‘It’s important for me not to let go of hope’: Psychologists’ in-session experiences of hope

Larsen, Denise J.; Stege, Rachel; Flesaker, Keri

doi:10.1080/14623943.2013.806301

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“…Engagement in peer-support roles and activities should be encouraged as these have been found to increase hope (Perrin et al, 2017). This will not only benefit prisoners, but staff too, as working with prisoners experiencing lower levels of hope has been found to have a negative impact on staff, and the quality of staff-prisoner relationships (Larsen et al, 2013).…”

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Social climate and hope amongst staff and prisoners in a high security male prison

Gibson

2021

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Purpose There is an increased focus on making prison cultures more rehabilitative, with clear evidence that certain environmental characteristics contribute towards rehabilitation. To date, limited research has explored the rehabilitative culture in a high security prison. This study aims to measure staff and prisoner ratings of social climate and their levels of hope in such an establishment. Design/methodology/approach The research adopted a quantitative approach, using the EssenCES and State Hope Scale. Data was analysed using parametric and non-parametric tests to explore correlations/relationships between variables. Findings Findings indicated that higher ratings of social climate were associated with higher levels of hope. Staff rated the social climate more favourably than prisoners, and Category B prisoners had higher levels of hope than Category A prisoners. No significant correlation was found between length of time in service or custody and ratings of social climate or hope. Practical implications This paper highlights the importance of developing a positive social climate and hope, supporting the rehabilitative culture initiatives. Originality/value This paper contributes to the limited literature on social climate and hope within UK forensic settings. Furthermore, reliability testing indicates the State Hope Scale is appropriate for use with a UK forensic population, extending its application.

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“…Further evidence of the importance of hope came from Larsen et al (2013). They found psychologists had difficulty maintaining hope when working with someone experiencing a sense of hopelessness, impacting on the therapeutic relationship.…”

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Social climate and hope amongst staff and prisoners in a high security male prison

Gibson

2021

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“…Therefore, enhancing hopefulness in health service systems clearly aligns with the clinical and diagnostic complexity typically seen in youth (Hickie et al, 2013 ). Evidence suggests professional hopefulness can be increased through services being recovery-oriented (Niebieszczanski et al, 2016 ), providing support for coping and managing stress (Larsen et al, 2013 ), hopeful supervision (Collins, 2015 ), and regular reflections on beliefs about the therapeutic use of hopefulness (Larsen et al, 2013 ).…”

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A Systematic Review and Lived-Experience Panel Analysis of Hopefulness in Youth Depression Treatment

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Hopefulness is arguably of central importance to the recovery of youth with major or complex youth depression, yet it is unclear how hopefulness can best be enhanced in treatment. A narrative synthesis of published and grey literature was combined with new insights from a youth lived-experience panel (N = 15), focusing on to what extent and how specific psychological therapies and standard mental health care scaffold hopefulness as applied to depression among 14–25-year-olds. Thirty-one studies of variable quality were included in this review; thirteen were qualitative, thirteen quantitative, and five used mixed methods. Hopefulness is an important active ingredient of psychotherapies and standard mental health care in youth depression. Evidence suggests talking and activity therapies have moderate to large effects on hopefulness and that hopefulness can be enhanced in standard mental health care. However, varying intervention effects suggest a marked degree of uncertainty. Hopefulness is best scaffolded by a positive relational environment in which there is support for identifying and pursuing personally valued goals and engaging in meaningful activity.Animated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4690PdTGec) and graphical summaries (https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27024.84487) are available.

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“…Despite its centrality in therapy and the apparent interpersonal nature of hope, few researchers have explored therapists’ hope (e.g., Bartholomew et al, 2019; Coppock et al, 2010; Larsen, Stege, & Flesaker, 2013). Using a general hope scale (i.e., a measure of one’s overall hopefulness, not specific to a domain like counseling), Coppock et al (2010) demonstrated that therapists’ hope is predictive of clients’ positive outcomes.…”

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“…Bartholomew et al, 2015). Looking more specifically at psychotherapists’ experience of hope in sessions, researchers, using qualitative data collected from therapists trained to attend to hope, suggested that therapists connect their senses of hope to envisioning futures for their clients (Larsen et al, 2013). This finding is echoed in additional phenomenological research that points to therapists’ ( N = 8) experiences of holding hope for hopeless clients (Bartholomew et al, 2019); that is, that therapists recognize their clients enter therapy often demoralized or without hope (Frank & Frank, 1991) yet see their own hope as a key ingredient for remoralization to occur.…”

Section: Therapists’ Hopementioning

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Development and Initial Validation of the Therapist Hope for Clients Scale

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Gundel

Scheel

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The Counseling Psychologist

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Hope is a critical component of therapeutic change. However, hope does not singularly emanate from clients. Therapists’ hope for their clients represents a specific therapeutic factor that may impact clinical outcomes. Currently no measure exists to assess the uniqueness of therapist’s hope in therapy with specific clients. Our purpose in this study was to develop and initially validate the Therapist Hope for Clients Scale (THCS). Participants ( N = 380) completed the THCS, plus four additional measures to assess therapists’ use of clients’ strengths, self-efficacy in helping skills, working alliance with individual clients, and a general measure of hope. We subjected the THCS to parallel analysis, factor analyses, reliability testing, and validity testing. These steps led to the development of a 10-item measure. THCS scores were positively related to therapists’ use of clients’ strengths, helping skills, self-efficacy, and working alliance. Implications of the THCS are discussed.

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‘It’s important for me not to let go of hope’: Psychologists’ in-session experiences of hope

Cited by 14 publications

References 31 publications

Social climate and hope amongst staff and prisoners in a high security male prison

Social climate and hope amongst staff and prisoners in a high security male prison

A Systematic Review and Lived-Experience Panel Analysis of Hopefulness in Youth Depression Treatment

Development and Initial Validation of the Therapist Hope for Clients Scale

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