A Qualitative Study on the Experiences of Therapists who Have Been Threatened with Harm or Attacked by a Client or a Relative of a Client During the Course of Treatment in a Non-Residential Setting

This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to understand the experience of six therapists who had been threatened with harm or attacked by a client or a relative of a client in an outpatient setting. Semi-structured interviews were employed to collect data which were then analyzed using...

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Main Author: Wolverton, Katherine Gray
Other Authors: Human Development
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/73337