Henseler, Tove (2022) Omgaan met suïcidaliteit en de impact van een suïcide(poging) van een cliënt: een vergelijking tussen ervaringsdeskundigen en hulpverleners zonder herstelervaring. Bachelor thesis, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
In the Netherlands, roughly 1800 people die by suicide every year (since 2018), amounting to about 5 people per day. More than 40% of the total number of suicides take place within mental health care. Hearing suicidal expressions from clients can be stressful for professionals and working with suicidal clients may impact the well-being and personal lives of counsellors. The employment of peer specialists may have added value for hope as well as connection in relation to suicidal clients. Peer specialists can, among other things, offer recognition and reduce shame and stigma. The continuous recovery process of peer specialists and being closer to the client’s suicidality could mean that the impact of working with suicidality on peer specialists is greater compared to care providers without this (recovery) experience. This research investigates the impact of working with suicidality and client's suicide (attempt) on peer specialists with and care providers without recovery experience from suicidality. On the basis of interviews with 15 peer specialists and 18 care providers working at Dutch mental health institutions, it was examined which differences exist between those groups in dealing with suicidality and a suicide (attempt) of a client. What both groups find important during interaction with suicidal clients, how they experience working with suicidal clients and the period after suicide (attempt) was investigated. Care providers tend to approach suicidal clients with empathy and emphasize their social network, whereas peer specialists use their own experience and emphasize the client’s personal process. Both groups claimed the work was not burdensome, despite the fact that it occasionally followed them home. Peer specialists sometimes find the work emotionally heavy, but most of them also feel energized from providing help; some care providers felt an increase in fear for suicide (attempt) while others felt a decrease in fear. Both groups mentioned the importance of having some release and guarding boundaries. Peer specialists mentioned the importance of knowing your limits and not absorbing the client's feelings; care providers mentioned support of colleagues, humour and putting things into perspective. Health care workers mentioned suicide (attempt) leads to a greater burden when it occurs unexpectedly, violently or for the first time, or when they doubt whether they acted correctly. After a suicide (attempt) both groups considered it important to talk about the event, highlighting the importance of the team and supervision. Peer specialists mentioned among others contact with other peer specialists as helping; care providers mentioned follow-up discussions with the client and contact with relatives.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Bergen, D.D. van |
| Degree programme: | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Orthopedagogiek [Bachelor Pedagogical and Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jul 2022 08:55 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2022 08:55 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1204 |
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