Clients’ Experience of ‘Being Listened to’ in the Psychotherapeutic Context: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
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Coltea, E. 2018. Clients’ Experience of ‘Being Listened to’ in the Psychotherapeutic Context: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Prof Doc Thesis University of East London School of Psychology https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.87530
Authors | Coltea, E. |
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Type | Prof Doc Thesis |
Abstract | The capacity to listen gives a profoundly integrating character to human relating and coexistence. It holds distinct importance within the psychotherapeutic context since therapists’ foremost activity is aimed at attuning to clients’ meanings of experience. Across the psychotherapeutic literature, listening transpires to be the most effective agent for client change and the heart of the therapeutic relationship. However, research on the listening experience per se is scarce, and existing perspectives on listening tend to primarily convey practitioners’ as opposed to clients’ stance and observations. In response to this, the current study explores clients’ experience of ‘being listened to’ in the psychotherapeutic context. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of textual data generated via semi-structured interviews with six women in recent or current psychotherapy identified two master themes: ‘Being listened to’: no place to hide and Cues to self: the phenomenology of ‘being listened to’. |
Keywords | Listening; client experience; psychotherapeutic context; psychotherapeutic relationship; vulnerability; readiness; self |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | University of East London |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.15123/uel.87530 |
File | License File Access Level Anyone |
Publication dates | |
Jan 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 26 Nov 2019 |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/87530
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