Beyond Support: Exploring Support as Existential Phenomenon in the Context of Young People and Mental Health
Support in different modes, expressions and actions is at the core of the public welfare culture. In this paper, support is examined as an everyday interpersonal phenomenon with a variety of expressions in language and ways of relating, and its essential meaning is explored. The fulcrum for reflecti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rhodes University
[2017]
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The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2017, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-11 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Young adult
/ Support
/ Support
/ Mental health
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| RelBib Classification: | ZA Social sciences ZD Psychology |
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| Summary: | Support in different modes, expressions and actions is at the core of the public welfare culture. In this paper, support is examined as an everyday interpersonal phenomenon with a variety of expressions in language and ways of relating, and its essential meaning is explored. The fulcrum for reflection is the lived experience shared by a young woman with mental health problems of her respective encounters with two professionals in mental health facilities. A phenomenological analysis of the contrasting accounts suggests that, when the professional relationship includes openness and risk, a certain degree of freedom of action is possible for both parties involved in the inevitably asymmetrical relationship. Support as given eludes controllable and measurable objectives, but imposes itself on the lived experiences of both the giver and the receiver as subject to readiness for acceptance. By not making assumptions about what support is, we open ourselves to the possibility of reciprocally experiencing moments revealing the essential meaning of support as lived. |
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| ISSN: | 1445-7377 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/20797222.2017.1370899 |