Living the theory : an enquiry into the development of a psychotherapist in training

dc.contributor.advisorViljoen, G.A.en
dc.contributor.emailvnabal@mweb.co.zaen
dc.contributor.postgraduateNabal, Venessaen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T07:08:47Z
dc.date.available2010-02-05en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T07:08:47Z
dc.date.created2009-09-01en
dc.date.issued2010-02-05en
dc.date.submitted2010-02-03en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation explores the experiences of a psychotherapist in training. Psychotherapeutic training can be described as taxing, because personal change often results from the process, and change can be difficult. This study is an action research enquiry that focused on a living theory methodology. A living theory enquiry strives to find answers to the question of how to improve the practice (in this dissertation, the practice of sychotherapy). In order to find answers to this question, the researcher embarks on a journey of reflective awareness, which highlights whether he or she is able to practise in accordance with his or her personal values. An explicit awareness of both personal and professional values is essential in a living theory enquiry. A living contradiction occurs when a person is unable to consolidate his or her personal and professional values. A living contradiction has a negative impact on a practitioner’s well-being, which may in turn influence how that person practises psychotherapy. This dissertation explores such a living contradiction which the researcher experienced during her training as a psychotherapist. A subtext of the dissertation can be described as the Narrative of a psychotherapist (in training) dealing with personal trauma. Copyrighten
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dc.description.departmentPsychologyen
dc.identifier.citationNaval, V 2009, Living the theory : an enquiry into the development of a psychotherapist in training, MA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26665 >en
dc.identifier.otherE10/55/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-02032010-175633/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/26665
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2009, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.en
dc.subjectExperiential learningen
dc.subjectPost modernismen
dc.subjectTraumaen
dc.subjectTrainee psychotherapisten
dc.subjectSupervisionen
dc.subjectAction reseachen
dc.subjectSocial constructionismen
dc.subjectSelf-reflectionen
dc.subjectLiving theoryen
dc.subjectLiving contradictionen
dc.subjectValuesen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleLiving the theory : an enquiry into the development of a psychotherapist in trainingen
dc.typeDissertationen

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