Telo v znanosti in stroki socialnega dela : diplomsko delo

Vuga, Tea (author), Šugman Bohinc, Lea (mentor), Kustec, Klavdija (co-mentor)

V svojem diplomskem delu sem se osredotočila na uporabo telesa v psihosocialni podpori in pomoči. V teoretičnem delu sem najprej pisala o socialnem delu in obstoječih praksah vključevanja telesa v stroki. Nato sem predstavila različne interpretacije in razumevanja povezave med umom in telesom ter koncept utelešenja. Nadaljevala in zaključila sem s predstavitvijo različnih pristopov, ki vključujejo telo. Pristope sem razdelila po kategorijah, kot so na razumevanju travme utemeljeni pristopi, psihoterapija, plesno-gibalna psihoterapija, tehnike čuječnosti in komplementarna terapija in alternativna medicina. V empiričnem delu sem predstavila ugotovitve, do katerih sem prišla s polstrukturiranimi intervjuji, v katerih sem se pogovarjala s sedmimi strokovnjaki_njami, ki delujejo na področju psihosocialne podpore in v svoje delo vključujejo telo: Neva Kralj, Špela Peterlin – Nayeli, Damjan Makovec, Tjaša Stepičnik Perdih, Sara Stefančič, Tina Božič in Tanja Velkov Garagić. Vprašanja so bila povezana z izobrazbo intervjuvanih in ključnimi znanji, ki jih uporabljajo zase in za svoje kliente_ke/uporabnike_ce. Vprašala sem jih o metodi in pristopu, ki ga uporabljajo pri delu, načinu merjenja učinkov in o učinkih dela samega. Raziskala sem njihovo razumevanje povezave med umom in telesom. Zadnje sem povprašala po predlogih glede vključevanja telesnih pristopov ali prvin le teh v prakso in profesijo socialnega dela. Ugotovila sem, da so se strokovnjaki_nje večinoma dodatno izobrazili_e v tujini, pri svojem delu integrirajo različne pristope in znanja ter jih uporabljajo tudi v osebni praksi. Spoznala sem, da strokovnjakom razumevanje povezave med telesom in umom kot neločljive predstavlja osnovo za njihovo ravnanje pri delu. Pomembno je, da razumemo, da je skrb zase in za naše osebno utelešenje ključna za naše delo, saj zaradi nevrozrcaljenja in kinestetične resonance vplivamo na druge ljudi. Telo se mora ponovno vrniti v stroko socialnega dela, saj bomo le tako lahko delali celostno, se začutili in odzvali na sporočila, ki nam jih iz svojega globokega znanja predajajo naša telesa. Na ta način bomo znova postali_e konkurentni_e, kompetentni_e in preprečili_e izgorelost, utrujenost, psihosomatske manifestacije in občutek nemoči v stroki.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: povezava med umom in telesom, psihoterapija, socialno delo, učinki v telo usmerjenih pristopov, utelešenje, v telo usmerjeni pristopi
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: FSD - Faculty of Social Work
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [T. Vuga]
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: 121 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138844
• UDC: 364.4:615.851
• COBISS.SI-ID: 136205315
• Publication date in RUL: 23.08.2022

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: The Body in the Science and Profession of Social Work

Abstract

In my thesis I have dealt with the use of the body in psychosocial support and help. In the theoretical part, I first wrote about social work and the existing practises of body involvement in the profession, such as body mapping and touch, then I presented different interpretations and understandings of the mind-body connection and introduced the concept of embodiment. I continued and concluded with a presentation of various approaches that involve the body. I divided the approaches into categories: trauma-informed approaches, psychotherapy, dance-movement psychotherapy, mindfulness techniques, complementary therapies, and alternative medicine. In the empirical section, I present the results obtained through semi-structured interviews with seven professionals working in the field of psychosocial support who incorporate the body into their work: Neva Kralj, Špela Peterlin – Nayeli, Damjan Makovec, Tjaša Stepičnik Perdih, Sara Stefančič, Tina Božič and Tanja Velkov Garagić The questions related to the educational background of the interviewees and the key knowledge they use with themselves and their clients/users. I asked them about the method and approach they use in their work and the impact of their work itself. I inquired about their understanding of the mind-body connection and their suggestions for how they might bring approaches or elements of it into social work practise and the profession. I found that most of the professionals had completed advanced training abroad and that they were integrating different approaches and skills into their work, as well as applying them to themselves. It became clear to me that for all of them, understanding the mind-body connection as inseparable is the basis for their behaviour and understanding. It is important to understand that taking care of ourselves and our embodiment is central to our work as we influence others through neuro-mirroring and kinesthetic resonance. The body needs to be brought back into social work, because only then can we work holistically by noticing and responding to the messages our bodies send us from their deep knowing. In this way we become competent and competitive again and prevent burnout, exhaustion, psychosomatic phenomena and feelings of powerlessness at work.

• Keywords: mind-body connection, psychotherapy, social work, effects of body-centred approaches, embodiment, body-centred approaches