Therapists Coping with Sexual Assault

Colao, Flora; Hunt, Miriam

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“…The rape narrative led to much greater negative ICB responses than the mourning narrative and conversely for the positive ICB responses. The findings related to negative CT met the expectation of strong CT reactions in the cases of therapists who treat victims of sexual violence (Colao & Hunt 1983;Fox & Carey, 1999;Krupnick, 1980). The ICB also showed a significantly greater occurrence of negative CT in male therapists compared with female therapists when considering both vignettes together as well as separately.…”

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“…The scientific literature has consistently reported on the difficulties involved in the clinical practice of therapists who treat sexual abuse victims, describing the intense reactions often triggered when facing intense and traumatic conditions (Colao & Hunt, 1983;Fox & Carey, 1999;Krupnick, 1980). Our findings concerning observer-rated MSRS scores (see Table III) showed that therapists empathized more with the case of mourning than with the case of rape trauma (i.e., REM, reflective mental state), whereas the latter provoked more intense reactive feelings, which suggests that our participants found the pain of loss and consequent sadness were easier to contain than the aggressive assault and violence and their associated traumatic consequences.…”

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Mental states as part of countertransference responses in psychotherapists facing reports of traumatic events of mourning and sexual violence

Goldfeld

Terra

Abuchaim

et al. 2008

Psychotherapy Research

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The study aims to compare the mental states and countertransference responses of 92 psychodynamically oriented psychotherapists, male and female, experienced and inexperienced, facing written reports of real patients who experienced traumatic events. Two vignettes were presented: one of a sexual violence, the other the sudden death of a significant person. The Mental States Rating System (MSRS; Bouchard, Picard, Audet, Brisson, & Carrier, 1998), the MSRS Self-Report (Goldfeld & Bouchard, 2004), and the Inventory of Countertransference Behavior (ICB; Friedman & Gelso, 2000) were used. Results showed that the mourning vignette led to more reflective responses (MSRS) and the rape case was associated with more negative countertransference reactions (ICB). Female participants were more reflective (MSRS); male therapists used less mentalized states (MSRS Self-Report) and expressed more negative reactions (ICB) for both scenarios. Experienced therapists showed more positive reactions on the ICB. The construct validity of the instruments is discussed in relation to the findings.

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Mental states as part of countertransference responses in psychotherapists facing reports of traumatic events of mourning and sexual violence

Goldfeld

Terra

Abuchaim

et al. 2008

Psychotherapy Research

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“…The ability to manage countertransference behavior is important for therapists working with survivors of sexual assault for several reasons. Not only is it estimated that one out of every three women now alive in the United States will be raped at least once in her lifetime (Colao & Hunt, 1983), but also, therapists, as members of this society, may have themselves internalized the myths surrounding sexual assault in this culture. Examples of these myths include the belief that rape is a sexual act, and that therefore women provoke their own attacks by somehow dressing or acting in provocative ways.…”

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Countertransference behavior and management with survivors of sexual assault.

Latts¹,

Gelso²

1995

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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This study examined therapists' countertransference behavior with rape survivors in light of: (1) therapists' gender and ( 2) their use of a two-step model of countertransference management. The two-step model consists of awareness of countertransference feelings followed by employment of a theoretical framework to understand these feelings. Forty-seven graduate trainees completed measures of awareness of countertransference feelings and theoretical framework. One week later, therapists responded at six pause points to one of two videotaped client-actresses portraying a survivor of date rape. Countertransference behavior was measured by analzing therapists' responses to the client in terms of "approach" and "avoidance." The twostep model of countertransference management was analyzed via a hierarchical regression. An interaction effect between awareness of feelings and theoretical framework was identified, suggesting that high awareness and high theoretical framework yields the least avoidance while low awareness and high framework results in the greatest avoidance. As hypothesized, male Hie authors would like to express their appreciation to Maria Gomez and Jeffrey A. Hayes for their help in reviewing an earlier draft of this article.

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“…Ela ainda é de maior importância no caso de psicopatologias graves ou fundamentadas em estágios precoces do desenvolvimento, onde ocorre prejuízo ou abolição da capacidade de simbolização do indivíduo [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] . Além disso, em situações de traumas severos, conforme bem descrito na literatura [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59] , a capacidade do indivíduo de simbolizar também pode ser perdida ou embotada, sendo seu lugar tomado por uma "equação simbólica" 57,60 . Nesta, a palavra perde significados, carregando o impacto do evento "em si".…”

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Adaptação transcultural do Mental States Rating System para o português brasileiro

Goldfeld¹,

Wiethaeuper

Bouchard

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Rev. psiquiatr. Rio Gd. Sul

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INTRODUÇÃO: O artigo apresenta a adaptação transcultural do Mental States Rating System, uma escala de análise de conteúdo do discurso, seja ele falado, descrito ou filmado, que abrange de modo amplo tipos de contratransferência. MÉTODO: Foram realizadas as etapas de equivalência conceitual, equivalência de itens, equivalência semântica, equivalência operacional, equivalência funcional e aprovação da versão final pelo autor original do instrumento. RESULTADOS: Os critérios de equivalência foram satisfeitos, tendo a versão final sido aprovada pelo autor do instrumento original. CONCLUSÃO: A adaptação do Mental States Rating System disponibiliza para uso um instrumento que não só abrange todas as categorias de contratransferência descritas na literatura, mas as amplia, através da Teoria dos Estados Mentais. Constitui, desse modo, uma ferramenta de grande utilidade para pesquisa em psicoterapia e psicanálise, onde a contratransferência tem se mostrado um importante recurso, tornando-se ainda mais crucial nas patologias fundamentadas em estágios precoces do desenvolvimento, nos casos graves e nos traumas severos.

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Therapists Coping with Sexual Assault

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Mental states as part of countertransference responses in psychotherapists facing reports of traumatic events of mourning and sexual violence

Mental states as part of countertransference responses in psychotherapists facing reports of traumatic events of mourning and sexual violence

Countertransference behavior and management with survivors of sexual assault.

Adaptação transcultural do Mental States Rating System para o português brasileiro

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