Naslov
THE PAIN WITHIN: TREATING SELF-HARM USING GESTALT PSYCHOTHERAPY

Autori
Axiak, Rosalba Maria

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Ocjenski radovi, doktorska disertacija

Mjesto
Malta

Datum
02.02

Godina
2023

Stranica
499

Mentor
Klarin, Mira

Ključne riječi
Adolescents, NSSI, self-harm, retroflection, Gestalt therapy

Sažetak
In this study, the researcher investigated the effectiveness of Gestalt Psychotherapy with adolescents engaging in Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI). Adolescents are sometimes overwhelmed by anger, sadness, anxiety, and self- loathing. Some resort to self-injury as a means of refocusing emotional pain into a physical behaviour they can control. Using a small-sample quasi-experimental design, the researcher offered Gestalt therapy to seven adolescents between 12 and 14 years of age and assessed their NSSI at entry point using ISAS. They were also assessed using ABUSI, GAD -7 and KADS -11 at three different stages. The therapeutic journey of each adolescent was then recorded using a Narrative style of Inquiry. The results indicated that Gestalt Therapy is very effective with this population. All seven of the adolescents stopped self-harming. In the majority of cases, the depression, anxiety, and urge to self-harm disappeared. As an outcome of this research, the author developed the NSSI Gestalt Cycle of Experience which can be used by other therapists to understand NSSI in adolescents.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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