Fear of losing it: an auto-ethnographic case study exploring re-triggered loss experiences during psychotherapy training

The aim of this article is to explore loss experiences within a counselling and psychotherapy training arena, an environment that effects individual change. We use an auto-ethnographic case study format and data in the form of photographs, hybridised client material, journal entries and commentaries...

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Published in:British journal of guidance & counselling 2021-09, Vol.49 (5), p.689-700
Main Authors: Bateson, Karen, Lees, John, Proctor, Gillian, Shloim, Netalie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior Change
bereavement
Cancer
Case Studies
Counseling Services
Counselling
Counselor Attitudes
Counselor Client Relationship
Counselor Training
Diaries
Emotional Response
Ethnography
Fear
Grief
loss
Photography
Psychotherapy
Reading Processes
reflexivity
Supervision
Teaching Methods
training
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Summary:The aim of this article is to explore loss experiences within a counselling and psychotherapy training arena, an environment that effects individual change. We use an auto-ethnographic case study format and data in the form of photographs, hybridised client material, journal entries and commentaries in order to reflexively consider loss material. We do this with a view to creating a narrative that enables readers to consider their emotions, thoughts and reactions to the material presented. We conclude that loss and grief can be re-triggered. Loss is inevitable. However, hidden loss affects the ability to manage change and has the potential to create transgenerational patterns.
ISSN:0306-9885
1469-3534
DOI:10.1080/03069885.2020.1772461