‘What meaning does somebody's death have, what meaning does somebody's life have?’ Psychotherapists’ stories of their work with suicidal clients

Nicholl, Elizabeth; Loewenthal, Del; Gaitanidis, Anastasios

doi:10.1080/03069885.2015.1089430

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“…In recent years, research has shifted the focus onto the positive effects that therapists gain when working with clients in crisis (Nicholl et al., 2017 ). In the study of Carrick ( 2014 ), therapists working with clients in crisis were more engaged in their work, in spite of requiring more energy.…”

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‘If I am not well, I can’t do sessions well’: An analysis of the narratives of Filipino Therapists during the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Ledesma

Fernandez

2021

Couns and Psychother Res

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Research is uncovering the repercussions of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental and emotional state of various populations around the world. It is of particular interest to this study to explore how the pandemic has affected psychologists conducting therapy with clients in distress during this time. A qualitative approach was used to analyse the narratives of eight Filipino psychologists who were living in community quarantine while conducting therapy from March to December 2020. The results revealed four chapters: (1) ‘thrown up in the air’, (2) struggling to find their footing, (3) gaining stability and (4) ‘finding new rhythm’. It was found that these psychologists suffered the emotional distress from the pandemic that many are experiencing around the world. They needed to first regain stability in their well‐being before being able to become effective helpers to their clients again. Moreover, they eventually found new purpose and growth in their practice. This study documented and discussed the journey of therapists in a shared traumatic reality, from first exposure to growth.

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‘If I am not well, I can’t do sessions well’: An analysis of the narratives of Filipino Therapists during the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Ledesma

Fernandez

2021

Couns and Psychother Res

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“…This understanding includes self and community. It is based on a sense of understanding of their experiences (Nicholl, Loewenthal, & Gaitanidis, 2016). Therefore, hermeneutics describes the interpretation of life and death experience (Sloan & Bowe, 2014).…”

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Living but Leaving: Therapy in Light and Right of Life and Death in Traditional-Cum-Contemporary Societies

Wango¹,

Wairire²

2018

IJPS

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Dealing with death can be demanding and anxiety provoking for counselling practitioners. There is need to focus on therapeutic strategies aimed at assisting persons deal with loss and grief. This paper explores the concept of death in traditional-cum-contemporary societies, particularly within the prevailing context of increasing death rates due to natural factors, accidents, and disease. In this paper, five themes were identiﬁed through narrative analysis. These are: individual understanding of death, socio-cultural communal meaning of death, role of religion, development in science and advancement in information seen as vital in understanding of death, and application in counselling and therapeutic support services. Overall emphasis in this paper is the need for therapists and social workers to understand death in both the prevailing culture and transcending into modern discourse in order to ﬁnd meaning in life.

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“…41,42 For practitioners, especially those working within state institutions, the prevailing culture of suicide prevention may actually conflict with notions of humanistic practice. 42,43 With its emphasis on risk management -of patients as well as practitioners and the institutions they represent -the prevention discourse can appear paternalistic and self-serving, and may impede the capacity of practitioners to openly and fully engage persons who are suicidal, leaving their needs unmet. [41][42][43] The view of suicide as something to be prevented -at all costsmakes honest listening, including discussions about the uncertainties of life and death and the individual's urge to die, difficult.…”

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“…42,43 With its emphasis on risk management -of patients as well as practitioners and the institutions they represent -the prevention discourse can appear paternalistic and self-serving, and may impede the capacity of practitioners to openly and fully engage persons who are suicidal, leaving their needs unmet. [41][42][43] The view of suicide as something to be prevented -at all costsmakes honest listening, including discussions about the uncertainties of life and death and the individual's urge to die, difficult. 12,43 From a health service perspective, it is feared that such approaches open a Pandora's box of ethically problematic and potentially irresponsible approaches to care that may prove dangerous.…”

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“…[41][42][43] The view of suicide as something to be prevented -at all costsmakes honest listening, including discussions about the uncertainties of life and death and the individual's urge to die, difficult. 12,43 From a health service perspective, it is feared that such approaches open a Pandora's box of ethically problematic and potentially irresponsible approaches to care that may prove dangerous. 12 Efforts to humanise psychiatric and nursing practice may fall short for other reasons.…”

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Beyond the Medical Model

Fitzpatrick

River

2017

Int J Health Serv

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The medical model continues to dominate research and shape policy and service responses to suicide. In this work we challenge the assumption that the medical model always provides the most effective and appropriate care for persons who are suicidal. In particular, we point to service user perspectives of health services which show that interventions are often experienced as discriminatory, culturally inappropriate, and incongruent with the needs and values of persons who are suicidal. We then examine "humanistic" approaches to care that have been proposed as a corrective to an overly medical model. We argue that the focus on improving interpersonal relations set out in humanistic approaches does not mitigate the prevailing risk management culture in contemporary suicide prevention and may impede the provision of more effective care. Finally, we draw attention to the tradition of non-medical approaches to supporting persons who are suicidal. Using Maytree (a U.K. crisis support service) as a case study, we outline some of the key features of alternative service models that we consider central to the design of more culturally appropriate and effective interventions. We conclude by making three key recommendations for improving services to persons who are suicidal.

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‘What meaning does somebody's death have, what meaning does somebody's life have?’ Psychotherapists’ stories of their work with suicidal clients

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

‘If I am not well, I can’t do sessions well’: An analysis of the narratives of Filipino Therapists during the COVID‐19 Pandemic

‘If I am not well, I can’t do sessions well’: An analysis of the narratives of Filipino Therapists during the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Living but Leaving: Therapy in Light and Right of Life and Death in Traditional-Cum-Contemporary Societies

Beyond the Medical Model

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