Stress and coping in the practice of family therapy: a British survey |
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| Authors: | Eddy Street Mark Rivett |
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| Affiliation: | Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Children's Centre, Llandough Hospital and Community NHS Trust, Penarth, S. Glamorgan CF54 2XX;and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Child Health, University of Wales College of Medicine, UK.;Senior Social Worker/Family Therapist, Preswylfa Child and Family Centre, Cardiff, UK. |
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| Abstract: | A sample of 171 members of the Association for Family Therapy (UK) was surveyed and data obtained on their general level of experienced stress, the sources and levels of experienced stresses they encountered in their practica, and the professional and private coping strategies they used to mitigate the effects of these stressors. The results indicate that stress can be experienced in all practice contexts, with important factors in its overall configuration being personal/professional worth and agency expectation. Family therapists appear to prefer coping strategies of a more social nature and there is an ambivalent attitude towards'therapy for therapists'. |
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