The role of personal, professional, and psychological factors in therapists’ resilience.

Lakioti, Agathi; Stalikas, Anastassios; Pezirkianidis, Christos

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“…The same study showed that higher stress in therapists' personal lives was associated with their tendency to use avoidant coping strategies when experiencing difficulties in practice, while therapists' use of avoidant coping has been associated with less beneficial outcomes for clients in other studies (Heinonen et al, 2014). These findings demonstrate that therapists' personal distress can have negative consequences for their therapeutic work (see also Lakioti et al, 2020). There likely are different mechanisms by which this may occur.…”

Section: Psychotherapists' Emotional Burdens and Distressmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Therapist work satisfaction is a vital element in their sense of wellbeing and can even be felt by patients to the extent that it affects their progress in therapy (Delgadillo et al, 2018). When studying work-related predictors of occupational burnout, Steel et al (2018) showed that higher work demands and lack of autonomy were also salient predictors of therapist burnout (see too Lakioti et al, 2020).…”

Section: Sources Of Burdens and Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The emotionally burdened psychotherapist: Personal and situational risk factors.

Nissen‐Lie¹,

Orlinsky²,

Rønnestad³

2021

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Objective: Psychotherapists' experiences of emotional burdens and distress in their personal lives can compromise their professional functioning, as well as undermine their own wellbeing. To identify preventative measures, we need more knowledge about the personal and situational risk factors that contribute to therapists' emotional burdens. Method: From a large-scale international study of psychotherapists (N = 12,036), we analyzed a scale of Personal Burdens (PB) as a criterion variable with different sets of predictors: (a) age and gender; (b) childhood family functioning (e.g., trauma/abuse; early care quality); (c) dimensions of self (as experienced in close personal relationships); (d) current work satisfaction; and (e) current life stressors (financial and health worries), examining the relative importance of these predictors. Scores on attachment avoidance and anxiety were also included (as Step 6) for a subsample (N = 1,243) which had responded to a standard measure of those dimensions. Finally, we investigated whether the association of personal self (in the full sample) and attachment dimensions (in the subsample) depended on therapist gender and age cohort (Steps 7 & 8). Results: The most salient predictors of therapists' PB were current worries; early trauma; experiences of self in close relationships (e.g., being demanding and/or reclusive); low work satisfaction; an anxious attachment style (especially for male therapists) and younger age. The model with all predictors explained almost 30% of the variance in PB. Conclusions: Both personality-related and past and current life circumstances contributed to therapists' emotional burdens. Implications for prevention and selfcare are suggested. Public Significance StatementBoth personality-related, and past and current life circumstances contributed considerably to therapists' experience of emotional burdens. Those most at risk for emotional burdens reported more financial and health worries; early trauma in their own upbringing; had a more demanding and reclusive manner of relating in their close personal relationships; were younger; and reported low work satisfaction. We also found that those who scored higher on attachment anxiety were more prone to reporting a higher level of personal burdens, especially if male. This knowledge is useful in targeting helpful preventative measures for psychotherapists.

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Section: Psychotherapists' Emotional Burdens and Distressmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Sources Of Burdens and Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

The emotionally burdened psychotherapist: Personal and situational risk factors.

Nissen‐Lie¹,

Orlinsky²,

Rønnestad³

2021

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…In Greece, studies concerning psychological resilience have focused on its relationships with protective factors against adversities, such as experiencing positive emotions (Karampas et al, 2016), meaning in life, positive relationships (Lakioti et al, 2020), locus of control, coping strategies (Leontopoulou, 2006), positive identity development (Motti-Stefanidi, 2015), and positive school climate (Hatzichristou et al, 2014(Hatzichristou et al, , 2017.…”

Section: Psychological Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Secondly, it dissociates psychotherapy from the medical model, according to which all symptoms are mainly due to brain disorders. Third, it widens the therapeutic effect by adding to the elimination of symptoms the achievement of psychological wellbeing and, fourth, it minimizes the negative impact of the psychotherapeutic process on the therapist, who is constantly burdened with negative experiences (Lakioti et al, 2020;Rashid & Seligman, 2018).…”

Section: Positive Interventions and Psychotherapymentioning

confidence: 99%

INTRODUCTION - Latest developments in Positive Psychology: The case of Greece

Pezirkianidis

Stalikas

2020

Psychology

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In the last two decades, there is a rapid growth of the research initiative on Positive Psychology not only internationally but also in Greece. The present special issue aims at bringing together, highlighting, and promoting research and applications of Positive Psychology in Greece. At first, the authors introduce readers to the history and roots of Positive Psychology and focus on how research on Positive Psychology flourished in Greece. Moreover, emphasis is given on the core concepts of Positive Psychology, namely wellbeing, experiencing positive emotions, psychological resilience, and character strengths. Authors focus on the research conducted in Greece, the psychological instruments that measure them, and the applications of Positive Psychology, e.g. positive education, positive organizations, positive psychotherapy, and positive psychology interventions. To close with, the authors introduce readers to the eleven articles, which are included in the present special issue by presenting their main findings.

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“…(Litam, Ausloos, & Harrichand, 2021;Wezyk et.al, 2021). Because mental health specialists are classified as key workers in this field, they are now experiencing more intense mental work load than ever before due to the specifics of working with different categories of trauma victims (Lakioti, Stalikas & Pezirkianidis, 2020;David, 2012). This is primarily due to the specifics of providing psychological assistance, which is characterized by long-term and consistent impact of traumatic life events and emotional involvement in a relationship with a person experiencing the consequences of trauma.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The model of psychotherapeutic assistance to mental health specialists to develop resilience

Lazos¹

2021

ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY

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Introduction. Today’s crisis and stress conditions increase the number of cases of PTSD diagnosis and associated symptoms. Since mental health specialists are key workers in providing assistance in this context, they are now experiencing more intense mental work load than ever before. The personal characteristics of specialists and the occupational risks associated with empathic contact with patients who have experienced a traumatic event pose a certain danger to specialists and require special research attention. In this context, the need to prepare appropriate protocols, psychotechnologies and models of psychotherapeutic work to restore and develop resilience is highlighted. Aim. The purpose of the article is to describe the main standpoints of the created psychotechnology of the development of resilience of mental health specialists and operationalization of its practical part, namely a model of psychotherapeutic assistance to mental health specialists for the development of resilience. Results. The created psychotechnology for the development of resilience of mental health specialists contains developed theoretical, diagnostic and psychotherapeutic stages. The psychotherapeutic stage of psychotechnology of resilience of mental health specialists is created taking into account specific intervention strategies, principles of process organization and means (methods and techniques) that ensure the process of resilience development and is presented as a model of psychotherapeutic assistance to mental health specialists to develop resilience. The operationalization of the model allowed one to form the following scheme of strategic direction of psychotherapeutic assistance: resource vector <=> in-depth vector => behavioral vector. Each vector is provided with appropriate methods and techniques that help solve the problem of resilience development, as well as improve post-traumatic growth. Conclusions. The model of psychotherapeutic work for the development of resilience of mental health specialists, based on an integrative approach using multimodal interventions, is proposed. The initial approbation of the model allowed to determine the scheme of strategic direction of psychotherapeutic interventions, «portrait of a resilient specialist», as well as important aspects for its further improvement.

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The role of personal, professional, and psychological factors in therapists’ resilience.

Cited by 24 publications

References 67 publications

The emotionally burdened psychotherapist: Personal and situational risk factors.

The emotionally burdened psychotherapist: Personal and situational risk factors.

INTRODUCTION - Latest developments in Positive Psychology: The case of Greece

The model of psychotherapeutic assistance to mental health specialists to develop resilience

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