Vloga skupine v terapevtskem procesu pri premagovanju anksioznosti in stresa : magistrsko delo

Lešnik, Neja (author), Gerjolj, Stanko (mentor)

Skupinska terapija je uveljavljena oblika psihoterapije, kjer se v zaupnem in podpornem okolju redno srečujejo člani pod strokovnim vodstvom. V magistrski nalogi je avtorica raziskovala doživljanja članov, ki so izkusili skupinsko terapijo v povezavi s stresom in anksioznostjo, prav tako pa tudi doživljanje vloge skupine skozi oči terapevtov, ki so v praksi izvajali skupinsko terapijo. V prvem delu naloge je predstavljen teoretski okvir anksioznosti in stresa ter njuna simptomatika in vzroki. Predstavljen je tudi razvoj pojmov skozi zgodovino in uporaba pojmov v klinični praksi. Anksioznost in stres se v teoretičnem delu razmejita od drugih sorodnih fenomenov. Kot ena izmed učinkovitih psihoterapevtskih praks je izpostavljena skupinska terapija. Predstavljen je zgodovinski pregled uporabe skupinskih praks in razvoj ter uporabnost le-te v današnjem času. Skupinska terapija je teoretsko predstavljena tako z vidika delovanja skupinske dinamike kot tudi terapevtskih dejavnikov, ki delujejo v njej in so zaslužni za napredek v skupini tako na nivoju posameznika kot skupine. V empiričnem delu je avtorica raziskave uporabila fenomenološko metodo, ki temelji predvsem na osebnem doživljanju nekega fenomena. Avtorica je z metodo polstrukturiranih intervjujev dobila informacije o doživljanju vloge skupine v terapevtskem procesu pri spoprijemanju z anksioznostjo in stresom. Nato se je fokusirala predvsem na osvetlitev vprašanj v povezavi z vlogo skupine. Rezultati raziskave so pokazali, kako udeleženke terapije in terapevta doživljajo vlogo skupine ter njeno dinamiko. Predvsem nas je zanimalo doživljanje skupine ter v kolikšni meri je bila moč skupine v podporo udeležencem. Z raziskavo smo prišli do ugotovitev, da so udeleženci s pozitivno izkušnjo skupinskega terapevtskega pristopa skupino oz. njeno vlogo v terapevtskem procesu doživljali izjemno podporno. Razvil se je skupinski duh in občutek zavezništva, kar je za terapevtsko vlogo skupine ključnega pomena.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: anksioznost, stres, tesnoba, skupina, skupinska terapija, fenomenološka metoda
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [N. Lešnik]
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: IV, 70, II str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-113266
• UDC: 159.964:615(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 11037443
• Publication date in RUL: 18.12.2019

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Role of the group in the group therapy process coping with anxiety and stress

Abstract

Group therapy is an established form of psychotherapy where members of the group meet regularly under the supervision of expert leadership in confidential and supportive environment. The author of the master's thesis has researched experiences of the members who have experienced group therapy because of their stress and anxiety issues as well as the role of the group through the eyes of the therapists who practise group therapy. The first part of the thesis presents the theoretical frame for anxiety and stress as well as their symptomatology and causes. The development of the concepts through history has also been presented and using of the terms in clinical practice. Anxiety and stress delineate from other similar phenomena in the theoretical part. Group therapy has been exposed as one of the efficient psychotherapeutic practices. The historical overview of using group therapies and its development has been presented as well as its usefulness in modern time. Group therapy has been theoretically presented from the point of view of group dynamics and therapeutic factors, which work in it and take the credit for development in a group on the level of individuals and the group itself. In the empirical part, the author has used phenomenological method, which is based on personal perspective of the phenomenon. The author has got the information about the experiences of the group role in the therapeutic process when coping with anxiety and stress with the method of half-structured interviews. She focused mainly on questions in connection with group dynamics and its role. The results of the research have shown how the participants of the therapy and the therapists experience the group role and its dynamics. Predominantly, we have focused on group experiences and how the group supported the participants. With the research, we have concluded that the participants have had a positive experience of group therapeutic approach and its supportive role. The group spirit and the feeling of alliance have developed, which is of crucial meaning for the therapeutic group role.

• Keywords: anxiety, stress, uneasiness, a group, group therapy, phenomenological method