Therapists’ Experience of Working with Suicidal Clients

This paper is based on a study of therapists’ experiences of working with suicidal clients. Using a hermeneutic-phenomenological methodology informed by Heidegger, the study provides an understanding of the meaning of therapists’ experiences from their perspective as mental health professionals in N...

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Authors: Rossouw, Gabriel (Author) ; Smythe, Elizabeth (Author) ; Greener, Peter 1950- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Rhodes University 2011
In: The Indo-Pacific journal of phenomenology
Year: 2011, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-12
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