Year: 2010
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This thesis explores and illustrates ways in which a conceptual framework based on Heinz\nKohut’s self psychology, complemented by Kristin D. Neff’s conceptualization of selfcompassion,\ncan help illuminate how six professional caregivers from different disciplines\nrelate to themselves as they are faced with the call for empathic engagement in their practices.\nThe study is qualitative insofar as the goal of the investigation is describing, discovering and\nunderstanding, rather than predicting and confirming. However, in the collection of data this\nthesis combines the use of a qualitative method, conducting semi-structured interviews, with a\nquantitative self-report scale.\nWhereas empathic caregiving has been the topic of several studies, this thesis found\nthat this specific conceptual framework helps us discover additional dynamics and\nconnections that are relevant for understanding some of the special challenges inherent in\nempathic caregiving.
Author: Gro Anita Homme
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2475236597