Empathic engagement in caregiving professions : in light of Heinz Kohut´s self psychology
Master thesis
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This thesis explores and illustrates ways in which a conceptual framework based on Heinz
Kohut’s self psychology, complemented by Kristin D. Neff’s conceptualization of selfcompassion,
can help illuminate how six professional caregivers from different disciplines
relate to themselves as they are faced with the call for empathic engagement in their practices.
The study is qualitative insofar as the goal of the investigation is describing, discovering and
understanding, rather than predicting and confirming. However, in the collection of data this
thesis combines the use of a qualitative method, conducting semi-structured interviews, with a
quantitative self-report scale.
Whereas empathic caregiving has been the topic of several studies, this thesis found
that this specific conceptual framework helps us discover additional dynamics and
connections that are relevant for understanding some of the special challenges inherent in
empathic caregiving.
Beskrivelse
Masteroppgave i religion- Universitetet i Agder 2010