Addressing the Impacts of Workplace Violence: An Exploration of Supporting the Diverse Needs Population, Workplace Violence and Its Psychological Effects

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cityu.schoolSchool of Health and Social Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorStainton, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T21:54:23Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T21:54:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-05
dc.description.abstractWorkplace violence is an unfortunate reality for many different professions that are involved with helping people. Until recently, the impacts of workplace violence on psychological distress were unknown, and a lack of awareness of these deleterious effects persists in some professions. Workplace violence can impact both the individual and the environment they are employed in, both short and long-term. Workplace violence exists in both physical and verbal forms or intertwined experience of both. This capstone seeks to recognize the existence of workplace violence experienced by frontline workers who support the special needs population, to identify the psychological effects of these experiences, and to suggest possible methods of support within the counselling realm. The literature review demonstrated the existence of workplace violence in this employment sector in school systems, care homes and in independent care at the clients' houses. It demonstrates that anxiety, sleep disturbances, and post-traumatic stress disorder are all psychological consequences of workplace violence. This project further explores somatic-based therapy as a possible theoretical frame that could be used when working with this form of psychological distress.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1628
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjectworkplace violence
dc.subjectdiverse needs
dc.subjectspecial needs
dc.subjectacceptance commitment therapy (ACT)
dc.subjectsomatic based therapies
dc.subjectpsychological distress
dc.subjectsomatic experiencing
dc.subjectpost-traumatic disorder
dc.subjectanxiety
dc.subjectsleep disturbances
dc.titleAddressing the Impacts of Workplace Violence: An Exploration of Supporting the Diverse Needs Population, Workplace Violence and Its Psychological Effects
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts Counseling
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