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Stress and coping in the practice of family therapy: a British survey
Author(s) -
Street Eddy,
Rivett Mark
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1996.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - stressor , ambivalence , coping (psychology) , psychology , private practice , family therapy , sense of agency , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , medicine , family medicine
A sample of 171 members of the Association for Family Therapy (UK) was surveyed and data obtained on their general level of experienced stress, the sources and levels of experienced stresses they encountered in their practica, and the professional and private coping strategies they used to mitigate the effects of these stressors. The results indicate that stress can be experienced in all practice contexts, with important factors in its overall configuration being personal/professional worth and agency expectation. Family therapists appear to prefer coping strategies of a more social nature and there is an ambivalent attitude towards‘therapy for therapists’.