Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review
This article presents a review of the literature that pertains to the experiences of therapists who work directly with child sex offenders and/or people with pedophilia. We draw together results from studies that attempted to identify how therapists experience such work and how they were personally...
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| description | This article presents a review of the literature that pertains to the experiences of therapists who work directly with child sex offenders and/or people with pedophilia. We draw together results from studies that attempted to identify how therapists experience such work and how they were personally impacted by it. Usually, such studies are embedded within one of the following theoretical frameworks: Secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout. Most literature on the topic has therefore sought to determine to what extent and why, work-related stress responses may occur among these therapists. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide insight into this, arguably, important line of research, while evaluating the current knowledge as well as providing recommendations for future research efforts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-74df681f6e9140508bd15d6f72aa39fc2023-01-02T16:33:43ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyEurope's Journal of Psychology1841-04132018-06-0114249851410.5964/ejop.v14i2.1493ejop.v14i2.1493Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature ReviewMaria Hardeberg Bach0Carolin Demuth1Department of Psychology, Southern University of Denmark, Odense, DenmarkDepartment of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkThis article presents a review of the literature that pertains to the experiences of therapists who work directly with child sex offenders and/or people with pedophilia. We draw together results from studies that attempted to identify how therapists experience such work and how they were personally impacted by it. Usually, such studies are embedded within one of the following theoretical frameworks: Secondary traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout. Most literature on the topic has therefore sought to determine to what extent and why, work-related stress responses may occur among these therapists. The aim of this paper is therefore to provide insight into this, arguably, important line of research, while evaluating the current knowledge as well as providing recommendations for future research efforts.http://ejop.psychopen.eu/article/view/1493sex-offenderspedophiliatreatment providerstherapistsexperiencepersonal impactwork-related stresssecondary traumatic stressvicarious traumatizationcompassion fatigueburnout |
| spellingShingle | Maria Hardeberg Bach Carolin Demuth Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review Europe's Journal of Psychology sex-offenders pedophilia treatment providers therapists experience personal impact work-related stress secondary traumatic stress vicarious traumatization compassion fatigue burnout |
| title | Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review |
| title_full | Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review |
| title_short | Therapists’ Experiences in Their Work With Sex Offenders and People With Pedophilia: A Literature Review |
| title_sort | therapists experiences in their work with sex offenders and people with pedophilia a literature review |
| topic | sex-offenders pedophilia treatment providers therapists experience personal impact work-related stress secondary traumatic stress vicarious traumatization compassion fatigue burnout |
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