To explore counselors/psychologists’awareness of countertransference while working with survivors of sexual abuse.

• Main Authors: Mei-shan Chiu, 邱美珊
• Other Authors: ching-fu Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/70827888135219801660

碩士 === 國立屏東教育大學 === 心理輔導教育研究所 === 100 === The purpose of this research is to explore counselors/psychologists’ awareness of countertransference while working with survivors of sexual abuse. How to cope with situations and the effects on the future counseling are discussed. The researcher employs a qualitative research and the data were analyzed based on narrative research method. Data were collected from semi-structured individual interviews with five experienced counselors/psychologists who are and/or were working with survivors of sexual abuse. The findings and conclusions are shown below: 1. Counselors/psychologists’ awareness of the content of countertransference include the following: (a) clients’ characteristics; (b) factors collected from each client’s ecosystem and living environment; (c) layers of the organizations and systems; (d) the issues influencing counselors/psychologists, and (e) individual counseling/psychotherapy field. 2. Counselors/psychologists’ countertransference coping strategies include: (a) the promotion of professional knowledge; (b) personality traits of counselors/psychologists; (c) specific processing strategies; and (d) life transformation. 3. The following effects show counselors/psychologists’ countertransference coping strategies as well as their resulting effects on further counseling/psychotherapy: (a) re-learning of boundaries; (b) the construction of safe environments and the stability to build benign relationship between counselors/psychologists and clients; (c) advanced training; (d) the recognition of values of counseling; (e) the confrontation with adversities with positive attitudes; (f) reasonable expectations toward the effects of counseling; (g) learning from the clients; (h) changes in dressing style; (i) discussions with the clients about the events occurred in daily lives; (j) alleviation of initial trauma; (k) the understanding of the uniqueness of each case; (l) the importance of companion and responsibility to listen to the clients; and (m) an increase in the rich perspectives. This study discusses its findings and provides future researchers and professional counselors/psychologists with specific suggestions and recommendations.