The ethos of the nourished wounded healer: A narrative inquiry

Hadjiosif, Miltiades

doi:10.1080/13642537.2021.1881137

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“…Participants began their narrative by introducing their wound and then transitioned to the second chapter by recounting their motivations in entering the counselling field. This is consistent with previous findings about healing being at the core of such motivations (Hadjiosif, 2021).…”

Section: Healing Narrativessupporting

confidence: 94%

“…While numerous helping professionals identify as WHs, their strength and nature of identification varies (Hadjiosif, 2021).…”

Section: Identification and Development Process Of Wounded Healersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More specifically, such motivations include wanting to self-heal, help loved ones', pay it forward or foster better healing experiences for others (Gilbert & Stickley, 2012;Hadjiosif, 2021;Manson, 2019;Matise, 2021;Woods, 2020). The third and fourth chapters are where the narratives diverged to become never ending and nonlinear.…”

Section: Healing Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most participants in previous studies were established psychotherapists (Cvetovac & Adame, 2017;Hadjiosif, 2021;Woods, 2020).…”

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Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

Dee

Fernandez

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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Due to the stigma therapists‐in‐training face within the field owing to their woundedness, and the dearth of psychological literature on the healing of wounded healers (WHs), this study examined the healing journeys of nine Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as WHs. Narrative Identity framework was utilized to analyse the healing narratives gathered from nine semi‐structured interviews with therapists‐in‐training. Results focussed on the healing narratives and how these shaped the identity and development of these future practitioners. The healing narratives of therapists‐in‐training were generally composed of four chapters: (a) identifying the wounded‐client identity and its wounds, (b) entering the counselling field brings the emergence of the healer‐therapist identity, (c) nonlinearity of healing transforms into a fluid WH, and (d) continuing the healing journey. These never‐ending and nonlinear journeys shaped how therapists‐in‐training perceived and constructed or deconstructed their identification, with their dual identities influencing their practice. Additionally, their healing journeys contributed to their development as therapists who continue to heal from their woundedness. This study contributes to the literature regarding therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as WHs through the emphasised healing process. Moreover, this study may both lessen the stigma surrounding therapists‐in‐training's woundedness and help colleagues, educators, mentors and supervisors within the counselling field to better help trainees through the creation of open spaces, classes and training programmes that may help in enhancing their well‐being and utilising their woundedness to increase, rather than impair, their therapeutic ability.

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Section: Healing Narrativessupporting

confidence: 94%

“…While numerous helping professionals identify as WHs, their strength and nature of identification varies (Hadjiosif, 2021).…”

Section: Identification and Development Process Of Wounded Healersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Healing Narrativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most participants in previous studies were established psychotherapists (Cvetovac & Adame, 2017;Hadjiosif, 2021;Woods, 2020).…”

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Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

Dee

Fernandez

2023

Couns and Psychother Res

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“…In line with Jung's archetype of the "wounded healer" (Jung, 1961), participants drawing on the self-transcending plotline recognized being overwhelmed by narratives that triggered their unaddressed issues. Understanding how their healing connected with mitigating their client's pain and anguish negated dichotomies between therapist and client, broadened self-understanding, and gave participants the freedom to embark on pathway toward personal growth (Farber, 2017;Groesbeck, 1975;Hadjiosif, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

Fernandes,

Rhodes,

Buus

2023

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Refugee narratives of torture and trauma can have profound impacts on refugee trauma workers. This narrative inquiry aimed to explore the lived experiences of the impacts of providing therapeutic interventions to refugees. The purposive sample consisted of 19 therapists who had provided interventions to refugees for at least 1 year. Data generated by semistructured interviews augmented by photo elicitation were analysed utilizing a three phased narrative analysis including narrative construction, analysis of narratives, and narrative configuration. When participants told their unique stories as they interpreted their journeys assisting refugee survivors, two distinct narratives emerged: A narrative of surviving and thriving, and a narrative of striving and yielding. Upon closer examination these narratives generated five interconnected plotlines: Self-transcending, being optimistic, championing, being valiant, and being vanquished. The findings give voice to therapists who have been forced to quit the field despite their commitment and strong desire to continue highlight possible organizational issues and query the dominant binary of trauma versus adversarial growth. To mitigate adverse impacts that acknowledge the need for trauma organizations to accept responsibility to sustain their staff, we recommend the introduction of proactive strategies at a systemic level. Public Significance StatementThis narrative inquiry describes the impacts of working with refugee survivors as a fluid, intersecting continuum between satisfaction of ongoing clinical engagement and incapacity in the clinical field. The study suggests that current strategies to support refugee trauma workers place disproportionate responsibility of managing these impacts on the individual and recommends the need for additional research to inform alternative perspectives at a systemic level.

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When the therapist's and the client's woundedness meet: Dialogical selves of Filipino self‐identified wounded healers

Topacio,

Ofreneo

2024

Couns and Psychother Res

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IntroductionThe dominant literature on wounded healers assumes that the healer must be healed of one's wounds to be an effective therapist and that countertransference, moments in therapy when a healer's wounds are activated, must be successfully managed. Lacking in the literature is an understanding of the internal dynamics of wounded healers as they navigate moments of countertransference. Veering away from a unitary and static view of the self, we argue for a shift in how we understand wounded healers using the lens of a multiple and dynamic self. Through Herman's dialogical self‐theory, we conceptualise the wounded healer as having multiple selves—the wounded self (WS) and the therapist self (TS). Each self is an I‐position with its own unique voices and narratives.MethodThrough in‐depth interviews with Filipino self‐identified wounded healers, we examine the internal voices of the WS and TS during moments of countertransference, as the WS meets the client's wounded self.FindingsResults show that the participants' characterisation of their WS, or where they are in their journey of healing or recovery, shapes their countertransference experience. Participants with recovered WS channelled the voices of calm recognition and differentiation. Voices of identification, re‐experiencing and differentiation surfaced among participants with recovering WS. Participants with emerging WS transitioned from a voice of not knowing to a voice of identification.ConclusionBeing aware of and listening to the voices of the WS alongside the TS is key in navigating countertransference. The implications of a dialogical understanding of wounded healers in clinical practice are discussed.

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The ethos of the nourished wounded healer: A narrative inquiry

Cited by 9 publications

References 42 publications

Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

Nonlinearity of healing: Healing narratives of Filipino therapists‐in‐training who self‐identify as wounded healers

What do trauma workers experience when assisting refugee survivors of torture and trauma? A narrative inquiry.

When the therapist's and the client's woundedness meet: Dialogical selves of Filipino self‐identified wounded healers

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