Investigations of processes and embodied experiences of compassion in psychotherapy
This research dossier contains an introduction, a literature review and two qualitative research reports. The three pieces of research explore influences on clients’ and therapists’ experiences of empathy and compassion. The first piece is a narrative literature review of factors that may contribute...
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University of Surrey
2015
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.675318 |
| Summary: | This research dossier contains an introduction, a literature review and two qualitative research reports. The three pieces of research explore influences on clients’ and therapists’ experiences of empathy and compassion. The first piece is a narrative literature review of factors that may contribute to client resistance to therapist empathic concern. This is followed by a qualitative exploration of therapists’ perspectives of compassionate therapeutic processes. The last piece is a report presenting a qualitative exploration of one person’s subjective experience of Focusing. |
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