Phenomena in the therapeutic setting when treating clients with gender-related Body dysphoria
| dc.contributor.author | Coleman, David | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Bain, Katherine | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-15T07:09:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-15T07:09:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master by Coursework and Research Report in the field of Clinical Psychology to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study explored psychotherapists’ experiences of somatic phenomena, in relation to their own bodies, when treating clients with significant gender-related body dysphoria within the treatment setting. It also examined their experiences and deeper understandings of somatic transference and countertransference within the analytic frame when working with this particular client profile. The various resistance mechanisms deployed by such clients were also explored as well as the ways in which psychotherapists may be resistant to working more closely with their own somatic countertransference. A qualitative approach to research was in order to generate meaning and understanding through rich material. An interpretivist paradigm was employed whose ontology examines the perceptions and experiences of therapists who have treated clients with significant gender-related body dysphoria. Therapists’ experiences of somatic countertransference phenomena were varied and inconsistent. More than half of the therapists reported the experiencing of sensations including nausea, headaches, restriction of the chest and experiences of drowsiness. Some therapists could not recall any experiences of somatic countertransference and demonstrated a tendency to minimize, deny or disavow somatic phenomena. | |
| dc.description.submitter | GM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Coleman, David. (2023).Phenomena in the therapeutic setting when treating clients with gender-related Body dysphoria [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/42564 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2024 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | School of Social Sciences | |
| dc.subject | somatic countertransference, transference, transgender, gender-related body dysphoria | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-3: Good health and well-being | |
| dc.title | Phenomena in the therapeutic setting when treating clients with gender-related Body dysphoria | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |