Journal article
"If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room": Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy
Journal of marital and family therapy, v 40(2)
01 Apr 2014
PMID: 24749776
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
This study premises that self-of-the-therapist work is pivotal in the development of effective therapists. However, therapy models vary in their goals for this work and the means of accomplishing them. This study presents the perspective of the person-of-the-therapist Training (POTT) model that prioritizes the ability to consciously and purposefully use the self-as-is at the moment of contact with the client over the traditional goal of therapists working to resolve their issues. A key underlying assumption of the model proposes that therapists' core issues (referred to as "signature themes") are potent resources that can be tapped into to connect, assess and intervene effectively with clients. The study presents the model and illustrates the use of signature themes in clinical work.
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- Title
- "If I Can Grapple With This I Can Truly Be Of Use In The Therapy Room": Using The Therapist's Own Emotional Struggles To Facilitate Effective Therapy
- Creators
- Harry J. Aponte - Drexel UniversityKarni Kissil - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of marital and family therapy, v 40(2)
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Center for Family Intervention Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000334925900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84899492305
- Other Identifier
- 991019168530304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
- Psychology, Clinical