Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
image/svg+xml art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos Open Access logo, converted into svg, designed by PLoS. This version with transparent background. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos http://www.plos.org/ Norwegian Open Resea...arrow_drop_down
image/svg+xml art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos Open Access logo, converted into svg, designed by PLoS. This version with transparent background. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Open_Access_logo_PLoS_white.svg art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina, Beao, JakobVoss, and AnonMoos http://www.plos.org/
image/svg+xml Jakob Voss, based on art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina and Beao Closed Access logo, derived from PLoS Open Access logo. This version with transparent background. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Closed_Access_logo_transparent.svg Jakob Voss, based on art designer at PLoS, modified by Wikipedia users Nina and Beao
Munin - Open Research Archive
Doctoral thesis . 2013
License: CC BY NC SA
versions View all 2 versions
addClaim

Stabilization groups for heterogeneous samples of trauma clients : presentation of a new treatment approach, and a hermeneutical-phenomenological analysis of help seeking, treatment participation, and ways to positive change.

Authors: Stige, Signe Hjelen;

Stabilization groups for heterogeneous samples of trauma clients : presentation of a new treatment approach, and a hermeneutical-phenomenological analysis of help seeking, treatment participation, and ways to positive change.

Abstract

Trauma-specific treatment groups have traditionally been offered based on the type of trauma exposure. This has left such treatment unavailable to trauma clients in areas where homogenous trauma groups cannot be offered, such as rural areas. In this thesis a new treatment approach is presented, an inclusive stabilization group, which can be applied in a broader range of settings. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with 13 clients in the inclusive stabilization groups have been used to explore the first-person perspective of help seeking, treatment participation, and ways to positive change (i.e. recovery). A hermeneutical-phenomenological approach was used for the data collection and analysis. The analysis revealed that help seeking was initiated after a prolonged period of time, where participants had relied heavily on a strategy of managing on their own. A model of how this delay in help seeking could come about is presented. Participation in the inclusive stabilization group was experienced as a meaningful struggle that required continuous efforts but also rewarded participants with new and important experiences, such as meeting other trauma survivors. The analysis of the participants' experiences of ways to positive change underlined the significance of opportunities for new meaning-making, increased emotional contact and a strengthened sense of agency, along with multiple entries to the road of recovery. Taken together, the findings illustrate the dual roles, and differential influences, of meaning-making processes and a sense of agency in the aftermath of childhood trauma, as they functioned both as catalysts for help seeking and important promoters of recovery in this sample. The finding further showed a potential for the inclusive stabilization group approach as a way to reach more trauma clients in need of treatment, underlining the importance of continued empirical exploration and testing of such approaches. Several clinical implications of the findings are the importance of recognizing the active role clients play in trauma treatment and recovery and the multiple meanings of self-management, help seeking and symptom load.

Forsking har vist at det å oppleve eit psykologiske traume er relativt vanleg, og at mange slit med traumerelaterte plager mange år etter slike opplevingar. Medan traumebehandling viser lovande resultat, har den tradisjonelle måten å organisere slik behandling på gjort traumebehandling i gruppe utilgjengeleg for traumeklientar utanfor dei store byane. Ei ny behandlingstilnærming, som gjer det mogleg å inkluderer klientar med ulike traumeerfaringar i same gruppe, blir presentert i denne avhandlinga. 13 klientar frå den nye behandlingstilnærminga vart intervjua med kvalitative djupneintervju for å utforske klientane sine opplevingar av a) prosessen som førte til at dei søkte hjelp, b) den nye behandlingstilnærminga, og c) betringsprosessar. Ei fortolkande og opplevingsnær forskingstilnærming vart brukt i intervju og analyseprosess. Det finns svært lite systematisert kunnskap om traumeklientar sine opplevingar av det å søke hjelp, traumebehandling og betring. Avhandlinga bidreg difor med ny kunnskap om klientperspektivet på desse prosessane. Funna nyanserer fokuset på ønsket om å klare seg sjølv som einaste ei barriere for det å søke hjelp, og viser korleis det å søke hjelp i seg sjølv kan representere ei stor endring for traumeklientar. Deltaking i den nye behandlingstilnærminga vart opplevd som krevjande men givande. Den aktive rolla klientar har, både i betringsprosessen og i behandling, vart understreka av funna, og viser betydinga av å respektere klientane sine individuelle prosessar knytt til hjelpsøking og betring når ein planlegg og tilbyr behandling. Funna illustrerer også dei mange måtane endring kan bli initiert på og samspelet mellom ulike betringsfremmande element, dermed betydninga av å ha ei brei tilnærming til tilfrisking etter traume. Prosessar knytt til meiningsdanning og kjensle av å vere agent i eige liv vart viktig for å forstå funna knytt til hjelpsøking, samt den opplevde vegen frå sjølvberging til tilfrisking. Medan funna samla sett viser eit potensial for meir samansette traumegrupper treng ein meir forsking før ein kan konkludere.

The papers of this thesis are not available in Munin: 1. Stige, S. H.: 'A stabilization group approach for heterogeneous populations of trauma clients', Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (2011), vol. 20(8):886-903, available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2011.627583 2. Stige, S. H., Træen, B., & Rosenvinge, J. H.: 'The process leading to help seeking following childhood trauma' (manuscript). 3. Stige, S. H., Rosenvinge, J. H., Træen, B.: 'A meaningful struggle: Trauma clients’ experiences with an inclusive stabilization group approach', Psychotherapy Research (2013), vol. 23(4):419-429, available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10503307.2013.778437 4. Stige, S. H., Binder, P. E., Rosenvinge, J. H., & Træen, B.: 'Stories from the road of recovery – How adult, female survivors of childhood trauma experience ways to positive change', Nordic Psychology (2013), vol. 65(1):3-18, available av http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19012276.2013.796083

Country
Norway
Related Organizations
Keywords

VDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260::Clinical psychology: 262, VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260::Klinisk psykologi: 262

  • BIP!
    Impact byBIP!
    selected citations
    These citations are derived from selected sources.
    This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    0
    popularity
    This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
    influence
    This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
    Average
    impulse
    This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
    Average
Powered by OpenAIRE graph
Found an issue? Give us feedback
selected citations
These citations are derived from selected sources.
This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Citations provided by BIP!
popularity
This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Popularity provided by BIP!
influence
This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).
BIP!Influence provided by BIP!
impulse
This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.
BIP!Impulse provided by BIP!
0
Average
Average
Average
Green
Related to Research communities