Creating a Safe Space: Therapeutic Relationships With Adolescents Who Have Experienced Childhood Emotional Abuse
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Authors
Reimer, Kylee
Issue Date
2024-11-07
Type
Capstone
Language
en
Keywords
adolescence , childhood abuse , emotional abuse , therapeutic relationships , therapeutic alliance , adolescent , interpersonal functioning , emotional regulation
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Abstract
In this capstone the author explores the experiences of adolescents who have endured childhood emotional abuse within the therapeutic relationship. Significant numbers of individuals experience childhood emotional abuse, with adolescence offering a developmental period of critical intervention. However, exploration of the impact on this population remains a gap in the literature. The author conducted a comprehensive literature review, analysis, and synthesis of various scholarly studies and found that adolescence holds an array of challenges that inhibit the ability to form and maintain strong therapeutic alliances through difficulties with trust, emotional dysregulation, rejection sensitivity, and the stigmatisation of mental health care. The negative effects of childhood emotional abuse often hinder the capacity to form therapeutic alliances because of challenges in trust, emotional dysregulation, and low psychological well-being. The intersection of these factors has significant negative implications for opportunities for adolescents who have experienced childhood emotional abuse to foster positive relationships and heal through the therapeutic process. Understanding the intersection of impacts on this population is vital to provide therapeutic supports competently and effectively. In consideration of the findings of the capstone project, the author has made suggestions for clinical applications and future areas of research.
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