Managing Disequilibrium: A Grounded Theory Study of Therapists Working in Groups With People With Eating Disorders

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dc.contributor.advisorSolomon, Margot
dc.contributor.authorBrinkman, Robyn
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-22T22:34:44Z
dc.date.available2018-02-22T22:34:44Z
dc.date.copyright2003
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThis study has used a qualitative grounded theory research methodology to systematically identify what happens for therapists who facilitate groups for people with eating disorders. Eight therapists who had worked in groups with people with eating disorders were interviewed about their group experiences. A conceptual model of ‘managing disequilibrium’ emerged as the core concern of participants in this study, and this involved three stages. In the first stage therapists experienced shifting self-equilibrium during the group session that included a diverse range and intensity of experiences. In the second stage therapists subsequently engaged in a process of counterbalancing to manage disequilibrium while still in a group session. In the third stage therapists sought to re-establish equilibrium after a group session had ended. Therapists’ self-relationship, personal issues, clinical experience, and cognitive processes have been demonstrated to play a significant role in therapists’ management of disequilibrium; and strategies for in-group and post-group management have been described. Disequilibrium and countertransference have been compared and understood to bring different perspectives to therapists experiences in groups. Where countertransference emphasises theory and clinical practice, disequilibrium emphasises therapists’ subjective experiences and their instinctive need to compensate for difficult experiential phenomena during their clinical practice.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/11315
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectEating disordersen_NZ
dc.subjectEating Disorders -- therapyen_NZ
dc.titleManaging Disequilibrium: A Grounded Theory Study of Therapists Working in Groups With People With Eating Disordersen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Health Scienceen_NZ
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