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Wolf-Wasylowich, Rhonda.

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Humor within the Therapeutic Relationship: Mental Health Therapists' Experiences and Understandings.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Humor within the Therapeutic Relationship: Mental Health Therapists' Experiences and Understandings./
Author:	Wolf-Wasylowich, Rhonda.
Description:	84 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-05, page: 3377.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International49-05.
Subject:	Psychology, Counseling. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1492623
ISBN:	9781124649115

Humor within the Therapeutic Relationship: Mental Health Therapists' Experiences and Understandings.
Wolf-Wasylowich, Rhonda.

Humor within the Therapeutic Relationship: Mental Health Therapists' Experiences and Understandings. - 84 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-05, page: 3377.

Thesis (M.A.)--Prescott College, 2011.

Humor is a common phenomenon in social interactions and interpersonal relationships. Although humor research has grown extensively in the last 30 years, there is still minimal research studying humor within the therapeutic relationship. This study explored mental health therapists' experience of humor within the therapeutic relationship and their understandings of this experience. In order to explore these experiences and understandings, I conducted in-depth interviews with mental health therapists. Phenomenological research methods were used to analyze the data in order to obtain common themes and descriptions. Themes discovered from the data were humor use, humor within the therapeutic relationship, humor as a sign of mental health, communicating with humor, humor provides balance, genuineness, and therapeutic risks. The findings indicated that humor is present in the therapeutic relationship and is used in a number of ways by therapist and client. Therapist humor generally occurred naturally, yet mindfully. Humor created connection and balanced the emotional heaviness of therapy. Client use of humor could signify healing or a healthy aspect of their being. Therapists also expressed a number of potential risks when using humor. Strengths and limitation of this research project are included, as are suggestions for future research.

ISBN: 9781124649115Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669154
Psychology, Counseling.

Humor within the Therapeutic Relationship: Mental Health Therapists' Experiences and Understandings.
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