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‘How Does That Itsy Bitsy Spider Do It?’: Severely Traumatized Children’S Development Of Resilience In Psychotherapy, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor
‘How Does That Itsy Bitsy Spider Do It?’: Severely Traumatized Children’S Development Of Resilience In Psychotherapy, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor
Katherine Tyson McCrea
This paper explores the ways in which traumatized children make use of a treatment relationship to develop their resilience. First, the concept of resilience is deepened by synthesizing elements from two theories: 1) Self-Determination Theory’s emphasis on the importance for a person’s well-being of her/his choices of goals of relatedness, autonomy, and competence (Ryan & Deci, 2008), and 2) Hope Theory’s formulation that central constituents of hope are the ability to conceptualize pathways towards goals and a conviction of competence in goal attainment (Snyder, 2002). Applying this understanding of resilience to long-term child-centered psychotherapy, this study describes how the therapist …
Clients’ Hope Arises From Social Workers’ Compassion: Young Clients’ Perspectives On Surmounting The Obstacles Of Disadvantage, Deanna Guthrie Asst. Orofessor, Victoria Ellison, King Sami, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor
Clients’ Hope Arises From Social Workers’ Compassion: Young Clients’ Perspectives On Surmounting The Obstacles Of Disadvantage, Deanna Guthrie Asst. Orofessor, Victoria Ellison, King Sami, Katherine Tyson Mccrea Professor
Katherine Tyson McCrea
While social workers strive to build disadvantaged African-American youth’s resilience by improving services, rarely are those youths’ perspectives included in research. In a previous participatory action evaluation of an after school program, disadvantaged African-American youth prioritized instructors’ compassion, and said compassion engendered hope. This study explores their connection between compassion and hope more deeply. After summarizing the literature and focusing on Snyder’s hope theory, this study examines the connection between compassion and hope as individual traits (using standardized scales), and as relational, action-based experiences (using qualitative analysis of interview data). Instructor actions youth identified as compassionate and as engendering hope …