An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work

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dc.contributor.advisorGibson, Kerryen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHendricks, Karen Rachelen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-11T12:57:38Z
dc.date.available2014-11-11T12:57:38Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 73-77.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis study attempts to explore the experiences of stress and coping amongst volunteer counsellors in a Rape Crisis organisation in the context of their counselling work. The literature on vicarious traumatization provides a basis for understanding that trauma counselling can be stressful for counsellors. The study draws on a theoretical base which indicates that neither subjective stress nor coping experiences can be fully understood through a stance which isolates the individual's experience from its context. Informed by the theoretical review and the aims of the study it was decided that a qualitatively design would best access counsellors internal subjective as well as contextually constructed world. The methods of this study consist of a combination of methods, including individual semi-structured interviews, a focus group and accessing information about the organisation. The thematic analysis suggests that counsellors are struggling with issues which stem from the anxieties elicited by the nature of the rape trauma, as well as with parallel institutional and social issues. The themes of transgression of boundaries, the inability to speak out, power and the feminist collective seem to emerge as dominant themes in counsellors expressions of their experiences of stress and coping. These issues seem to parallel the rape, violation, domination, silence and isolation which are part of the social position of women in our society.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHendricks, K. R. (1998). <i>An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9560en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHendricks, Karen Rachel. <i>"An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9560en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHendricks, K. 1998. An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hendricks, Karen Rachel AB - This study attempts to explore the experiences of stress and coping amongst volunteer counsellors in a Rape Crisis organisation in the context of their counselling work. The literature on vicarious traumatization provides a basis for understanding that trauma counselling can be stressful for counsellors. The study draws on a theoretical base which indicates that neither subjective stress nor coping experiences can be fully understood through a stance which isolates the individual's experience from its context. Informed by the theoretical review and the aims of the study it was decided that a qualitatively design would best access counsellors internal subjective as well as contextually constructed world. The methods of this study consist of a combination of methods, including individual semi-structured interviews, a focus group and accessing information about the organisation. The thematic analysis suggests that counsellors are struggling with issues which stem from the anxieties elicited by the nature of the rape trauma, as well as with parallel institutional and social issues. The themes of transgression of boundaries, the inability to speak out, power and the feminist collective seem to emerge as dominant themes in counsellors expressions of their experiences of stress and coping. These issues seem to parallel the rape, violation, domination, silence and isolation which are part of the social position of women in our society. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work TI - An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9560 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9560
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHendricks KR. An exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their work. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9560en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleAn exploration of Rape Crisis counsellors' experiences of stress and coping in the context of their worken_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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