moderation it can be a ... -
The evangelical therapist, God and their clients
(Dublin Business School, 2014)The objective of this research was to gain an understanding of the experience of evangelical Christians who practise counselling and psychotherapy. The study is an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of their ... -
An examination of the ideology of rehabilitation through education in the prison services: in particular an analysis of the Options programme in Mountjoy prison, with the proposal of a follow on programme in the form of therapeutic group work as exampled in Grendon prison
(Dublin Business School, 2001)A quantitative and qualitative examination was undertaken of a cognitive based Education programme for offenders in Mountjoy prison. The primary sources of data were the participants who had completed the Programme in ...