Motherhood and Psychotherapy Training: A Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry Into a Trainee’s Experience
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Tudor, Keith
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Auckland University of Technology
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The mother’s experience of becoming a psychotherapist has received minimal attention and research. Yet, concepts drawn from the complex evolutionary process of motherhood are pivotal to the understanding of psychotherapy and the client’s process. This heuristic self- search inquiry considers the theme of denial while excavating the researcher’s experience of psychotherapy training as a mother. Internal dialogue, self-reflection, journalling, daydreams, nightmares, and poetry highlight moments of knowing and uncovering meaning with implications for both training programmes and future students. The research offers insight into the potential emotional and psychological experience and process of becoming a psychotherapist as a mother.