The Expulsion of the Inner Devil—The Motivation of Therapists to Work with Persecuted and Traumatized People and their Children

Authors

  • Barbara Bräutigam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.1.1134

Keywords:

secondary traumatization, traumatization of children, motivation, self-reflection, political persecution

Abstract

This article reports the importance and central meaning of self-reflection when doing therapy with persecuted people and their children. The author reflects her own motivation in dealing with the subject. Statements of therapists interviewed for this study further illustrate this issue. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0001243

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Author Biography

Barbara Bräutigam

Barbara BRÄUTIGAM, Dipl. psych, psychological psychotherapist, currently training to qualify as a family therapist, worked as a ward psychologist in a children's and juvenile psychiatric and psychotherapeutic hospital for two and a half years, thesis proposal in the field of education at the Free University of Berlin.

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Published

2000-01-31

How to Cite

Bräutigam, B. (2000). The Expulsion of the Inner Devil—The Motivation of Therapists to Work with Persecuted and Traumatized People and their Children. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.1.1134

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000): Qualitative Research: National, Disciplinary, Methodical and Empirical Examples

Section

Empirical Examples

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Copyright (c) 2000 Barbara Bräutigam

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